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Best Story Driven Games (no order)

by stefan

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Phantom Dust

1. Phantom Dust

Probably one of the strangest games I ever played. It's more or less a card game made into an action game with a compelling story formed around two characters on a dusty planet.

Breakdown

2. Breakdown

Though Breakdown was not the best game game-play wise it's still a great game that features dimensional and temporal travel. This would fall into the category action.

Gothic II

3. Gothic II

I loved the second installment in the series. It's a good looking western rpg which has an awesome German voice cast and a great story.

Mass Effect

4. Mass Effect

Most people surfin' on GB will probably know this game since it's also one of the more recent. Though I didn't love the combat I sure liked the story. An action rpg.

Terranigma

5. Terranigma

Rebuilding the world piece by piece is your goal in this SNES classic. It's a jrpg mixed with western characteristics. You battle in real time but gain levels.

Indigo Prophecy

6. Indigo Prophecy

A very fast paced story to tell and worth to be played. This game can be counted to the action-adventure genre

Shenmue II

7. Shenmue II

A game which had a great atmosphere and a story worth telling. To bad this story was never finished. An action-adventure like Fahrenheit.

Valkyria Chronicles

8. Valkyria Chronicles

One of the best told and looking stories ever packed into a strategy game.

Final Fantasy X

9. Final Fantasy X

A lot of unexpected events happened in this game and I never ceased to love it. One of the best jrpgs ever made.

Lost Odyssey

10. Lost Odyssey

A game that proved to me that a game with a looooot of text doesn't have to be bad, on the contrary the short stories in the game were really deep and thoughtful. A jrpg at its best.