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Your favorite game story

llvllatrix · 2002-07-22T08:59:19

What is it? Mine is Terranigma for snes.

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Started by llvllatrix June 18, 2002 08:53 PM

74 comments, last by llvllatrix 21 years, 11 months ago

RomSteady

248

July 11, 2002 09:40 PM

Final Fantasy II/IV had the first story to ever make me cry, but it''s difficult to pick a favorite story from all of the games I''ve played.

If I was forced to choose, I''d say "The Hitchhiker''s Guide To The Galaxy," from Infocom. It perfectly blended Douglas Adams'' sense of humor with an interactive twist.

RomSteady - Able to leap off tall buildings in a single bound

Michael Russell / QA Manager, Ritual EntertainmentI used to play SimCity on a 1:1 scale.

deltree

122

July 12, 2002 10:21 AM

operation flashpoint.
serious sam.
doom, eternally.

Kwow your enemy

NerdWear

122

July 12, 2002 01:34 PM

Call me crazy, but I really liked the story in Zelda: Ocarina of time. There weren''t many "storytelling" moments, but the game kind of drew you into it. When Link is young, the environments are all care free and happy feeling, then he goes ahead in time and the whole place is a big shit hole... I dont know, I cant describe it very well, but if you played it you may know what im talking about.

On the PC i would have to say Deus Ex. Very cool.

-NerdWear-

Klopper

122

July 12, 2002 01:43 PM

Anachronox had the funniest/best story to me.

Stibmit

122

July 12, 2002 05:01 PM

In no particular order... (there are quit a few!)

-Final Fantasy VII
-Xenogears
-Max Payne
-Metal Gear Solid 2
-Suikoden 2
-Wild Arms
-Grim Fandango
-Warcraft III

If you keep on dividing (man) you end up as a collection of monkeys throwing nuts at each other out of separate trees." - Merlyn, The Once and Future King (T.H. White)

innerwar

122

July 15, 2002 03:00 AM

Fallout, Fallout 2, System shock 1 & 2, Thief 1 & 2, Baldurs gate 2, Planescape:Torment

While Torment is in my opinion easily the best written game to date, the Thief and Shock series are both commendable for telling a great story in novel ways. The System shock logbooks and emails have been ripped of for a long time, and the eavesdropping and brilliant cutscenes of Thief are generally outstanding.

Fallout 1/2 and Baldurs gate feel fairly nonlinear, and im impressed with the way Black isle and bioware managed to give them both a tight sense of continuity even if you played it completely different from the last time. i *heart* black isle

Moe

1,256

July 15, 2002 08:52 PM

Chalk another one up for Deus Ex.

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Just3D

122

July 17, 2002 02:29 AM

Favorite game story......

Final Fantasy 3j,6,7, and 10 were all excellent...
Metal Gear Solid 2 obviously...
Terranigma I never finished (stupid emulators)...
Ocarina of Time could be the best game ever made (certainly the best last boss)
and...

Neuro-Edge. (okay, that''s a game our company is making so I guess that doesn''t count...yet...)

"There are only three types of people in this world: those who can count, and those who can''t."

Just3D
Justin Nordin
J Squared Productions
www.jsquaredproductions.com

"There are only three types of people in this world: those who can count, and those who can't."Just3DJustin NordinJ Squared Productionswww.jsquaredproductions.com

Sta7ic

139

July 17, 2002 07:45 PM

System Shock (escape pod! get me outta here! ....shit.)
Marathon (stupid AIs! stop playing with the teleporters!)Deus Ex (they overreacted for crashing the ''Net...)

I''m lobbing anti-votes against Diablo, WC2, and SC -- they quickly become hack''n''slash or stringed missions.

-Sta7ic