Personal favorite plot in a videogame.

[Durhamster]

It's hard to pick a favorite but the best plot I've finished recently is defiantly No More Heroes. It's very strange...but unlike anything else

 

[Danprezco]

The one where you are a yellow sphere and you eat little, duller yellow spheres!

 

[KissofKetchup]

Bioshock had the best twist in a video game that I have ever played.

Spoiler

I soooooo did not see that coming that Atlas was Fontaine and the bigger prick even though I should have with all the crap lying about that was talking about Fontaine

The plot in Assassin's Creed was great as well. It made me question who is really good and evil in the world.
I also liked the plot in Fallout 3

 

[JMeganSnow]

My top 5 list probably goes something like this:

1. Jade Empire
2. Planescape: Torment
3. Baldur's Gate 2
4. Prince of Persia (Sands of Time)
5. Morrowind

If I decided to keep going, I'd also include Arcanum, Baldur's Gate, Mass Effect, Neverwinter Nights 2, and a few other games like the original Pool of Radiance despite their many flaws.

 

[Flying-Emu]

The original KOTOR. Some of the best characters ever, and the plot was outstanding.

^This.

Although I did love the original Tales of Symphonia's story, but that was probably just because it was the only RPG my console-starved little hands could nab.

 

[Random Argument Man]

I wouldn't be able to narrow it down to an individual storyline that I thought was better than all others. But the Silent Hill series is easily one of my all time favorites. In fact, I think that the entirety of SH 1-3 were all quite fantastic. But, as I said, I wouldn't be able to choose one game or series that I thought was far superior enough to justify them being my favorite. Not saying that none of them are good, by any stretch of the imagination, but some of my favorites are as follows:

Call of Cthulhuark Corners of the Earth- My reason for this was, though the story was far from an accurate rendition of the original H.P. Lovecraft masterpiece, it was sort of mixed and matched with other novels of Lovecraft's in time for it's video game debut. Though, this could easily have been the biggest mistake the writers even made during production, somehow, it wasn't. This mixing of several of Lovecraft's novels didn't hinder the story as it very well could have, but instead, it had the appearance of making the entirety of the Lovecraft universe come together. It literally brought a great number of Lovecraft's novels to life, and God was it fun to finally see what the Shaggoth actually looked like.

This game story started alright. It died out after a while. I'm not really suprised by Jack's insanity.

As for me,
I liked Zelda Majora's Mask.
I loved Jade Empire.
I'm a Silent Hill kinda-fan.
Ogre Battle 64 is my all time champion though.

 

[N-Sef]

Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 1 & 2. Completely unique and incredibly immersive. I loved every second of these two games.

 

[SAccharing10]

Warcraft 3 + The Frozen Throne, or basically all the Warcraft lore before WoW.

 

[Dys]

Deus Ex was friggin amazing

Second.

 

[Genta8]

Tales of Symphonia.

 

[Lucane]

I don't care what Yahtzee says: I still think that the plot in the Metal Gear Solid series is the best EVAR!

You have to agree though - for an outsider, it's confusing as hell.

Personally, I'll go with the clichéd genius of Max Payne, the simplicity of Half-Life, the epic scope of Knights of the Old Republic and the utter brilliance of System Shock 2. Sequels/Prequels not included, but that doesn't mean they aren't any good.

Granted but they do cover almost if not everything for those interested in knowing about the story while also using elements from Real world events Metal Gear gets my vote as well.

 

[Dastardos]

bioshock, fallout 3, and resident evil 4

 

[Blair Bennett]

I wouldn't be able to narrow it down to an individual storyline that I thought was better than all others. But the Silent Hill series is easily one of my all time favorites. In fact, I think that the entirety of SH 1-3 were all quite fantastic. But, as I said, I wouldn't be able to choose one game or series that I thought was far superior enough to justify them being my favorite. Not saying that none of them are good, by any stretch of the imagination, but some of my favorites are as follows:

Call of Cthulhuark Corners of the Earth- My reason for this was, though the story was far from an accurate rendition of the original H.P. Lovecraft masterpiece, it was sort of mixed and matched with other novels of Lovecraft's in time for it's video game debut. Though, this could easily have been the biggest mistake the writers even made during production, somehow, it wasn't. This mixing of several of Lovecraft's novels didn't hinder the story as it very well could have, but instead, it had the appearance of making the entirety of the Lovecraft universe come together. It literally brought a great number of Lovecraft's novels to life, and God was it fun to finally see what the Shaggoth actually looked like.

This game story started alright. It died out after a while. I'm not really suprised by Jack's insanity.

Ehh, true, but still, you have to admit that it was at least an ambitious endeavor.

 

[boholikeu]

Portal

Love how a string of seemingly meaningless tasks evolves so damn well into a deep storyline.

I really liked Portal, but I wouldn't exactly call the plot deep. It might tie into Half-life 2 Episode 3, but that really only adds depth to Half-Life, not Portal.

The plot was plenty deep when you consider the game as a whole. On the surface it may seem like it's just a game about a crazy robot, but it's actually a pretty good allegory for a bad relationship. There are a couple essays about this on the web if you're interested.

 

[EzraPound]

Final Fantasy VII just because it sucks less than every other plot.

 

[MorganL4]

DOOM 1

You Space Marine

You in Martian Hell

You kill everything if want to live


BEST PLOT EVUR

naw but seriously, AHH its hard, every time i think of a game i like i think NO I liked that because of its gameplay..........

ahh i cant think of one lol, possibly oblivion, because they had mini plots that fit within the main plot IE the various guild quests all had their own plots, the main plot was basic ruler assinated, demons attacking world need saving, enter you........

 

[HollowAtaraxia]

I thought the story for Odin Sphere was a thing of beauty, well crafted and with many aspects.

Also, the plot for MGS3 TOTALLY made up for the crazy long-winded diatribes of its predecessor

 

[The Great Fa]

To avoid repeating what others have already said: Legacy of Kain! Yeah, ok, Blood Omen 2 sucked big time, but the rest were good, at least as far as the plot goes.

Yay! Another LoK fan! I was beginning to think I was the only one. This series definitely occupies the soggiest spot in my "best story ever" wet dream. It isn't for everyone though. Like MGS, it relies completely on long-ass cutscenes and overcomplicated, wordy dialogue. I just love those things, however, and LoK pulls them off masterfully.

And yes, Blood Omen 2 did suck.

 

[Russian_Assassin]

Best story in a game? Well, once upon a time there was an ordinary worm. A space suit fell on him, he climbed into it and BAM! he's a superhero! You spend the entire game trying to get to princess Whta's-Her-Name (yes, this how she's called) and the moment you find her she gets crushed under a falling cow you launched back on the first stage!

That was epic! On the other hand I enjoyed Snake Eater's story too... Actually there are so many games that had a memorable story that I can't list them all in a single post.