The Best Videogame Stories Ever

15 end-all, be-all of tales to titillate your inner literary critic. Did your favorite make the list?

Words: GamesRadar_ US on April 17, 2008

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lukel127 - June 20, 2009 6:22 p.m.

PORTAL ROCKS!!!!!! That is not a lie.
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SaulFidgeonGuy - June 13, 2009 2:08 p.m.

um, halo? i know the games aren't great. they're unoriginal shooters, the same as any other fps ever made but when you get into the story, it amazing! the amount of detail and thought put into it and the epic moments in the games shopuld get it on this list!
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xXHaloKillerXx - May 11, 2009 8:47 p.m.

Im going to agree with GTA SA because it had that feeling to it.Driving from the hood to the desert or Back O Beyond was so much fun and it had that feeling IV didnt have.The people and cars change in the different parts you go through.overall its the best game experience i have ever had besides COD4.
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Netsurfer733 - May 10, 2009 9:34 a.m.

Erm, Starcraft much???? Hell, maybe even Warcraft.
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Surafel - May 9, 2009 2:18 a.m.

Bioshock is the best out of all of them
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Levy - April 22, 2009 5:33 p.m.

WHOA CALM DOWN PEOPLE!
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key0blade - April 22, 2009 11:41 a.m.

KOTOR had such a great story, too bad i cant mah PC copy....or its sequel...
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Kerfluffle - March 10, 2009 3:14 a.m.

I would like to have seen Shadow of the Colossus on here, but it doesn't matter. Lotsa 90s PC adventures on here, eh? Must have some good plots back in the dinosaurs ages.
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McSpermie - February 18, 2009 8:04 a.m.

dude assassin's creed should have been up there. Also Morrowind had an amazing story, so much background, everything about it was insanely well done.
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RedOutlive10 - February 4, 2009 9:48 p.m.

I disagree with Deus Ex having an outstanding story. I really enjoyed the myriad of choices you had in the game, but some endings were sad. I mean, either you hand the world over another possibly corrupt organization, destroy all technology - long story short mankind goes back to stone age, or join an AI and rule the world with it. Sorry that was nuts for me.
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Kaz993 - February 4, 2009 1:50 a.m.

Silent Hill 2, excellent.
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stuffblowupnation - January 12, 2009 10:36 p.m.

Why no GoW2? Deep (ish) story, good characters why not?
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TwoFace333 - September 3, 2009 8:17 a.m.

no Tales of Symphonia? at first i was like why am i playing this (not too much into anime anymore) but eventually the story got really good with plenty twist and turns that make you really wanna think. i love that game, i think it should have been on this list. The same with Mass Effect. that game took some time to get into but when i did i grew attach to the characters and story and especially the interactive gameplay. when i beat it i just sat back and watched the credits with the cool song it was playing in the end and then that was when i was, "I %$#@ing love this game." As of the games on the list, i totally agree on a few of them, but that's only becuase the few that i agreed on were the only ones i've played on this list. I wanna find and buy most of these games now :D
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william206 - August 11, 2009 3:44 a.m.

OMG WHERES WARCRAFT,and no im not a super wow fanatic, i dont even have world of warcraft, but seriously it has such an amazing story...
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Cyberninja - August 8, 2009 3:09 a.m.

where is twewy? ps if you awnsered the question earlier sorry i did not read all the comments
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_D-Man_ - July 27, 2009 11:35 p.m.

No Final Fantasy Tactics? Oh well, good article.
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thekandyman - July 10, 2009 3:20 a.m.

Good list, I think Mass Effect should of been on it though. KOTOR I and II had great stories.
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LokiRising - June 12, 2009 7:51 p.m.

Good work, which is something we all seem to forget. I loved Second SIght's story, but it's all gravy.
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SeaBassterd - May 20, 2009 12:07 a.m.

hell yeah!!!! PORTAL!!!!
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infernite - May 11, 2009 1:14 a.m.

I salute everything on here. but no baldur's gate 2? that game had some of the best characters ever, definitely on par with kotor. still, good list, I'm definitely going to have to look some of these up.
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