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Which games have the best storylines?

I'm looking for games that tell epic novel or movie worthy stories. Some that I would nominate:

Halo: Combat Evolved
Thief: Deadly Shadows
Descent: Freespace
Descent: Freespace 2
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
Bioshock
the Crysis series
F.E.A.R.
the Resistance Series
Quake 4

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Soul Venom: Rise of the Shit Eater

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Conman: Goon ass twink Bastard

Fuck his Mother

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Planescape: Torment
Dragon Age Origins
Disco Elysium

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The Witcher 3
Half-Life series

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We don't know each other but this post piqued my interest. Last semester I too a video game story writing class. It was pretty damn fun!

Of course I am at a college known for its liberal arts programs so some of my classmates didn't like my game which was based too deeply in reality for them.

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Do tell..

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Here is a part of my Game Concept. Bold indicates where they lost their shit.


Working Title
“Into the Darkness”

Concept Statement
Are you willing to sign a private military contract to stop some of the most despised criminals on the planet? If so, join up with Markum Consultants and make a difference!


Genre
First-person shooter with action-adventure RPG


Player Experience and Game POV
The game player plays as Jordan Parker, former Army Ranger who now works are a Team Leader for Markum Consultants, a private military contracting firm based out of Houston, Texas. As the leader of Dragonfly team, Jordan is part of a 6-person team who specializes in covert operations in Africa and Asia

The game is set in modern times (early 2020s) in an alternate timeline (no COVID) where there are US Government sanctions contracts to independent private military contractors to disrupt the global child trafficking trade. The purpose of these contracts is for the government to have plausible deniability if a mission fails and contractors are killed or captured.

As a team leader, you are a dedicated contractor whose primary concern is the welfare of your team, consisting of 6 extremely skilled personnel who have their own reasons for taking on this job. Despite the other’s motivations, all other factors, including the mission itself, are secondary to your desire to keep your team safe and bring them all home.

The game is First Person POV. When beginning the game, you get to determine if Jordan Parker is either a male or female. Both options have their unique skillsets with strengths and weaknesses. As the player, you will navigate through ten chapters with the specifics of your journey based on your decisions.


Game World Fiction
Your latest mission is to travel to South Sudan to capture or kill Naeem Zarouq, a notorious child trafficker, and rescue as many children as possible in his compound hidden deep within the northern edge of the Ez Zeraf Game Reserve.

After flying into the capital Juba, your chartered helicopter is shot down by a Sudanese terrorists’ surface to air missile and crashes near the center part of the game reserve. It is the rainy season so in addition to the elements of constant rain, flooded forests, soak grassy plains, you also have to keep your guard up against the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces, Sudanese terrorist members, Zaroug’s private army and the local wildlife that includes dangerous creatures such as lions, leopards, elephants, water buffalo, hippos and crocodiles.

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Well, 'Jordan' is one of those unisex names. So I don't see the issue. What are the proposed strengths and weaknesses.

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Precisely. I did that on purpose.

It depended. Jordan the male would be taller, heavier, stronger. Jordan the female would have different traits.

But some got upset because its not fair. Lol

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Fair is like luck. There is no such thing. It is just a vestigial word to describe the rare circumstance where justice happens to be even.

Life will be hard for those snowflakes.

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Bioshock and F.E.A.R are the stand outs in that list for me.

I’ll throw in Silent Hill 2.

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You should try Thief: Deadly Shadows. It is the best on my list

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What Remains of Edith Finch.
Telltale's The Walking Dead (first game).
Life Is Strange.
Fran Bow.
American McGee's Alice, as well as Alice: Madness Returns.
Sally Face.
Alan Wake.
Outer Wilds.
The Crooked Man.

Hark! Harold the angel sings.

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