The Top 10 Greatest Video Game Stories (Ever)
While having a great story is not necessarily a requirement for a video game to be popular and fun these days, when a game developer manages to devise a unique game-play environment and a solid cast of characters who fill the roles of protagonists and antagonists, while at the same time weaving a story so solid that it rivals a movie, what you end up with is a massive entertainment value for the same price you might pay for a typical video game.
Whether it is a sign of the times or perhaps a trend that gamers demand more than simply a target to shoot at or a puzzle to solve, game studios have over the course of the past ten years turned a serious focus upon giving gamers just that: solid game designs with intense and entertaining stories as their core foundation.
So we thought we would share with you our list of the Top 10 Greatest Video Game Stories (Ever). Agree? Disagree? Think we missed some? Have a different list of your own? Well don't just say we missed some -- share your list with us in the comments section! And remember, the one in the 01 slot is the one you consider to be the best of the best!
10. Final Fantasy VIIThe Final Fantasy series is a rich and rewarding game series, one that spans multiple realities and settings, so choosing the one with the best story is pretty difficult, but FF VII stands out among the crowd for a number of reasons.
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The story starts out as a green adventure of sorts that resonates very well with gamers who came of age at the time of its release. While the underlying theme was not exactly ripped form the headlines, it is still pretty close.
As the hero of the story you not only lead attacks against an evil corporation that is threatening the world with its bad tech, you are also fighting a resistance struggle against an evil antagonist who thinks nothing of the wholesale slaughter of the innocent.
As that primary adventure unfolds, the plot twists and reveals elements that are shocking to the core. The reason that we are being so vague here about those elements is because the story is so compelling and satisfying that we simply do not want to risk ruining it for gamers who have yet to experience this classic game.
Not having KOTOR on this list is a sin.
Skyrim's story is pathetic, makes no sense and is full of typical fantasy tropes. Dragons really? Also it has the sad Chosen one plot which only really makes sense if you're a Nord, because due to the lore only Nords have ever been of Dragon blood and blah, blah, blah.
Morrowind has a MUCH better story, which I don't want to spoil. The world is original and unique. However I am shocked Planescape Torment isn't on here.
Was the 360 your first console?
what about Eternal darkness, the way the chapters were woven together was very good
Skyrim Is Cool Game...
How about The Longest Journey or Grim Fandango?
Skyrim's story did suck. That shouldn't even be on this list.
Skyrim has a lot going for it, but it's story is terrible. There is NO character development at any point in the game for any character. That said, the LORE(completely different than the story) is fantastic as always, the game world is nice, and the immersion is there.
Planescape: Torment?......Go kill yourself.
Where is Morrowind ?
10-Dark Sector
9-Halo:Reach
8-Mass Effect
7-Uncharted
6-Red Dead Redemption
5-Fallout 3
4-Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
3-Heavy Rain
2-Grand Theft Auto V
1-The Last of Us
My name is John I., and this is my list. Any one agree?
Agreed!
Skyrim's main story line is one of the shittiest story of all "big" games... Most of side-quests have better story than main plot. I quit playing main story line in 2/3 (after first defeat of "evil dragon") because it bored me as hell.
Played 300 hours of Skyrim, wait it had a story? o.O
Starcraft one should definitely be in anyone's top ten story lines.
Last of Us has passed Skyrim for most awards for a single title, I feel it deserves the title of best story ever.
Skyrim --' wtf????
Puts Skyrim but not Morrowind or Oblivion. Honestly, it took me 2 to 3 years to actually start the main quest past the Thalmor Embassy.
Everyone forgot one game...Indigo Prophesy..aka..Fahrenheit!
Stupidity at it's finest. R u seriously gonna tell me that Halo is not on the list? U r seriously out of ure mind
Red dead redemption, is the greatest story by far.
No Red Dead Redemption... hmm think I pressed the wronk link
gta 5 is not worth the best story... but most of this games sucks story sucks if you compare it to the real great games. LA Noir WTF? Grom fandango has the best story of all games. batman arkham asylum has also a very good story, witcher 2 should also be top 10
whre tf is gta 5??????
That seems like an odd thing to say about skyrim. I didn't notice any considerable depth to Skyrim's story over the previous 3 games. I was really confused by the dragon business by the end of the game, actually.
Legacy of Kain beats all of those games' storylines.
Last of us after LoK.
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I totally agree. It is awesome that someone else appreciated that series as much as I did. I was hoping it would be on this list.
Where indeed is Planescape Torment?
I found that shining diamond over ten years after it was published and even though it looks quite ugly by todays standards, the story and the dark, twisted, gruesome and utterly marvelous fantasy world is just gripping. Forget Nirn, forget Arda, this is a world that actually has a soul and spirit. And it's not just a world, but so much more. That game will stay with you forever.
Oh how I would love to get lost in the Planes again in a completely new story..
WOT? You didn't even include Planescape:Torment?
It has the best story any RPG game ever had, Period.
This list in insulting. Kingdom hearts (the first one), ff6-10, loz oot, sonic adventure 2. Mario has a better story than skyrim and it's recycled every year lololol
FO Vegas is the worst Fallout storyline so far...... wtf.
Metal Gear Solid??!!!