Games With interesting story/narrative?

[nath]

Sonic the Hedgehog, epic story.

Devastating comi-tragedy of a portly inventor being endlessly attacked by a hedgehog and his shitty little friends. Moving stuff.

 

[Turamber]

Ah yes, I've read that. I need to get hold of it. I'm not much of a western RPG player - is it quite tough to get in to?

It looks a bit old now as it was made 11 years ago, but the dialogue and plot were way ahead of its time. If you like the AD&D system you'll love it.

 

[Turamber]

Why do you have to make such a great start to your post and then ruin it with complete and utter bollocks?

Somebody mentioned Heavy Rain in the post before I replied, and as you know I don't think its a computer game

 

[DaGaffer]

Silent Hill 2?

 

[TdC]

that was a good'un imo Gaff.

 

[nath]

Silent Hill 2?

Never finished that either :\. Still, read an interesting essay, if you can call it that, about it and really interesting stuff. A game with symbolism - fancy that!

 

[old.Tohtori]

Never finished that either :\. Still, read an interesting essay, if you can call it that, about it and really interesting stuff. A game with symbolism - fancy that!

Like..umm...gears of war? With big muscular men going around killing ugly things by shooting stuff out of their long metal rods while shouting things like "My manbag holds dead puppies and bullets!" or "My overcompensation is manlier then yours!".

That kind of thing?

 

[nath]

Like..umm...gears of war? With big muscular men going around killing ugly things by shooting stuff out of their long metal rods while shouting things like "My manbag holds dead puppies and bullets!" or "My overcompensation is manlier then yours!".

That kind of thing?

Absolutely. Gears of War symbolises cliffyb's latent homosexual desires - the furious aggression in the game is his self-loathing at the fact that he loves the cock. He really needs to come to terms with it, then he'll start making Viva Pináta type games and everyone can be happy.






Gears of War is shit.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Well it's a great "drink some beers and shoot something" co-op game

 

[Milkshake]

I really enjoyed Portal, not only does it have a very unique gameplay style, the storyline was very enjoyable.

 

[Scouse]

Agree with that. And that it spanks most games. But tbfh, I still don't think it's up to that much. Game stories are (and should be) there to drive the game along. It's going to be a long time before we consider one "high art" or anything...

 

[Helme]

To be perfectly honest, story is a lost concept when it comes to games nowdays. They all claim to have it sure, but it's all on the surface - there is nothing beneath, it's all an afterthought. Something to spread out the dull moments between the big action set pieces.

The only truly good storygame I can recommend is Planescape, Mask of the Betrayer comes fairly close and the Longest Journey is intresting if nothing else.

 

[Wij]

Knights Of The Old Republic not mentioned already so I will.

It's not the best but it's memorable.

 

[Wij]

metal gear solid (the last one blew my fucking mind)

Not played the fourth but in general the MGS 'story' has been a big WTF to me.

 

[nath]

Knights Of The Old Republic not mentioned already so I will.

It's not the best but it's memorable.

Yeah good call, 2 was an interesting story too as it was quite dark. It's a shame they never fucking finished it :\.

 

[Wij]

Yeah good call, 2 was an interesting story too as it was quite dark. It's a shame they never fucking finished it :\.

True

Also, good call on Silent Hill 2 gaff. I love SH 1-4 for the atmosphere (and great gfx for a PS2) but the story was a bit meh apart from 2 which really has little to do with the others.

 

[Tom]

Machinarium has a wonderful storyline

 

[ramathorn]

Not played the fourth but in general the MGS 'story' has been a big WTF to me.

I went into it not really remembering much from the previous ones (apart from some of the awsome characters (hi psycho mantis, vamp)). still it is definately in the top 5 for me, everything about the game was immense, its the first time since i was a kid that i sat up all night playing a game. cut scenes like this between / at the end of each chapter really make it like playing through a movie

YouTube - METAL GEAR SOLID 4 GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS (PS3) BEST EVER CUT SCENE

(NOTE: maybe a little bit of a spoiler in that vid)

Also, a game worth a mention just for its pure beauty:

Shadow of the Colossus for PS2 - GameSpot

 

[nath]

I think Shadow of the Colossus is one of the closest games to settle the "games as art" debate, along with its predecessor Ico.

 

[Wij]

Never finished that either :\. Still, read an interesting essay, if you can call it that, about it and really interesting stuff. A game with symbolism - fancy that!

This ?

GameSetWatch - Column: The Aberrant Gamer - 'Sundering the Mind'

 

[Wij]

I think Shadow of the Colossus is one of the closest games to settle the "games as art" debate, along with its predecessor Ico.

Not played SOTC but if it's anything like Ico it has no story

 

[nath]

Not played SOTC but if it's anything like Ico it has no story

It's the same "story" as Ico - save the girl. The art thing isn't about that so much though, it's the way it's presented, the way it feels to play. Dunno how to explain it but the dynamic between the two in Ico was fantastic.

Of course the main relationship in SotC is between the main character and his horse since the girl is on a concrete slab the entire way through.

This ?

GameSetWatch - Column: The Aberrant Gamer - 'Sundering the Mind'

Probably, but it's been years since I've read it so I can't really remember.

 

[Wij]

Is Ico sybolic of going through puberty ? Boy meets mysterious girl and has a big horn ?

 

[Scouse]

Yeah. Amazing looking - but story wise? Shadows was great fun tho

 

[nath]

I think it's a coming out allegory. Big horn snapped off by village elders, boy recovers by holding hands with glowing fairy.

 

[Wonk]

Okami!