List some games that you think has an immersive, creative and engaging plot. Maybe list some games that you think had mediocre plots and explain why you think so. I''ll start off with a couple of games. Deus Ex was a great game. Its plot was richly detailed. Although it used some cliches like the long lost brother working for the enemy, or the main character unwittingly working for the actual bad guys, the presentation of the plot was what won me over. It had superb sound effects and musical scores, as well as great level design. Starcraft, some might say, had a good storyline. I would disagree. To me the plot seemed to be based on a warpped version of Tolkien''s universe, in which the protoss were elves, the zerglings were the orcs, and the terrans, were, humans. Add a starship troopers theme to the art and voice acting, and you''ve got yourself starcraft. The presentation of the game was amazing indeed. But one thing that just didn''t make my day was the fact that the overmind explodes in the end. Does every blizzard RTS game have to end in a big explosion? -=~''''^''''~=-.,_Wicked_,.-=~''''^''''~=-

Well, maybe things need to start with a big bang...and end in some sort of blackhole.

-=~''''^''''~=-.,_Wicked_,.-=~''''^''''~=-

I''d rather games end with a bang than with a;

"Congradulations! You WOn! Thanx for Playing!"

(What the hell where they thinking?)


Final Fantasy 6 was one of my favorite game storylines. It had every cliche imaginable but was engauging, fun, and exciting every second of the way, so I''m not sure what that means exactly. I know it has to mean somehting because at least 2 million other aggree with me on this.


Bad storylines, humm lets see;

Mortal Kombat,
Killer Instinct,
Beyond the Beyond,
and many more I just don''t want to list them all

Mainly becasue they were presented poorly or for the fighting games, non-existant, or tacked on at the last minute just to have one so...





Liquid Moon Team

Project X2

Metal Gear Solid had a half-decent plot, IMHO.

Like it or not most ''fighting'' games are a bit weak in plots.

Pacman for me had the most engaging story-line. I remember when I was younger trying to find the philisophical meaning of a man trapped in a maze for eternity... (or 256 levels, anyway)

Now you, thats just my point. Take Laroche''s comment. A joke obviously, but it just demonstrates the intolerance towards story-telling in gaming.

As for everything ending with an explosion, thats just an underlining of the climactic event ending. I mean, even when Christ died there was an earthquake and the curtain in the temple tore. Its symbolic of the effort that was placed into it and that it''s all paid off and we get a big showing of our victory over evil. Though, yes, i agree. Explosions representing an end have gotten cliche''. Which is why it was great in FinalFantasy7 that sephiroth just faded away quietly after getting the crap kicked out of him. And then it sucked when they did that confusing FMV after.

-> Will Bubel
-> Machine wash cold, tumble dry.