A lot of people here I feel are going to say KOTOR, with some justification. I mean it really is the spiritual predecessor to ME.
Others might jump to Halo, but honestly outside of the solid combat, the games have uninspired stories (havent played Reach or 4 though..) and really present nothing innovative to science fiction or games as a medium. At least within the actual games.
Crysis...yeah not even in the same league, nor close.
Gears of War, while introducing what seems this generation's single most widely adapted gameplay mechanic (standard cover system) really only showed narrative promise in the first game, and sort of took a Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy spiral downwards in terms of story. The games pulled me in less with each installment, and it seems with Epic leads leaving the studio and a new team in charge, the latest iteration is a beefed up Army of Two.
Killzone suffers from much of the same I criticize about Halo. In fact, without a windfall of Sony money and the ego necessary to have their own Halo, this franchise never would have seen it past the 1st sub-par iteration.
Deus Ex HR for me is the only science-fiction RPG that could theoretically rival ME on a narrative front, but the gameplay mechanics are far less inviting and there is a certain feeling through the first half of the game that you'd be better off watching YT videos or reading a strategy guide, then attempting it yourself.
Bioshock Infinite maybe? The game is touted to be this game generation's true artistic epitome, but I have yet to buy it.
Fallout 3 and NV both I really wanted to like, but with the lack of self-personality, endless travel, a huge open environment that seemed empty and just big for the sake of big, ugly textures, glitchyness, lack of likable charatcers, oft-broken AI companions, and lack of a compelling and immediate overarching narrative, even 10-15 hours in I felt annoyed playing it.
Aliens Colonial Marines is one of the worst games released in recent memory.
On Metacritic Half-Life 2, ME2 and Bioshock hold the highest scores for sci-fi franchises. I know which one I love most.
Modifié par KevinT18, 08 avril 2013 - 11:48 .
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