Story over gameplay, what was the last game that you were addicted to because of its story/writing?
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Persona 4. I got tired of the grinding, but the boss battles were good. Only reason I was able to grit my teeth and get through the grind was to find out what happened to the characters! Don't get me wrong, the gameplay was good, but I found myself trying to rush it to get to the story!
persona 3. every thing about hte game was freaking awesome. the controls personas and especially the story. i was hooked on the game for a month. the ending was kinda dissapointing, i mean what happened? did he die, or what. other than that it was a great game.
ps. for those who played persona 4, what was the story/ i still need to play it.
ps. for those who played persona 4, what was the story/ i still need to play it.
Dragon Quest: The Journey of the Cursed King. A pity it ended.
A pity indeed, because it was a happy ending. The happiest kind of happy ending. Other than that, it was awesome.
Then there's also the extremely awesome Okami.
It's been a few years since I found a game who's story was this awesome. Sure they both had the "Lord of Darkness will destroy us all"-story but it worked.
And the protagonists were quite the cheerful bunch of people.
"NOOOOOO! He's dead! WHY!? ... Oh well, no point in crying over spilt milk. Let's move on, shall we?"
A pity indeed, because it was a happy ending. The happiest kind of happy ending. Other than that, it was awesome.
Then there's also the extremely awesome Okami.
It's been a few years since I found a game who's story was this awesome. Sure they both had the "Lord of Darkness will destroy us all"-story but it worked.
And the protagonists were quite the cheerful bunch of people.
"NOOOOOO! He's dead! WHY!? ... Oh well, no point in crying over spilt milk. Let's move on, shall we?"
Erm, I quite like the gameplay MGS provides, I think it does stealth very well and the controls are fine.StevieWonderMk2 said:
Honestly, I think people are way to harsh on MGSs storyline, we've seen crazier things, seriously. Is a clone trying to kill his brother clone with a bunch of nanomachines in his body really that much more crazy than a future Ninja working with the CIA/FBI trying to destroy a bunch of demons?
Anything by Bioware. I know lots of people didn't like KotOR 2 but it's the first RPG I actually played through a second time to see all the content. Mass Effect was after that.
Neverwinter Nights, too. Both MotB and Original campaign. Granted, they were by Atari and Obsidian but I still liked it a lot.
Really, I'm a huge whore for Bioware. And just recently I heard they were developing a fantasy RPG by the name of Dragon Age: Origins. It looks quite epic.
Neverwinter Nights, too. Both MotB and Original campaign. Granted, they were by Atari and Obsidian but I still liked it a lot.
Really, I'm a huge whore for Bioware. And just recently I heard they were developing a fantasy RPG by the name of Dragon Age: Origins. It looks quite epic.
I pointed out that most of the characters cliche themselves, Ashley was a xenophobic ass, Kaiden channeled "carth" a little to much in my opinion, garrus reminds me of the mechanic guy from KOTOR2 with him talking about how the ends justify the means, Canderous, I mean wrex was a trenchcoater, and liara was a dumb as rocks scholar that was obviously put in to advance the story for you and to be a love interest. Tali.. Was actually good.. (Which is why I also rage that one of the best characters you can't even sex up.. But no, the blue chick totally wants to..Bow Chicka Bow Wow?Martymer said:
i can honestly say, without a shadow of a doubt, that the only game i was pulled through by the story/writing, was psychonauts. let's be serious, the gameplay was a bit stilted and uneasy, but the writing and the imagination that went into the game was exceptional.
also POP sands of time had a fucking good story, the ending is one of my favourites.
also POP sands of time had a fucking good story, the ending is one of my favourites.
Has anyone else played Rule of Rose? It plays kind of like Silent Hill but with crappy but realistic combat and item hunting to advance the story but the story is just so damn good that I can ignore the mediocre gameplay just to see what happens next.
Also Hotel Dusk for the DS had a damn good story, it's like a mystery book in a video game format!
Also Hotel Dusk for the DS had a damn good story, it's like a mystery book in a video game format!
Definitely Mass Effect. The second one is going to be amazing.
I only keep Asley alive so I can fill my virtual sexual desires. It's sad I know.Mad Maniac with axe-firing chainsaw said:
There's nothing wrong with MGS being crazy, I love the outlandish plots, and at the time, it's believable. It's just done badly. Taking this inside spoilers now, just to be safe:Jumplion said:
So the ending of MGS2 was all wrong? The patriots aren't a sentient whitehouse/deceased politicians? Wow, nice way to resolve that mystery, one line saying the info was wrong. And why was there no mention of every "nation, state and dot com" having their own metal gear?
Then there's the corpse of Big Boss. Why does their even need to be a fake body made from Solidus? It's pointless, just another twist Kojima throws in for laughs. And what side was ocelot on? The one constant throughout the series is that he works for the Patriots. But then he turns on them, gets possesed by liquids arm, then removes the arm and still PRETENDS to be possesed? It's a simple casae of being able to believe the impossible but not the improbable. (Cyclops laser blasting a door = OK. Cyclops randomly guessing the code = Stupid) Up until the credits Ocelot was a fantastic villain, but Big Bosses reveal completely destroys any of his previous motivations.
But that all pales when it comes to Raiden. He goes through hell in MGS4,sees his life and body ripped to pieces, makes no less than 4 heroic sacrifices and then magically everything is back to normal? Ditto Snake's suicide. Kojima builds up to an amazingly bittersweet ending, and then tears it away from us at the very last second with a double asspull. When you have thousands of fans investing dozens of hours in your story, you cannot just turn round and spit in their faces like that. It's worse than a "rock falls, everybody dies" in terms of how it disregards everything that has gone before.
Then there's the corpse of Big Boss. Why does their even need to be a fake body made from Solidus? It's pointless, just another twist Kojima throws in for laughs. And what side was ocelot on? The one constant throughout the series is that he works for the Patriots. But then he turns on them, gets possesed by liquids arm, then removes the arm and still PRETENDS to be possesed? It's a simple casae of being able to believe the impossible but not the improbable. (Cyclops laser blasting a door = OK. Cyclops randomly guessing the code = Stupid) Up until the credits Ocelot was a fantastic villain, but Big Bosses reveal completely destroys any of his previous motivations.
But that all pales when it comes to Raiden. He goes through hell in MGS4,sees his life and body ripped to pieces, makes no less than 4 heroic sacrifices and then magically everything is back to normal? Ditto Snake's suicide. Kojima builds up to an amazingly bittersweet ending, and then tears it away from us at the very last second with a double asspull. When you have thousands of fans investing dozens of hours in your story, you cannot just turn round and spit in their faces like that. It's worse than a "rock falls, everybody dies" in terms of how it disregards everything that has gone before.
tl;dr Kojima builds to an amazing ending, and then swerves at the last second just to dick with us.
The main plot might have been cliche, but there was a rich original backstory to explore. World and lore exploring are what a lot of rpgers love, digging into the histories of fictional universes is neat. The way that bioware wielded the cliche of the main story was also new and innovative. I dare ya to name another rpg that uses exactly the same "evil doomsday threat".Bulletinmybrain said:
The side characters I have to agree weren't the best. They were no HK-47's that's for sure. And I also agree that Tali was the best and most likeable character and got shafted with next to no PC interactions. Wrex came in second and needed more backstory.
Half Life 2 was very powerful for me. I mean I know it's story isn't that great but the dialogue is extremely well written, and the writers are very good at cliff hangers and gripping you to the story.
