Recommend me some games with good stories

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#1  Edited By Goly

I'm looking for games that have a memorable storyline. I'll tell you some games I thought had an excellent story:

Psychonauts, Vampire Bloodlines, Fallout 1, Dragon Quest VIII, all the Lucasarts adventure games, every single GTA except IV which I expect to play it as soon as I get a next gen console, The Last Express, and that's all I can remember right now. Don't tell me Final Fantasy VII, I thought its story sucked (heresy!). Well anyway, please post and recommend some good stuff.

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#2  Edited By atejas

If you liked Vampire Bloodlines, try Arcanum. That was made by Troika as well.
You may also want to chack out Deus Ex or Planescape Torment.
inbefore somebody says Mass Effect.

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#3  Edited By coakroach

Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lion's
Golden Sun (Haven't played this for years, might have grown out of the story)

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#4  Edited By Goly

I should also add that games with a high artistic value also count. I'm thinking games like Ico or Shadow of the Colossus that don't have a story per se but are incredible to watch. Psychonauts was a mix of both worlds now that I think of it. Anyway on with the topic.

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#5  Edited By snide

Baldur's Gate 2
Neverwinter Nights 2
Freespace 2
Max Payne 2
Blade Runner
Indigo Prophecy

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#6  Edited By SpecTackle
snide said:
"Baldur's Gate 2
Neverwinter Nights 2
Freespace 2
Max Payne 2
Blade Runner
Indigo Prophecy

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This plus The Darkness. I really enjoyed that story, even though it was so short.
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#7  Edited By Goly

Sorry didn't say I played Indigo Prophecy. Didn't you think the ending was kind of going nowhere?

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If you don't mind point&click adventure games, get The Longest Journey for sure. You can get it and its sequel bundled together cheap off steam.

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#9  Edited By Hamz

Farenheit aka Indigo Prophecy
Bioshock
Half Life 2 + Episode 1 & 2
The Witcher

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#10  Edited By Goly
Bellum said:
"If you don't mind point&click adventure games, get The Longest Journey for sure. You can get it and its sequel bundled together cheap off steam."
Not at all in fact it's one of my favorite genres. It's a shame that I haven't gotten to play that game yet. Another one I wanna play is Syberia.
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#11  Edited By Oni

Echoing The Witcher and Max Payne 2, also The Longest Journey is the most epic point n click I've ever played. The Witcher is very mature and dark, Max Payne 2 is... also mature, with a strong focus on the tragic hero.

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#12  Edited By Bulldog19892

Deus Ex and The Darkness. Both are seriously underrated games.

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#13  Edited By Bullet_Jr

-Max Payne
-Killer7
-The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
-Metal Gear Series
-Final Fantasy Series

There aren't too many games I play specifically for story but above are some of the few that I think are great in that aspect.

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#14  Edited By atejas

Oh, and I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream is supposedly an excellent point-and-click game.
In that vein, I hear Grim Fandango is good, but I know next to nothing about it.
Bulldog19892 said:

"Deus Ex
 underrated games."
Seriously? It won multiple GOTYs and generated a huge fanbase ready to be disappointed by IW.
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#15  Edited By PowerSerj

Halo 3. Bout the only game with a good story in the last few years or so :/

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#17  Edited By daniel_beck_90
Silent hill 2 - 3 - 4
Indigo Prophecy (Fahrenheit )
Second sight
Bioshock
Clive barker's Jericho

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#18  Edited By MadBootsy
KOTOR 1
Blade Runner
Mass Effect

Xenogears
Indigo Prophecy
Grim Fandango (but you probably already knew that)
any of the MGS games
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#19  Edited By Meowayne

Silent Hill 1, 2, 3.

The writing is at times awful, but the interactive storytelling is the best the medium has to offer.

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#20  Edited By daniel_beck_90
Meowayne said:
"Silent Hill 1, 2, 3.

The writing is at times awful, but the interactive storytelling is the best the medium has to offer.

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  That is merely due to translation errors from Japanese to English .
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#21  Edited By End_Boss

Mass Effect.
Intergalactic poontang FTW.

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#22  Edited By zitosilva

Silent Hill 2
Shadow Hearts: Covenant
Soul Reaver 2

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#23  Edited By Bulldog19892
atejas said:
"Oh, and I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream is supposedly an excellent point-and-click game.
In that vein, I hear Grim Fandango is good, but I know next to nothing about it.
Bulldog19892 said:
"Deus Ex
 underrated games."
Seriously? It won multiple GOTYs and generated a huge fanbase ready to be disappointed by IW.
"
Really? All of the people I have talked about it with have never heard of it. A lot of people say "you mean Invisble War?" and then I sigh and facepalm.
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#25  Edited By Death_Unicorn

Second one to say Mass Effect, I think.
And assuming you've played most lucas arts games, you've played KotOR?
Jade Empire was also good.
Lets just say BioWare = good stories.

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#26  Edited By Hexpane
Goly said:
"I'm looking for games that have a memorable storyline. I'll tell you some games I thought had an excellent story:

Psychonauts, Vampire Bloodlines, Fallout 1, Dragon Quest VIII, all the Lucasarts adventure games, every single GTA except IV which I expect to play it as soon as I get a next gen console, The Last Express, and that's all I can remember right now. Don't tell me Final Fantasy VII, I thought its story sucked (heresy!). Well anyway, please post and recommend some good stuff.
"
Well based on what you listed ...

Fallout 3 obviously if you liked FO1
Vagrant Story PS1
FF tactics PS1
Colony Wars PS1
Drakan TAG PS2
Summoner 1 PS2
Morrowind:Tribunal XBOX1/PC
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#27  Edited By TheGreatGuero

Oh, still rockin' last gen, huh? That's going to require me to think back many years...
If you have an Xbox, totally get Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Half-Life 2 is also excellent, but you know, maybe it's best to wait until you go next-gen and then you can just get The Orange Box for $20 and get 5 games in one. It's the better deal. Also, if you can find The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, you must play it. Totally excellent game. And well, if you can't, it's being remade for next-gen so it'll be there when you make the jump. Also, The Warriors is a must. It's made by Rockstar, and since you're clearly a GTA fan, I'm positive you'll love it. It's based on the movie, and it's a blast. It's a lot of fun. It's very cool, and also pretty freaking violent, but in a good way.

Resident Evil 4 is also a must. It's on PS2 and GC. God of War is another game with a totally rad story. Like others have mentioned, you gotta play some Metal Gear Solid. Though, the gameplay feels pretty dated these days, but just try to stick with it because the games are pretty great. Twisted Metal Black also had some rad stories, but those cutscenes sure don't look nearly as impressive as they did when the PS2 was new.

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#28  Edited By Oni
Bulldog19892 said:
"Deus Ex and The Darkness. Both are seriously underrated games."
Also this. While Deus Ex's story isn't amazing, the game itself is just amazing. And The Darkness was way, way more poignant and emotional than I expected, so that's also worth playing.
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#29  Edited By sparky_buzzsaw

I'm going to toss in a suggestion for the Wing Commander games.  They ain't Shakespeare, but they are entertaining.  If you don't mind old, outdated graphics and gameplay, the Sierra adventure games are a must - King's Quest, Quest for Glory, Police Quest, Gabriel Knight, Space Quest, and singular games like Freddy Pharkas are a blast and have some fun stories to boot.

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#31  Edited By Optiow

Okay, here are some great games with storys....
Metal Gear solid 3.
God of war 1
God of War 2
Final Fantasy X
and that is all I can think of at the moment.

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#32  Edited By sparky_buzzsaw
Ravey said:
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Yeah I was going to suggest the Sierra games, though I couldn't even convince SuperMooseman to try them and he's supposedly an adventure game nut.

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Really?  That's a shame.  It's a whole period of gaming that's generally been forgotten, but the games are still a blast.  I can understand if he doesn't want to get into the text-based ones, though.  The syntax takes some getting used to and might be a little intimidating if you didn't grow up with that type of gameplay.  But there's no excuse to miss out on the point-and-click versions.  I notice today that Space Quest has the hardest time being relevant, especially in terms of its now-outdated topical computer humor, but I still find certain parts of the games hilarious.  I'm just really curious why they haven't been made as digital downloads yet.  I know the manpower would take up some time and money, but surely there are enough of us old-timers around to offset those costs.
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#33  Edited By BoG

Nothing beats Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem.

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#34  Edited By tokyochicken

This has probably been mentioned already, but Bioshock has some very cool moments and methods of storytelling.

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#35  Edited By Gump
Mafia (PC)

This game is like a very, very good book. CAN'T STOP READING!

The storyline of this game is way better than the storyline of any game in the Grand Theft Auto series, this is maybe one of the best stories ever made, for sure.

I've played Psychonauts, Vampire Bloodlines and the Masquerade: Redemption and I'm very sure this game is FOR YOU!
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#36  Edited By ShadowKiller

They might not fit your tastes but I thought Bioshock and Crisis Core had excellant stories

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#37  Edited By AlwaysCrashing
Sparky_Buzzsaw said:
"Ravey said:
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Yeah I was going to suggest the Sierra games, though I couldn't even convince SuperMooseman to try them and he's supposedly an adventure game nut.

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Really?  That's a shame.  It's a whole period of gaming that's generally been forgotten, but the games are still a blast.  I can understand if he doesn't want to get into the text-based ones, though.  The syntax takes some getting used to and might be a little intimidating if you didn't grow up with that type of gameplay.  But there's no excuse to miss out on the point-and-click versions.  I notice today that Space Quest has the hardest time being relevant, especially in terms of its now-outdated topical computer humor, but I still find certain parts of the games hilarious.  I'm just really curious why they haven't been made as digital downloads yet.  I know the manpower would take up some time and money, but surely there are enough of us old-timers around to offset those costs."
They're quite hard to get to run though aren't they? I love the aesthetic of the space quest games, but only played half of one when I was a kid.
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#38  Edited By RHCPfan24

BIoShock or Mass Effect.

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#39  Edited By LiquidPrince

Prince of Persia, Metal Gear Solid, God of War, Devil May Cry 3.

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#40  Edited By Gameboi

*Uses Yoda voice*  

"Kain... You seek Legacy of Kain. Buy them, you must."

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#42  Edited By Lunchbox1up

the new prince of persia actually has a pretty good story (and really surprising ending)........but the game itself is pretty repetitive

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#43  Edited By Metric_Outlaw

Skies of Arcadia Legends for the GC.

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#44  Edited By fr0br0

MGS1-2, Fire Emblem, Bioshock, Persona 3 and 4.

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#45  Edited By TwoOneFive

any of the Oddworld games. and they all have fantastic (seriously) gameplay. 

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#46  Edited By Moeez

Ooh, since I mostly play a lot of story-oriented games, this might be a long list.

Beyond Good and Evil, Max Payne series, Brothers in Arms series, Too Human, Kane and Lynch, The Darkness, Mafia, Indigo Prophecy (you've already played it), Dead Space, new Prince of Persia. 

Hope that helped out. :)