A hard recommendation

[joiny]

Hello. I want a new game, but I dont know which..
I would like some help, i want a game i can buy from steam with a very strong story, good gameplay and an overall engaging experience, preferably an adventure type game.
I loved Bastion, Fallout3, Freelancer, Area 51, Amnesia TDD, Portal, Vampires the masquerade and The longest journey.

So, whatcha' got?

Edit:
I have played:
Deus ex
Beyond Good And Evil
Penumbra
Company of Heroes
Kotor 1 & 2
Baldurs Gate (every game)
Neverwinter Nights (every game)
Oblivion
Plancespace: Torment
Fallout 1&3
Syberia
Systemshock 1&2
Bioshock
Portal 1&2
Psychonauts
Borderlands
Heroes 2, 3 and 4
Fate of the world
X-com: ufo defense
Gothic 2
Diablo 1&2
Darkstar one

And more.

 

[Cogwheel]

Well, STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl is fairly excellent once you mod it with Complete. Unforgiving, though.

I have another idea or two, but neither are on Steam.

 

[yuval152]

You should choose skyrim,it's gonna be awesome.

You should choose skyrim,it's gonna be awesome.

Naaaawh, you edited it. Your first post was better. We need more ponies saying I am awesome.

Oh and Oblivion or Skyrim is a great choice.

Had to,I'm on probation so i would've gotten banned.

 

[Bloedhoest]

Metro 2033.
If you like the post apocalyptic setting.

 

[Cogwheel]

Well, STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl is fairly excellent once you mod it with Complete. Unforgiving, though.

I have another idea or two, but neither are on Steam.

What's Complete? I bought SoC and CoP in a bundle but so far have only beaten CoP with the AtmosFEAR mod. Can you clue me in before I start my SoC run?

STALKER Complete [http://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-complete-2009], for all three games. Bugfixes, graphical improvements, bugfixes, balancing, bugfixes and some modifications for ease of play. Basically? Near-essential.

Have fun.

 

[Cogwheel]

Well, STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl is fairly excellent once you mod it with Complete. Unforgiving, though.

I have another idea or two, but neither are on Steam.

What's Complete? I bought SoC and CoP in a bundle but so far have only beaten CoP with the AtmosFEAR mod. Can you clue me in before I start my SoC run?

STALKER Complete [http://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-complete-2009], for all three games. Bugfixes, graphical improvements, bugfixes, balancing, bugfixes and some modifications for ease of play. Basically? Near-essential.

Have fun.

Ah, thanks.

Maybe just earned another CoP playthrough.

Oh, it gets better. Ever heard of the space travel mod? Put everything I know about it in the spoiler below.

Also, I wish CoP ran on my laptop. But noooo, only SoC does. Ah well.

Spoiler: Space travel mod

It doesn't exist.

 

[thelastmccabe]

You could try Planescape: Torment, which is an older RPG with pretty good game play and an amazing story and rich setting. It's not on Steam that I know of, but you can download it on Gog.com for $10 which is better anyway. Knights of the Old Republic is an RPG on Steam and is supposed to be awesome (I haven't played it yet but own it and may start it soon) and it only $10. The original Deus Ex is another great choice that is on Steam for $10 that is pretty similar to VTMB (Bloodlines I'm assuming is the one you played). People who like Deus Ex tend to like VTMB and vice versa. Like VTMB, Deus Ex is a shooter/rpg blend with stealth elements and a really good story, but not as much dialogue as VTMB.

The original Fallout is another good choice you can get from Gog.

Just so you know, I played all these games (except KOTOR) for the first time in the last year or so, and I thought they were all awesome, so it's not just nostalgia talking.

A pretty good point and click adventure game I played recently is Syberia, which can also be had on Steam or GOG for $10. It's got some fairly obtuse puzzles (at least to someone who almost never played adventure games like me), but I guess all adventure games do. It's got a very whimsical and nice story and a really cool art style. I mention this b/c I see you played the Longest Journey, which I intend to start soon. Maybe. I have kind of a giant backlog, and I just finished VTMB.

Oblivion/Skyrim are/will probably be really cool games, but they aren't really known for having a strong story. If you get Oblivion, make sure to get it on PC so you can mod it, especially the level scaling.

 

[joiny]

You could try Planescape: Torment, which is an older RPG with pretty good game play and an amazing story and rich setting. It's not on Steam that I know of, but you can download it on Gog.com for $10 which is better anyway. Knights of the Old Republic is an RPG on Steam and is supposed to be awesome (I haven't played it yet but own it and may start it soon) and it only $10. The original Deus Ex is another great choice that is on Steam for $10 that is pretty similar to VTMB (Bloodlines I'm assuming is the one you played). People who like Deus Ex tend to like VTMB and vice versa. Like VTMB, Deus Ex is a shooter/rpg blend with stealth elements and a really good story, but not as much dialogue as VTMB.

A pretty good point and click adventure game I played recently is Syberia, which can also be had on Steam or GOG for $10. It's got some fairly obtuse puzzles (at least to someone who almost never played adventure games like me), but I guess all adventure games do. It's got a very whimsical and nice story and a really cool art style. I mention this b/c I see you played the Longest Journey, which I intend to start soon. Maybe. I have kind of a giant backlog, and I just finished VTMB.

Oblivion/Skyrim are/will probably be really cool games, but they aren't really known for having a strong story. If you get Oblivion, make sure to get it on PC so you can mod it, especially the level scaling.

Kotor, played.
Deus ex, played.
Oblivion, played.
Planescape, played, lots of times.

 

[Aidinthel]

You have Portal on your list, have you played Portal 2? Besides that, how about Psychonauts?

 

[joiny]

You have Portal on your list, have you played Portal 2? Besides that, how about Psychonauts?

Yes, Yes.

 

[honkyjesus]

You have to play Borderlands GOTY edition. Crazy. Spent about 100 hours on it.

 

[joiny]

I thought Cargo: The quest for gravity. fit all the requirements. And space rangers 2: Reboot, and Star Wolves 3.

Whats it about?

oh the thread title looked like a huge sexual innuendo........

anyways what gerne do you prefer?

try system shock 1&2 (its free downloadable now)
and x-com: ufo defense

Played

You have to play Borderlands GOTY edition. Crazy. Spent about 100 hours on it.

Played

Genres? Rpgs, adventure and a bit of strategy. Not so hot on shooters, but i do play some. Bioshock and systemshock was fun (tho frustrating at times).

 

[veloper]

He said he likes a good story and ppl suggest Oblivion and Skyrim ?? WTF ??

Hehe. And now Borderlands.

Then again the TS is going to have to choose anyway. Decent story or good gameplay, or neither.

Gothic 2