Best/worst storyline in a game

[Alex_P]

Okay, it has to be said: Planescape: Torment is the best.

Tsk, tsk. It took 30 posts for someone to mention the greatest game narrative ever. Torment brigade, we've gotta step up our game!

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They best storyline for me would have to be fallout 3 because of the many ways you can change the story by your actions in game also the way that your "antics" effect the people and things in the fallout 3 world, also the story line has some rather good twists and shocks.

The worst storyline would have to be the halo series because of its cliché sci-fi storyline and its also very transparent you could guess what the conclusion of Halo 3 was by playing the first level of halo: combat evolved.

You've picked out two games that I consider mediocre, and elevated one while denigrating the other.

Fallout 3 has some good bits of storyline, but they're tiny bits. All the interesting personal stuff about your dad adds up to about 10 minutes of game time. Most of the game is just random unassociated locations, not-very-memorable NPCs, and lots of aimless wandering. That puts it solidly into average territory.

For a sci-fi video game, Halo's storyline really isn't bad. The idea of the Covenant -- a multi-species religious culture -- is probably something that's new to a lot of gamers. Overall, the acting in the game was pretty minimal, but it used music very effectively to add drama to pivotal scenes. Halo CE was great for its time (the sequels were sequels, who cares?).

-- Alex

 

[A velociraptor]

Best? I would have to say either Jet Set Radio Future, because of its originality, or Shadow of the Colossus, because of the fact that there's next to no dialogue, but you still find yourself attached to the characters.

As for worst? I don't know, if a game looks cliche or bland, I usually just avoid it altogether, although the Medal of Honor series is a hot contender.

An honorable mention for best though would have to be No More Heroes just because you don't know what line you're going to cross next and how each individual boss had their own unique style, local, and back up baddies added to the fun.

but it used music very effectively to add drama to pivotal scenes.

Alex, saying that the music in Halo was used "effectively" would be like saying that John Williams is an "ok" conductor. It's accurate, but severely lacking.

 

[Datsle]

Favorite Story(ies):
-Chrono Trigger
-FF7
-FF6

Yea I love JRPG's, Oh noes!!

Worst:
-FF8...dear god what a fucking mess that thing was, it was beyond redemption.

I disagree with you so much it hurts,
FF6 and FF8 here,
try giving VIII another chance, but i guess 6 tops my list.

As for worst Duke Nukem maybe. :G

 

[Offworlder_v1legacy]

As scattered as it may be I'm gonna go with the Warcraft series as my best.

For my worst I'm gonna go with RE5, as it was exactly the same as RE4 basically.

 

[manicfoot]

Best: MGS2 - sparked my interest in philosophy and I still discover new things about it as an adult.
FFVII - moved me way, way more than any film, music or game ever has. The scene where Nanaki learns about his father is amaaaazing.

Worst: RE5 - as Offworlder said, it was the same as RE4 and took itself way too seriously.
I'd also like to nominate Gears 2 for having one of the worst lines in history: "A giant worm. THEY'RE SINKNG CITIES WITH A GIANT WORRRRM"

 

[MasterSqueak]

Best: MGS2 - sparked my interest in philosophy and I still discover new things about it as an adult.
FFVII - moved me way, way more than any film, music or game ever has. The scene where Nanaki learns about his father is amaaaazing.

Worst: RE5 - as Offworlder said, it was the same as RE4 and took itself way too seriously.
I'd also like to nominate Gears 2 for having one of the worst lines in history: "A giant worm. THEY'RE SINKNG CITIES WITH A GIANT WORRRRM"

Worst? That line was awesome coming from a big manly tough dude!

 

[Chaosut]

Best: Sam & Max, Mass Effect

Worst: Gears of War

 

[Jon Etheridge]

Best: Bioshock
Worst: Any game with the word Superman on the front.

 

[furgy117]

I think that the worst storyline would have to go to Ninja Gaiden 2
and
Best storyline is Fallout 3

Resident Evil 5...ok storyline.

 

[Thimblefoot]

The best story belongs to KOTOR, and the worst in recent memory definitley belongs to Rainbow Six Vegas 2

 

[manicfoot]

Best: MGS2 - sparked my interest in philosophy and I still discover new things about it as an adult.
FFVII - moved me way, way more than any film, music or game ever has. The scene where Nanaki learns about his father is amaaaazing.

Worst: RE5 - as Offworlder said, it was the same as RE4 and took itself way too seriously.
I'd also like to nominate Gears 2 for having one of the worst lines in history: "A giant worm. THEY'RE SINKNG CITIES WITH A GIANT WORRRRM"

Worst? That line was awesome coming from a big manly tough dude!

Heh, it did make me laugh out loud. I couldn't take the rest of the game seriously after that though. I thought Gears 2 was a good game in a so-bad-its-good kinda way

 

[Mr.Squishy]

Favorite Story(ies):
-Chrono Trigger
-FF7
-FF6

Yea I love JRPG's, Oh noes!!

Worst:
-FF8...dear god what a fucking mess that thing was, it was beyond redemption.

As a fellow JRPG fan, I beg to differ about FF8's story. I thought it was nice and charming. Just too bad the last disc or so was a fucking meth trip, but i think it wasn't a bad trip.
On the other hand I find FF7 to have a good story as well, though not as good as 8's.
Still, I respect your opinion

 

[Mr.Squishy]

Favorite Story(ies):
-Chrono Trigger
-FF7
-FF6

Yea I love JRPG's, Oh noes!!

Worst:
-FF8...dear god what a fucking mess that thing was, it was beyond redemption.

I disagree with you so much it hurts,
FF6 and FF8 here,
try giving VIII another chance, but i guess 6 tops my list.

As for worst Duke Nukem maybe. :G

I agree with you a 100% ^^

 

[-Seraph-]

I disagree with you so much it hurts,
FF6 and FF8 here,
try giving VIII another chance, but i guess 6 tops my list.

As a fellow JRPG fan, I beg to differ about FF8's story. I thought it was nice and charming. Just too bad the last disc or so was a fucking meth trip, but i think it wasn't a bad trip.
On the other hand I find FF7 to have a good story as well, though not as good as 8's.
Still, I respect your opinion

No I need not give the game a second chance when I thoroughly played it and came to the conclusion it was shit. Like it if you want, but if you take off the damn rose tinted glasses and thoroughly examine it, then I BEG TO DIFFER. If you like it by all means enjoy it, but as far as I am concerned it was piece of story telling shit and I have stated my reasons in previous instances.

 

[Sparrow]

Fallout 3 had the worst storyline of the fallout Trilogy (i know there was 4 but I dont call Tactics a real Fallout game).
The first Fallout had the best storyline.

Best
I personally really like the Jak storyline, great games too.

Worst
Resident Evil or FFX would be high on my list.

I disagree. There wasn't much character devlopment. Definately wasn't long enough. Nor did it have enough side quests to introduce more characters.

I would've agreed if you'd have said the second one though.

 

[Slash Dementia]

Fallout 3's story wasn't great at all. I found it boring and in need of something else...not sure what that something else is right now, but it felt incomplete.

The best story in a game so far to me, is Star Wars: KotOR. That game is a complete game. Everything about is great.

 

[MiserableOldGit]

My favorites would be Call Of Cthulhu, Second Sight and Bioshock.
The worst would be any metal gear solid game; watching its story line blundering through political and interpersonal issues like a blind old dog was just embarrassing, and rather than annoy you just made you feel the need to go grab a shotgun and put it out of its misery. If Hideo whatisface ever makes a film, I suggest you run. Run and never look back.

 

[Thunderhorse31]

Fallout 3 was a great game IN SPITE of the story (the main story anyway, which ends horribly). Anyway, my best/worst are:

Best: MGS - specifically 1 and 3, but 2 and 4 are great as well.

Worst: Too many honorable mentions, but the worst in recent memory is FFXII. I played that game for 80 hours before I realized that I didn't care about the story at all. I liked 2 or 3 characters, but the story itself was just blah.

 

[D_987]

Best : Lost Odyssey

Worst : Two Worlds - the characterization was dreadful.

 

[timmytom1]

Afro samurai had a decent story underpinning it (although how you get from the penultimate level to the final one is never really explained) as for the worst hummmmmm godfather 2 , nothing to do with the colossal plot of the actual movie instead one major plot twist that was visible from the end of the tutorial really and yet it takes 3 seconds from mister corleones own time to reveal this to your character.