Starcraft for how well the Overmind was written it really did make you feel like a part of the Swarm

The Monkey Island games were also well written.

rocketpig said: Euphoria14 said: rocketpig said: Thousand Year Door is actually pretty damned funny. You need to play it some time. For me, my vote goes to Psychonauts and an honorary mention to the radio stations in GTA III. Those were truly fucking hysterical. PetsOvernight, Bongo, the original DJ Lazlo (when he was funny), the burned out rocker chick always talking about how big of a slut she used to be... And, of course, Portal. edit: It's weird how when I think of writing, the funny games are the ones that stick in my mind. I think that says something about the dramatic writing abilities of most video game writers... Hahah, I remember those GTA III commercials like it was yesterday. "PetsOvernight.com. Delivering little bundles of joy, in a box, directly to your door." I love it!! Personally I go oldschool and enjoy the dialogue from FF VI (RPGOne Japanese Translation Patch). I crashed at least ten times in GTA III because my head was on my keyboard and I was laughing hysterically. Some of those commercials never got old.

 Before I picked up my copy of GTA IV I went back to GTA III, completely bypassing the story and listening to those great commercials.

GTA IV has some good radio commentary as well. Much more adult oriented, but fun to listen to none the less.

I am waiting for my copy of Tales of Symphonia to come in the mail, haven't tried that game yet. Does it have good dialogue? I have heard some good things about it.

The Metal Gear Solid series.

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rocketpig said: Munkeh111 said: rocketpig said: Munkeh111 said: Star Ocean 3 had some very good dialogue HS and Uncharted should get praise more generally for their storytelling, not just the writing, but the presentation GTA IV should have some mention, because many of the characters are superb, and it does have a good storyline Heavenly Sword deserves a mention for the character Bohan alone. All the other characters were decent, too. Uncharted was a lot of fun but I just can't get over those stupid zombie Nazis... Ugh.   Well, if they had kept the game in the jungle, focused more on exploration, and had not added the horror stuff, it would have been 10/10 for me, but it is only a 9/10 (on an integer scale, so 10/10 =/= perfect, it just means that it is exceptional) I wouldn't have given it 10/10, but the rating would have definitely improved had they kept the game in the jungle and left out that last plot twist.

 Knowing your view on 10/10 is why I felt the need to classify it. I just hope they stick to more exploration, and more waterfalls so that I can just stand there are watch the beautiful water, and then marvel at only the bits of him that went in the water were wet, the graphics were just that good

 

I would also second(or third) the GTA IV radio stations, and much of the internet is hilarious (I love the travel advice)

Hippysnake said: The Metal Gear Solid series. [/thread]

In my opinion, not so much. And definitely not "[/thread]" worthy.

If they would have kept it to exploration, the game would have definitely been better. We can absolutely agree on that. Take advantage of that engine they created and make the environments jaw-dropping.

I was the one who brought up the GTA commercials but I specified GTA III. I think that was the only one that had biting enough satire and it played up the early Internet days wonderfully. Every GTA game since then has been an exercise in recycling ideas IMO.

Tachyon the Fringe, StarLancer, and Mechwarrior 4 Vengeance are more games with good writing.

Tachyon - They gave Bruce Campbell a lot of great stuff to say.  At least half the reason I loved that game was because the main character Jake Logan (I think that was his name) was essentially Bruce Campbell... being voiced by Bruce Campbell.

StarLancer - The game had a TV broadcast you could watch between missions called "The Alliance Conflict News" and that always made it really fun.  For a space sim/shooter game, the story was very well-written and delivered.

Mechwarrior 4 - The game stayed true to its premise.  It delivered a good story with good characters and dialogue.

Not sure if it has been mentioned before in any other thread but how about Xenosaga? I understand alot of people were turned off by it but I feel in terms of story and writing, it was very well done.

I have a few others I would put in there as well but way too many games here at my house for me to even begin.

I see a few people suggested Thousand Year Door. I have played SPM and absolutely hated it, played Paper Mario and thought it was alright... LOVED SMRPG. How is TYD though? Serious storytelling or more humor?

Duke Of Darkness said: Starcraft for how well the Overmind was written it really did make you feel like a part of the Swarm The Monkey Island games were also well written.

 I forgot about Starcraft.  The way they made you play through the human campaign first so you get to know Kerrigan and then do what they did with her in the Zerg campaign and Brood Wars was brilliant.

Euphoria14 said: Not sure if it has been mentioned before in any other thread but how about Xenosaga? I understand alot of people were turned off by it but I feel in terms of story and writing, it was very well done. I have a few others I would put in there as well but way too many games here at my house for me to even begin. I see a few people suggested Thousand Year Door. I have played SPM and absolutely hated it, played Paper Mario and thought it was alright... LOVED SMRPG. How is TYD though? Serious storytelling or more humor?

If you didn't like the original, you probably won't like TTYD.