What are the three best game storylines you know?

[Blue Musician]

STOP SAYING BIOSHOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


It has THE SAME STORY than System Shock 2, and SS2 need more credit for it, as it arrived 8 YEARS EARLIER!


My list:

System Shock 2
Silent Hill
Thief

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

Some of you guys surprise me. I never really thought of Halo as having much of a story, and when it did it was okay, but then it was truncated. Matters of opinion, I guess. Anyhoo...
1.Planescape
2.Mass Effect Series (so far so good)
3.Terranigma (I shamelessly admit the ending moved me)

if you read the books, like i did, i garuntee you will like it alot more (i know it says game storylines...but its based off of the games, at least halo: the fall of reach the book is..and the other books are really good too, so its hard to ignore those)

in no particular order

mass effect
kotor (good god, the story alone makes me replay this game 100 times over)
halo

 

[WayOutThere]

This is pretty easy:

1)Mass Effect
2)Assassin's Creed
3)FEAR

 

[oppp7]

List threads are bad, so I'll explain mine:
1. Bioshock. Good twist halfway through. The setting was new and the characters seemed believable. There weren't any plot holes and everything was tied up, unlike other games who leave room for sequels and never finish the damn plot. Also, the philosophy aspect was pretty good.
2. Battlefield: Bad Company. The characters were funny in my opinion and well-rounded enough to keep everything interesting. The story was deviant enough to make it stand out; rather than winning the war single-handedly like every video game ever you run off for personal gain and leave the war alone. It doesn't really have deep thinking but it's a breath of fresh air into the stale and musky stories that make up the FPS genre.
3. Warcraft 3. It was the first game(as far as I know) that had orcs as the good guys. I think I liked it because it was complex and full of events. Also, the characters were deep, such as Illidan and Arthas. The only problem I have is that it left too much to be resolved in the sequel, along with starting with plot holes from the previous game.

 

[Kolosus]

LoZ: Ocarina of Time
Bioshock
Mass Effect
Chrono Trigger

 

[Sjakie]

Deus Ex _o_ no explanation needed i think
Warcraft, has a shitload of dept storywise at least
System shock 2 on nr 3 because it did the plot twist thing LONG BEFORE BIOSHOCK EVER HAPPEND!!!!!

Man, i have pent up rage issues...

 

[Vianyte]

I think I'll go for:

Mass Effect
The World Ends with You
Paper Mario 2

All happen to be RPGs

 

[TheTim]

Ratchet and Clank series

and (although generic) Uncharted series, Those guys have serious talent with games.

 

[mugetsu37]

EVERYTHING FALLOUT
Final Fantasy 6
EVERYTHING HALF-LIFE

In order: The Fallout universe is my favorite pretty much because I'm a Cold War history fan, and that mostly because of the Korean War. Coupled with post Chinese Communist vs U.S. nuclear war based off of Mad Max, there really is no downside to this storyline. There's just so much.

Spoiler

Final Fantasy 6 because the bad guy wins

Half-life for pretty much the same reasons as Fallout; it has such an rich lore and story for each one of the characters and places, most of which isn't directly told to you.

 

[Sjakie]

STOP SAYING BIOSHOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


It has THE SAME STORY than System Shock 2, and SS2 need more credit for it, as it arrived 8 YEARS EARLIER!


My list:

System Shock 2
Silent Hill
Thief

Hehe, i had the same idea, you ninja'd me there

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A story that's worth mentioning, is Vampire The Masquerade: Redemption, although the gameplay wasn't unique, or innovative, the story drew me in.

I forgot about that one, it was an excellent story. And yes, it sure as hell beats Bloodlines storywise (gameplay wise as well in my book)

 

[MONSTERheart]

Mass Effect, Halo and Fallout.

(Any game from those franchises)

 

[SideSlyGuy]

Just to name what I can off the top of my head.
1. Bioshock
3. Final Fantasy 1,6,7.
T. Half-Life 2
8. Condemned: Criminal Origins
X. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
?. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.

 

[Mr. Eff_v1legacy]

Silent Hill 2
Metal Gear Solid 3
Silent Hill 4: The Room

 

[Awexsome]

Gotta give my love to the Tales games.

1) Tales of Symphonia
2) Tales of Vesperia
3) ... too hard... tie between Halo and Mass Effect. Games only = Mass effect. Counting the whole universe (books, Halo legends, ect.) = Halo

 

[TheTurtleMan]

One of my favorites has to be ODST. I think it was just as good if not better than the other halo games. It was really cool seeing all of the different stories unravel and connect.

 

[Shifty Tortoise]

Mass Effect, Halo, and Bioshock.

What this one said, and to the op, dead rising has a story?

 

[TheHappo]

I think everyone's forgotten about Crackdown...

 

[AMMO Kid]

Mass Effect, Halo, and Bioshock.

What this one said, and to the op, dead rising has a story?

Yea it actually has a pretty good story if you bother to do all the case files

 

[Barrett0]

Mass effect (1 definitely, playing through 2 at the moment so far so good)
Deus Ex
Half Life 2

 

[Colonel Alzheimer's]

1. KOTOR (1 and 2)
2. Mass Effect (1 and 2)
3. Bioshock (mostly 1)