Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
There is no game that I would play that has shitty gameplay but a good story. If all I wanted was a good story, I'd read a book or watch a movie.
What if story was as good as a good book or movie, and you got to skip gameplay (so you wtach youtube playthrough fore xample)
Well first, remember that tis threads is about stories that is good as a good movie or book or tv show, and so good that you would consider watching a playthrough of the game oif that your only option because storyline is so good.
Arte you really telling me that you think Uncharted meet that criteria?
The story is not very interesting, very emotional, very detail, very unique, or really, anything that would make it great story, such as stories like Mass Effect which have very interesting and detailed characters and interesting setting and plot twists etc. Uncharted does not meet that criteria, sorry, and if you insist it is it must be bias speaking/. Sorry.
BTW, I like the games. But I make this thread to get good recomendations so people reallys shouldnt be saying games like these. I dont mean any offence bro but you is clearly cleary very bias.
Originally posted by Stealth Moose
Purely for the storyline?Max Payne 1-2.
Silent Hill through 4.
Bioshock 1-2.
Alan Wake.
Deus Ex (all three).
Mafia II.
Actually, in a lot of cases, good stories are backed by big production companies and have good playability. The only games that are questionably clunky or barely worth playing for anything but the story would be DX1 and Silent Hill 1-4.
Hmm. Nice list but how comes none of the KotOR, Mass Effect or Metal Gear Solid games?
Originally posted by Darth Ray Park
Well first, remember that tis threads is about stories that is good as a good movie or book or tv show, and so good that you would consider watching a playthrough of the game oif that your only option because storyline is so good.Arte you really telling me that you think Uncharted meet that criteria?
The story is not very interesting, very emotional, very detail, very unique, or really, anything that would make it great story, such as stories like Mass Effect which have very interesting and detailed characters and interesting setting and plot twists etc. Uncharted does not meet that criteria, sorry, and if you insist it is it must be bias speaking/. Sorry.
BTW, I like the games. But I make this thread to get good recomendations so people reallys shouldnt be saying games like these. I dont mean any offence bro but you is clearly cleary very bias.
pr1983...
I don't agree at all.
Originally posted by Darth Ray Park
Really? 😕I mean its not as bad as posting Gears or something, but still...
I just think a clear line should be drawn between stories that are great and those that are just good.
You really think you can compare Uncharted to Dragon Age, MGS, Silent Hill, Legacy of Kain, Max Payne etc..?
In terms of scope and actual story, yes. It's a modern Indiana Jones.
Originally posted by Cyner
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiemthe gameplay was merely ok, the story and atmosphere were great.
Just finished this recently. I agree excellent atmosphere and plot.
-Eternal Darkness.
-Psychonauts.
-Splinter Cell.
-Vampire Bloodlines.
-Ghost in the Shell. PS1.
-D. PS1.
-Day of the Tentacle.
-the Broken Sword series.
But the grand winner is-
-Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers.
Simply one of the best games ever made. Would've made a great movie or animation. A writer who owns a secondhand bookstore in New Orleans must help solve a series of murders based on Voodoo practitioning. Tim Curry and Mark Hamil provided voice work amongst many others. One of those games everyone must play before they die.
Re: Games worth playing just for storyline?
Originally posted by Darth Ray Park
This thread is for games that you think would be worth playing through even if you didnt even slightly care about the gameplay, but purely for the story (note, the gameplay can be good as well!).Games whos storylines you think are on the level of books, tv shows and movies.
For me out of the ones I have played they would be:
MGS Series (1,2,3,4,Peace Walker,Portable Ops).
KOTOR Series (1 and 2, havent started playing TOR).
Dragon's Age.
Mass Effect.
Legacy of Kain Series (all of them).
Silent Hill 1-3 (never played 4).
Shenmue Series.
Heavy Rain.
Max Payne.
I should probably add Final Fantasy X and Tales of Vesperia as well on second thought. Tales of Vesperia is on par with a good anime and Final Fantasy X was also pretty awesome, though I really hated Tidus and Yuna, and Blitzball for some reason really rubbed me the wrong way... 😘
Originally posted by Darth Ray Park
Haven't played Eternal Darkness but it is made by same developer as Legacy of Kain right? Only thing I heard about it though is it rips off part of the Psycho Mantis scene in Metal Gear Solid 1.
I would'nt call it "ripping off" to say that is to say the works of Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali were ripoffs considering they learnt the styles of the masters then expressed them in his their way.
Great artists copy and steal. But it's still great art. Play the game. I remember Arkham Asylum had similar moments to the the one you referenced. A great game.