Which videogame has the best story?

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[QUOTE="OB-47"]

That toaster man. The writing was just perfect and the voice acting phenomenal.

OB-47

Yeah, the toaster was great, but my fav was Muggy, the small Securitron obsessed with coffee mugs!

Damn, he's fvcked up! :P

Ah Muggy. Really weird how I got more attached to a bunch of talking appliances over half this generations NPC's.

Haha, true, we had some really well done robots this gen, both in Fallout and Portal...

I'm especially impressed with Portal 1&2, a story revolving around a few robots ends up being far better written and memorable than probably any usual "epic" game story about saving the world, or whatever...

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[QUOTE="OB-47"]

That toaster man. The writing was just perfect and the voice acting phenomenal.

OB-47

Yeah, the toaster was great, but my fav was Muggy, the small Securitron obsessed with coffee mugs!

Damn, he's fvcked up! :P

Ah Muggy. Really weird how I got more attached to a bunch of talking appliances over half this generations NPC's.

I have the ultimate edition of New Vegas, which expansion shall I tackle next?

I have the ultimate edition of New Vegas, which expansion shall I tackle next?

OB-47

I have the ultimate edition of New Vegas, which expansion shall I tackle next?

OB-47

Dead Money and The Lonesome Road are more linear, while Honest Hearts gives you a new and open area to explore, roughly the same size as Blues...

While my fav is obviously the Blues, I enjoyed all the add-ons, so if you like New Vegas, chances are, you won't go wrong with either...

The Ace Attorney games.

I can't choose the best one, but here are a several that come to mind.

MGS1

TWD

The Darkness

Parasite Eve

Mass Effect

Deus Ex: HR

Portal 2

Dragon Age: Origins

Soul Reaver

My personal favorites are Xenoblade, Final Fantasy 6, and Lufia and the Fortress of Doom.

Don't know. There's not a title that screams out to me as a clear winner. Out of this gen though, I've really enjoyed GTAIV, Red Dead Redemption and Mass Effect 1.

Just recently installed To The Moon and Spec Ops to the Line so I'm pretty excited about those.

Journey. The people that say it doesn't have a story, just don't get it.freedomfreak

I hear that.

2deep4u

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. Very emotional.

Spec Ops: The Line.

Spec Ops: The Line.

DarkLink77

That story is good in a "this makes me feel like a piece of sh!t" kinda way.

I was so impressed. The writing in Portal 2 is really sophisticated. I was surprised how much they developed Glados's character. biggest_loser

Spec Ops: The Line.

DarkLink77

I have the ultimate edition of New Vegas, which expansion shall I tackle next?

OB-47

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[QUOTE="themajormayor"]Portal 2bobbetybob

Serious or trolling? You're not the first one to say this, but I never played Portal 2, only the first one and the story... well there was almost no story at all.

It's not so much the story as it the dialogue, it's one of the few games that are genuinely funny, it has a few moments that feel like it's trying too hard but for the most part it's well done.

I'll add Max Payne 3 to the above category, the character dialogue in that game is brilliant, especially all of Max's little quips.

As for overall story, The Walking Dead and Red Dead Redemption both rank highly for me, both for their endings and TWD for the rest of the emotional moments, anytime someone in your group died it felt a million times more important than some faceless pleb being shot in the head in most other games.

Max Payne 1 and 2 were a lot better in that regard.

Also, To The Moon was the best I've seen so far. The ending was a bit cliche, but the overall story was pretty brilliant, same with the writing.

Super Mario Bros. "An emotional roller coaster" said The Daily Telegraph.

[QUOTE="freedomfreak"]Journey. The people that say it doesn't have a story, just don't get it.Sagem28

I hear that.

2deep4u

Far Cry 3

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"]

Spec Ops: The Line.

skrat_01

It makes one wonder why the rest of the industry is so behind in comparison. Obvious answer: it sells, but still.

No. Journey was not emotional, nor did it have some amazing story behind it. Unless you guys want to explain what is so fantastical about it, I call bullsh*t. It was a fun experience, nothing more. DragonfireXZ95

Thank you, sir. I agree with you about the writing. I would say it's almost frighteningly strong.DarkLink77

It really, really is - so damn deliberate and fixed on getting its message across. There's a good digital book - Killing is Harmless that is a big critical reading of the game. It's a great read - runs through the game with a fine tooth comb and raises some great points.. Hell, the author is a PhD researcher at my Uni, crazy small world.

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"]Thank you, sir. I agree with you about the writing. I would say it's almost frighteningly strong.skrat_01

It really, really is - so damn deliberate and fixed on getting its message across. There's a good digital book - Killing is Harmless that is a big critical reading of the game. It's a great read - runs through the game with a fine tooth comb and raises some great points.. Hell, the author is a PhD researcher at my Uni, crazy small world.

This gen, Mass Effect and The Walking Dead.

GTA IV.

[QUOTE="skrat_01"][QUOTE="DarkLink77"]

Spec Ops: The Line.

DarkLink77

It makes one wonder why the rest of the industry is so behind in comparison. Obvious answer: it sells, but still.

Planescape: Torment

Can't believe it hasn't been mentioned

pl4yer_f0und

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[QUOTE="Ricardomz"]

Serious or trolling? You're not the first one to say this, but I never played Portal 2, only the first one and the story... well there was almost no story at all.

DragonfireXZ95

It's not so much the story as it the dialogue, it's one of the few games that are genuinely funny, it has a few moments that feel like it's trying too hard but for the most part it's well done.

I'll add Max Payne 3 to the above category, the character dialogue in that game is brilliant, especially all of Max's little quips.

As for overall story, The Walking Dead and Red Dead Redemption both rank highly for me, both for their endings and TWD for the rest of the emotional moments, anytime someone in your group died it felt a million times more important than some faceless pleb being shot in the head in most other games.

Max Payne 1 and 2 were a lot better in that regard.

Also, To The Moon was the best I've seen so far. The ending was a bit cliche, but the overall story was pretty brilliant, same with the writing.

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[QUOTE="skrat_01"] Your steam review / recommendation thingo I caught in the feed was absolutely spot on, have to say.jake44

It makes one wonder why the rest of the industry is so behind in comparison. Obvious answer: it sells, but still.

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Planescape: Torment

Can't believe it hasn't been mentioned

Some-Mist

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Planescape: Torment

Can't believe it hasn't been mentioned

DarkLink77

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"][QUOTE="Some-Mist"]I was scanning the thread to find this response because I was going to say the same thing (but it's GS after all). Luckily I had to only read up to Page 2. Planescape: Torment is easily my #1 and I'll definitely be funding the new installment on kickstarter. I'm assuming most people listing TWD just haven't played it.

Tier 2 would probably be grim fandango and earthbound.
Best throwaway dialogue out of any game I've played would be from The Sea Will Claim EverythingPannicAtack

and there's talk of a torment enhanced edition like they did with baldur's gate.

Grim Fandango, closely followed by Planescape: Torment.

Runners up:

The Longest Journey

NWN2: Mask of The Betrayer

To The Moon

The Walking Dead

[QUOTE="PannicAtack"][QUOTE="DarkLink77"] They're making a sequel to Planescape? :oCaseyWegner

and there's talk of a torment enhanced edition like they did with baldur's gate.

Mass Effect had the best story until they f*cked it up with ME3.

Mass Effect had the best story until they f*cked it up with ME3.

ZombieKiller7

what was wrong with the story itself?

Half-Life 2

thread closed.

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Mass Effect had the best story until they f*cked it up with ME3.

CaseyWegner

what was wrong with the story itself?

Well it didn't have one.

The Reapers invaded earth

Shepard got a fleet together

They went to Earth

Shepard went in the catalyst

A bunch of stupid schit was said.

Then some cryptic scene of a grandfather talking to a boy. Who the hell are they? I dunno.

The plot went basically nowhere.

The side quests were utter garbage.

The ending was schit.

More cutscene than playing.

Utter crap.

F*cking bioware.

The best story.

Hmm

I'm gonna say Deus Ex

Played it like 10 years ago and the story and plot remind me of everyday things in RL, it's basically not even a game anymore, it's part of the memories of my life.

Half-Life 2

thread closed.

Primordialous

Black Ops 2