Number Ten: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Indiana Jones is amazing (what fourth movie?) and always will be. Add Indy to an awesome storyline and you get FoA. Though many fans will bash this game, the basic storyline is excellent. You have three paths you can follow and two endings (well, two successful endings). You can guide Indy as he brawls through the Nazis and finds Atlantis alone. You can use Indy's wits to outwit the Nazis and find Atlantis alone. Or you can team up with the female lead and work through the elements and beat the Nazis to Atlantis as a team. The endings are either solo or duo. Depending if you save the female lead or not you will get one of two endings. Alas, the many choices do not undermine the basic Indiana Jones adventure.
Number Nine: Modern Warfare
Infinity Ward likes to throw us curveballs in Modern Warfare ranging from an unexpected enemy to the death of a main character. The constant thrill of the unknown and the always present sense of danger makes the storyline intense and consuming. The one downside is that you may lose track of the story and forget what you went through while you play. Then again, it is common amongst FPS. Minus that small fault, I would say the story is involved, intense, and in-depth. I am stoked to find out what happens in MW3 this upcoming year!!!
Number Eight: Fallout (series)
The Fallout series is set in a post-apocalypse alternate future, which opens many possibilities. The stroyline is fragmented, which makes it seriously non-linear and hard to connect, but each game continues the storyline in one way or another. The alternate future and nuclear wasteland story makes for an enjoying game and amazing story possibilities. Your choices always influence the outcome and can change the entire wasteland. The stronge customization of the story and intense nuclear wasteland action offset the fragmented and non-cohesive elements very well, or well enough to get to number eight on the list.
Number Seven: Fire Emblem
Fire Emblem was amazing both as a game and as my introduction to a new genre, turn-based-strategy. The story was deep and involved, but not over-the-top. The story was fun and understandable and did not distract from the game itself. It was a classic fantasy story with the same twists and turns, but with its own distinct flavor that made it much better than most other games. The original Fire Emblem for the GBA was the best (well, if you're a purist it is much better than the others) and paved the way for many similar games. Fun, fast, and deep, this storyline is one you can enjoy and remember for ages.
Number Six: The Dig
The Dig is probably a game most people don't know of, but it was one of the best games I ever played. After many changes and drafts, this "movie" was eventually converted into a PC game. Orson Scott Card, the science fiction writer, is credited with being the writer of the script. The storyline is intense and a basic, yet amazing, sci-fi adventure. Astronauts save the planet, end up on another planet, and the main character is an unlikely (yet practical) hero who save an entire alien race and his crew. If you're not into retro games or point-and-click adventures you may not want to play the game, but if you're a sci-fi fan you may want to find the script and story online and give it a browse. It's just as enjoyable a read as a game.
Number Five: Mass Effect
Another Sci-Fi adventure set in the distant future, Mass Effect is an amazingly detailed yet customizable storyline. The overarching story trumps the choices you as a player make, but your choices do influence parts of the overall story. You can be a badass or an angel, a species-ist (loves humans, hates aliens) or a space hippy, an assault soldier or a psychic sniper. Whatever you do, you need to save the galaxy. The depth and detail of the storyline is wonderful and the gameplay and graphics makes this a complete, and amazing game. (Oh yeah, I'm pretty pumped about ME3! I want to see how this all ends!!!)
Number Four: Halo (series)
I think I'm a sucker for fantasy/sci-fi storylines... or that's all we're given in the videogame world. Anyhow, Halo is a classic story in the world of gaming. One super soldier stands between the extinction of the human race and its survival. One man stands on the brink of immortality. One man ruins the entire plans of an empire. One man kills the largest threat to sentient beings. One man and his gun. Master Chief is one of the most memorable characters in videogame history and the protagonist of one of the best storylines in game history. I doubt I need to explain the storyline much more, but this is one FPS that does not suffer what I mentioned earlier.
Number Three: Resident Evil (series)
Resident Evil is a complex storyline with many twists and turns, all of them good. Bioweapons are a modern danger (well, maybe not to the extent of Resident Evil) and these games play on our worries as human beings of this time. Large, evil corporations ruining the world and causing unimaginable mayhem, evil, and disasters around the globe. Few people stand a chance against these nightmares, and stuck in the complex schemes of evil men fewer actually survive. The chracters are in-depth and believable and the plots are evil and detailed.
Number Two: Final Fantasy VII (series, extended)
Possibly one of the most complicated and twisted storylines of all time, Final Fantasy Seven can boast its storyline as one of the best. The focus on minute details and complicated twists makes my brain hurt. Seeing the entire storyline at a glance is impossible. This complex web of mysteries and mayhem has been made into many different games and the storyline keeps growing. The intensity of FFVII and its immense, complex storyline makes it one of the best ever.
Number One: Starcraft (series)
Starcraft has a simple sci-fi story of aliens and humans fighting out for survival. But it is the details and immense size of the story that makes it great. In the original games (Starcraft and Brood War) you got the storyline from all three races and got all the angles on the events of the Starcraft universe. This well-rounded and huge storyline is one of my favorites. It gets top billing for its details, relationships, well-roundedness, and immense scale. I waited for years for SC2 and one major reason was the storyline, I needed to know what happened next.
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