Best Video Game Plots

[POLISH SAUSAGE]

I just got into the Metal Gear series, and i have to say, these stories are awesome. Both gameplay and story aspects of all these games make for some of the best gaming expieriences i have ever expierienced. What other games have great storylines in your opinion, maybe i'll check them out.

[Ghoul Hunter]

WoW, GTA series, Mafia, and RE are what comes to my mind.

[Chrysostom]

Resident Evil Series

Most RPGs have decent storylines, whereas Final Fantasy games have AWESOME stories

Metal Gear Series

[B]

Tales of Symphonia's story is pretty sick.

And LttP.

[METS]

Deus ex

[Hep Kat]

Basically any RPG.


Skies of Arcadia, Golden Sun, and Tales of Symphonia have great stories.

[talk show host]

Mafia. I like the Silent Hill storylines too.

[jaymz_is_god]

Metal Gear series, Resident Evil series and the GTA games are pretty decent too.

[Mr. Ron]

Xenogears.

/thread.

[B]

Basically any RPG.


Skies of Arcadia, Golden Sun, and Tales of Symphonia have great stories.
Was SoA good? It looks similar to ToS..

I always wanted ot check it out but never got around to it.

[shangbang]

Chrono Cross/Chrono Trigger

Final Fanasy games

Metal Gear series

[B]

Chrono Cross/Chrono Trigger

Final Fanasy games

Metal Gear series
Chrono Trigger is awesome. Never played Chrono Cross though.

Lots of SNES rpgs have great story lines.

Secret of Mana, Secret of Evermore, Seiken Densetsu 3 to name a few.

[Rrrrrrr]

Deus Ex by far.

[shangbang]

Chrono Trigger is awesome. Never played Chrono Cross though.

You should play Chrono Cross. Its a really good rpg. One of my favorites

[Amit]

Eternal Darkness =)

[PAJJ]

Final Fantasy, IMO 7 and 8 are the best.
Metal Gear series has awsome plots.
Brokensword was pretty good back in the day.
And although it isn't the best ICO because it's just a fantastic game.

[Voyage34]

Baldur's Gate, whole series.

And Deus Ex (the first one).

[Labouski]

i thought half life 2 plot was good, even though it was a rip off of the book 1984

[Nightvision]

Devil May Cry 3 had a fairly good storyline for the genre of game it was. It was no FFVII though.

[Turkish]

Warcraft Series.

[Aakon_Keetreh]

Mafia. I like the Silent Hill storylines too.


silent hills ones are so freaking scary in the dark.

[Danish]

GTA, obviously. What's a better plotline than mindless, random mayhem and destruction?

[Turkish]

GTA, obviously. What's a better plotline than mindless, random mayhem and destruction?


Just like Doom amirite?

[Riva]

Fallout.

[Mr. Ron]

Why are people saying WoW and the Warcraft series? The plot wasn't that involved....great games though.

[Henry Cho]

chrono trigger perhaps

[Turkish]

Why are people saying WoW and the Warcraft series? The plot wasn't that involved....great games though.


Go read then entire lore (including the 5+ novels already)...or just read the quick lore at the site and come back.

[FA]

Guild Wars and even Diablo II had a decent plot.

[Mr. Ron]

Go read then entire lore (including the 5+ novels already)...or just read the quick lore at the site and come back.
We're talking about the initial game, not books that were written afterwards.

[Ghoul Hunter]

Go read then entire lore (including the 5+ novels already)...or just read the quick lore at the site and come back.
Exactly. The overall world is so thought out it's not even funny.

[Rrrrrrr]

having a well-thought out setting does not automatically make the plot good.
Despite the amount of detail Tolkien put into Middle-Earth, I would never say that LOTR has the best plot of any book.

[Mr. Ron]

having a well-thought out setting does not automatically make the plot good.
Despite the amount of detail Tolkien put into Middle-Earth, I would never say that LOTR has the best plot of any book.
True. A legend nonetheless though.

[Turkish]

We're talking about the initial game, not books that were written afterwards.


Well, we said series...assuming the entire warcraft universe.

But I do understand what you're saying, just going with the initial game...the first two warcraft didn't have an incredibly induldged story.

I was just thinking of the entire universe of it though.

[Danish]

Just like Doom amirite?

Not really. In Doom the plot was that demons or something took over a base on Mars and you had to kill them. Great plot, great game, but there is something about beating a hooker to death with a baseball bat that turns it for me, IF you know what I mean!

[Mr. Ron]

I gotcha.

but seriously, Xenogears ftw. Such a deep plot and story and it was an unfinished game!

[Chanandler Bong]

I agree with the bloke who said Xenogears.


edit: ^ Xenogears was unfinished? o:

[mightygod]

Eternal Darkness =)

that game ruled, and the plot was extremely good.

[Lionheart1827]

Xenogears has an amazing story. Blows away FF7's storyline in seriousness ten fold. FF8 has the best love story.

The first MGS' story was awesome, however, MGS2 started to get so unbelievable with all of the plot twists and such. I haven't beaten the 3rd one yet so I have no comment.

I always loved FF6's storyline because of what Kefka managed to do. If you beat the game you'd know what im talkin about.

Star Ocean 3 has an awesome storyline as well. If you've made it far enough into the game, the major plot twist is kinda, odd? But it's a pretty cool concept that I never would've thought of.

There are so many more games that I want to list, but those are the ones that are currently on my mind.:thumb:

[RunAmokRampant]

the halflife series is pretty intriguing.

[bad_musician]

Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic 1&2.


Great, open ended storylines.

[Akeh]

Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic 1&2.


Great, open ended storylines.

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[Hodgy1986]

Its All About Final Fantasy 7,8,9 And 10 They Have Brilliant Story Lines And The Characters Are Belivable 7 Has The Best Story Out The Lot And The Movie For It Is Great FF 7 Advent Children

[Voyage34]

Go read then entire lore (including the 5+ novels already)...or just read the quick lore at the site and come back.
Exactly. The overall world is so thought out it's not even funny.


In that case, I vote any Warhammer game, ever...

[Mr. Ron]

I agree with the bloke who said Xenogears.


edit: ^ Xenogears was unfinished? o:
Yeah, it was supposed to be a 4 disc game.

[ownyouall]

if anything gtas got the plot since every game's storyline is connected

vice city - 80s
san andreas - early 90s
liberty city - happens before gta 3
gta 3 - current

and um i seem to remmeber that i herd from somewhere that the game "Manhunt" also made by rockstargames is connected to gta cause the city that "Manhunt" occurs in, is mentioned in one of the gta games

[JamminOnMy4String]

tetris and pong

[Kickflip_Burrito]

Metal Gear Solid series by far....tho I wasn't too impressed with MGS 2's storyline.

[Arucard]

Skies of Arcadia had a sick as story, as well as being the best RPG ever.

[xizoesira]

Was SoA good? It looks similar to ToS..

I always wanted ot check it out but never got around to it.

Skies of Arcadia is excellent.

Fahrenheit had a really badass plot until the end. From the hobo camp things went stupid.

[Chanandler Bong]

Yeah, it was supposed to be a 4 disc game.

That makes me wonder what wasn't included in the finished game.

[Mr. Ron]

That makes me wonder what wasn't included in the finished game.
Xenogears wasn't a finished game. Thats why the graphics look they way they do, they werenlt even finished. It was due to lack of funding.

[xizoesira]

KOTOR 2 was also unfinished. I forget if it was budget or time cuts, but they scrapped a ton of the material they had planned for the end segments.

[Kif]

Fahrenheit?

[Jonny]

Tales of Symphonia and Starcraft

[burning star IV]

Resident Evil
Silent Hill
Earthbound
Final Fantasy

[METS]

Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic 1&2.


Great, open ended storylines.

Yeh its great how they can do something so fresh with the lisence, as a story I favour them over the Movies.

[deathscreamingsheep]

I thought XIII was pretty good plot-wise, it was actually pretty absorbing.

[holy_roller99]

I gotcha.

but seriously, Xenogears ftw. Such a deep plot and story and it was an unfinished game!

been trying to find a copy of that not oin the internet but it seems i will have no choice. also one of the best games i have played i wild arms.

[JamminOnMy4String]

Metroid Prime, Super Mario Bros 3, Goldeneye, All FF games, All Zelda games, Ninja Gaiden games, Halo games, and of course Guitar Hero.

[ATC]

The Thief series had awesome storylines, as did the Deus Ex series.

[Iron Bug]

Kingdom Hearts/Final Fantasy and Silent Hill

[xizoesira]

Fahrenheit?

Oh, I think it's called Indigo Prophecy in America. Something like that.

[Junooni]

Anyone care to explain the Metal Gear Solid story to me? It's so confusing.

[spitfirejunky]

Metal Gear Solid (PS) >> all sequels/prequels

[Werny]

Halo 2's story is the only thing that kept me playing through the campaign. I loved it.

If the game was finished it could've been perfect.

[PAJJ]

Anyone care to explain the Metal Gear Solid story to me? It's so confusing.

Well you don't say what you don't understand but go here and read the plot should some it up pretty well.

Metal Gear Solid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_gear_solid

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Gear_Solid_2:_Sons_of_Liberty

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Gear_Solid_3:_Snake_Eater

[Hellion462606]

The Metal Gear Series is awesome. I've played 1 & 3, and started working on 2 yesterday. Some other great games are:

-The Devil May Cry Series: storylines aren't the greatest, but gameplay makes
up for it.
-Silent Hill Series except 4 The Room, it kinda sucked.
-The new Gauntlet is pretty damn good.
-The Elder Scrolls III: Marrowind: it's a great open-ended, non-turn, free will
driven RPG. It's on Xbox.
-Resident Evil Series of course. 4 is proving to be great.

Sorry can't think of many more that good at the moment.

[TheBlueBaron]

Baldurs Gate, Mafia and Max Payne 2 spring to mind. NWN:HotU also has a good story and I really enjoyed playing that.

[Lionheart1827]

The Metal Gear Series is awesome. I've played 1 & 3, and started working on 2 yesterday. Some other great games are:

-The Devil May Cry Series: storylines aren't the greatest, but gameplay makes
up for it.
-Silent Hill Series except 4 The Room, it kinda sucked.
-The new Gauntlet is pretty damn good.
-The Elder Scrolls III: Marrowind: it's a great open-ended, non-turn, free will
driven RPG. It's on Xbox.
-Resident Evil Series of course. 4 is proving to be great.

Sorry can't think of many more that good at the moment.

And PC.:smash:

[TheBlueBaron]

And PC.:smash:

But the story in Morrowind isn't really anything special. It's one of my favourite games but the story is it's main failing in my opinion. Lets hope that Oblivion rectifies that.

[Chrysostom]

Red Faction has a nice plot.

[PAJJ]

Shenmue, that was good, if a little cheesy.

[Phototropic]

I enjoyed resident evil 2 storyline, bit stupid but ...it could happen :p

And yeah silent hill had some fresh creepy ideas

[Junooni]

Well you don't say what you don't understand but go here and read the plot should some it up pretty well.

Metal Gear Solid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_gear_solid

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Gear_Solid_2:_Sons_of_Liberty

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Gear_Solid_3:_Snake_Eater


The whole concept. I just like running around killing people in the game. But thianks for this, I never thought it would be on Wikipedia.

[Frankie]

You can't beat Ocarina of time, FF VII and ICO when it comes to great game plots