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ChronotriggerJM on 08 May 2008

@Euphoria, I LOVED the Xenosaga series (maybe not 2 so much), but I'm not sure if I could consider the "Writing" all that good, the voice work was spot on, and the cinematography of it all fit in really nice :P But like Metal Gear I'm not sure if I can contribute that to the writing...



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Mummelmann on 08 May 2008
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.

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Munkeh111 on 08 May 2008
rocketpig said:
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)


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.

 It is the same style of humour, but it is still funny. the radio is just a background distraction while you are playing the game. I also like the Ricky Gervais stand up show, and his talk on radio, though Gervais probably had a lot of input there



The Ghost of RubangB on 08 May 2008

Here are some of my favorite well-written gems in the sea of bullshit known as "game writing."



Beyond Good and Evil
Day of the Tentacle
Final Fantasy 6
Half-Life
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Portal
StarCraft



Man, it's hard to think of any at all.



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rocketpig on 08 May 2008
The Ghost of RubangB said:
Here are some of my favorite well-written gems in the sea of bullshit known as "game writing."



Beyond Good and Evil
Day of the Tentacle
Final Fantasy 6
Half-Life
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Portal
StarCraft



Man, it's hard to think of any at all.

Kinda scary when you think about it, isn't it?




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blaydcor on 08 May 2008

If we're going purely by GAME writing standards, Bioware usually has their moments of near-brilliancy in most of their games, particularly in their pre-console days. Not exactly Pulitzer Prize stuff, and often a little overwrought, but for the most part, pretty good. Believe it or not, The World Ends With You also has some pretty sharp dialogue; not something I was expecting out of it at all.



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darthdevidem01 on 08 May 2008

GTA SA...radio stations..

HS only for Bohan..

FF6..TRULY EPIC feel

MGS series as whole..AWESOME!!



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Mummelmann on 08 May 2008
rocketpig said:
The Ghost of RubangB said:
Here are some of my favorite well-written gems in the sea of bullshit known as "game writing."



Beyond Good and Evil
Day of the Tentacle
Final Fantasy 6
Half-Life
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Portal
StarCraft



Man, it's hard to think of any at all.

Kinda scary when you think about it, isn't it?


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Loud_Hot_White_Box on 08 May 2008
Words Of Wisdom said:
Mummelmann said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
I recall Icewind Dale having pretty decent writing/narration but it's been a long time since I played it. Not as character-centric as Baldur's Gate, but very story-centric.

Indeed, ID 2 was even better in this regard, and Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer has a profoundly good story and writing (can't go wrong with Forgotten Realms anyways... ).


I never finished IWD2. The feeling just wasn't there.

I'll take Eberron over FR. In FR, the world is on the verge of ending every day and there's an archmage behind every bush despite most of the world apparently getting along without magic. In Eberron, things make a little more sense. Not much... but a little. That's probably a different topic though...


Untrue, untrue!  FR ftw.  What a diverse world with so much going on.  No manmade world has had more content generated for it.  I love it.  Anyway, yeah it's all opinion.

As for game storylines?:

Planescape : Torment 

Metal Gear series

FFVI

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BenKenobi88 on 08 May 2008

I'll beat it to the punch: Bioshock is OK, nothing spectacular, the atmosphere is really where the game shines I think.



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