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[ElderLabs]

   In your guys' opinion, what makes a great game's story? Which aspects are the best in your opinions and which things should be left out?

[NekkidNones]

That is a huge question. The briefest thing I can say, that I find important, is continuity.

Having multiple simultaneous subplots, of varying scope, adds a feeling of complexity and depth that enriches the escapism. However too many different directions at once will flop any story.
There always has to be drama, either on the surface or in obvious subtext. Helps grip the observers attention, and allows time to develop characters story. Again, not too strong at the start. It is difficult to go from sex to foreplay, without seeming lost and confused.

Additionally, for your consideration:
http://forum.bioware...ine/?p=16179315

[AventuroLegendary]

Kind of a broad question, since an amazing game story can fit many ideas an individual writer is aiming for. I suppose pacing is important. The story should feel like a coherent/consistent, grand journey by the time you finish reading/playing through it.

 

A good game story? One where the story and gameplay go hand in hand, for the most part.

[I SOLD MY SOUL TO BIOWARE]

When they leave me feeling like s*** afterwards. 

 

Along with lesbians, and robots fighting dinosaurs. 

[mybudgee]

See Mass Effect 1

[Cyonan]

See Mass Effect 1

 

You know, the whole thing about the conduit never made any sense to me.

 

It's just a "backdoor" to the Citadel that Saren already had access to as a spectre.

[grimunsol]

mass effect  1 mainly, thou other mass effect games weren't bad. star wars the old republic had a bit too. just wish they make more mass effect thou. mass effect was awesome

 

 

 

 

other note : I mainly liked spore , mass effect, command and conquer . don't know why e.a don't remake sudden attack,nuclear attack that had back on playstation  aka helicopter game based missions..

[Wires_From_The_Wall]

   In your guys' opinion, what makes a great game's story? Which aspects are the best in your opinions and which things should be left out?

 

Characters (player controlled or otherwise) that are interesting to follow. If game  makes an attempt at more serious drama, then I want these characters  say,do and want things that make sense. I need to be able to believe in these characters. They do not  exist in game just to make PC seem cool,strong,interesting,invisible and desirable. I want characters who have their personalities constructed of building blocks besides a sarcastic pun machine.  If story and writing have more light hearted approach, I want the characters  to find find some fine line between absurd, funny and tragic and remain true to their mix of these things in consistent fashion.

When writing this, Last of Us, Walking Dead, GTA V came in my mind. 

 

If characters with all related dynamics and synergies are good enough, then simply the act of player taking them through the game makes a satisfying, entertaining journey. Think of GTA V. Three awesome, fun well written main characters. (well, two)  After opening chapters, their Mcguffin hunts and those pulling their strings become increasingly dumb and irrelevant.  Yet, characters are so fun playing game through as them remains a great story. In games, which usually are all about controlling characters, this easily remains much more important than holding players hand through some carefully assembled story.

[Dominus]

At least based on my gaming catalogue:

• Reversals. Final Fantasy VI and especially Planescape: Torment are good examples of this.
  Spoiler

  Chris Avellone himself has spoken about this(Regarding PS:T) by taking everything the typical RPG would do and threw it out the window. FF6 sort of did this with Kefka. He not only rose to the title of Major Villain, he succeeded.
• Emotional Resonance(or pretty much what Snook said). When visual/audio information on a computer screen can make you cry, they've clearly done something right XD. Heavy Rain, Mother 3, TWD, etc.
• Characters. Even though the storyline of say, Mass Effect didn't exactly blow me away, the characters made up for whatever shortcomings the series had.
• Choice & Consequence. As we are talking about Video Game Storylines, it's going to have that much more impact if you're indeed affecting the characters and/or world around you, whether minute or behemothic.
• Boobs. If there aren't bosoms involved of a moderate volume, I'm out. Sorry.

[ElderLabs]

After reading the comments, I'll pitch in my two cents about what makes a great story as well.

 

1) Twists. If the plot is so generic and obvious as to where its leading, the story bores me and I can't get through it. I couldn't get through Sacred 2 or ANY of Elder Scrolls Oblivion for this reason. Too generic and obvious.

 

2) Characters, characters, characters. There's many things that makes a character good and I'm mainly leading towards vocal acting at the moment. If the vocal acting is so unbelievable and stereotypical to the "hero", I get bored and turn the game off usually. The only exception being Mass Effect because Sheppard isn't REQUIRED to be a douche, but he is able to be one.

 

3) Great settings. If the above two things are fantastic but I'm sitting in some cave with pink ponies galloping around, I'm not into it. Obviously I don't mean this literally unless there's a game that covers this, but you get the point. A believable and good looking setting is just as important as the rest of it. Immersion makes up the majority of story and dialogue if you really think about it.

[AventuroLegendary]

I'm in the mindset that a great story doesn't need a whole bunch of characters and dialogue. Take Dark Souls or Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, for instance. The isolation itself, with what few NPCs there are, adds to the overall atmosphere and story. All in all, it depends on what the writer is striving for. 

[Isichar]

I'm in the mindset that a great story doesn't need a whole bunch of characters and dialogue. Take Dark Souls or Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, for instance. The isolation itself, with what few NPCs there are, adds to the overall atmosphere and story. All in all, it depends on what the writer is striving for. 

 

Works for me. Brothers: A tale of Two Sons only has a handful of characters, no audible dialogue and has one of the most well told video game stories I have played to date.

[RZIBARA]

Interesting characters and a well done antagonist. Mass Effect 1 is prime example, and I still love the other 2 games as well

[xAmilli0n]

Make me care about what happens to the characters, have consistent lore, and make sure the whole journey from prologue to epilogue can easily be traced from all relevant perspectives without too many question marks.

Not an easy thing to do. I'd say The Last of Us is my most recent example of a game succeeding in this.

[FlyingSquirrel]

I've discovered that dialogue choice and the ability to shape my character's personality and philosophy to some extent is a big part of what really elevates a game to top-level for me. Not that I can't still sometimes enjoy a more linear, straightforward game, but series like Fallout, Mass Effect, or The Witcher are the ones that are really going to capture my attention and, in some cases, inspire me to play them multiple times.