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What game has a great story and is worth the time investment? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Perroboc@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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I recently finished Rise of the Tomb Raider and Final Fantasy XVI, and I’m hesitant what I should play next (PC or PS5).

With FF I enjoyed the game and the story was all I expected from it, and I’m really looking forward to the DLC.

With Tomb Raider… damn that game is all over the place. The story is predictable, and also stupid. “Why did you rush in there? Without weapons? Against an army?”, and other similar thoughts kept running through my head. I don’t feel inclined to play Shadow of the tomb Raider (the sequel).

I have a backlog of too many games, and lately it takes a lot of effort to start because I don’t know if it’s worth the time investment. I love games with good stories, and playing a game that puts the lore and story in the background feels like a waste of time.

Sure, I could get started on Baldurs Gate 3, I’ve heard great things. But is the story great? Will I be able to say “oh that chapter/fight/act is awesome!” To other people looking for game experiences?

Experiences like Escaping from the ship in Super Metroid, helping that king in Witcher 3, fighting Psycho Mantis in MGS, fighting Titan in FFXVI, killing the first colossus, escaping from darth Vader, that first Mario odyssey stage, beating the first boss in Bloodborne, playing “Brothers” for the first time and getting to the ending… all great experiences with awesome stories to tell

TL;DR: what am I missing?

EDIT: Holy crap I didn't expect these many replies. Thank you! There are many recommendations I've already played, and many others I will definitely play. Thanks!

If anyone is interested in the result:

Recommended, bought:

Bioshock 2
Black mesa
Cyberpunk 2077
Death stranding
Deaths door
Detroit become human (PS5)
Disco elysium
Dragon Age
Elden ring
Fallout 3
Fallout 4
Fallout new Vegas
Ghost of Tsushima
Hades
Half life alyx
Hellblade senuas sacrifice
Homeworld
Horizon zero dawn
Inscryption
Just cause 3
Life is Strange
Mass effect 3
Metro series
Ori and the blind forest, and sequel
Oxenfree
Persona 5
Planescape: torment
Shadowrun dragonfall
Shadowrun Hong Kong
Soma
Spider-Man
Subnautica
Tyranny
Wolfenstein series

Recommended, to buy:

13 sentinels (PS4)
Age of decadence
Cruelty squad
Dead space
Ghost recon wildlands
God of war ragnarok
Grandia
Kingdom Come Deliverance
Octopath Traveler 1 & 2
Outer wilds
Pathologic 2
Red dead redemption 2
Song of horror
Star Wars: The Old Republic MMORPG
The hex
the last of us part 2
The upturned
Torment: tides of numenera
Withering rooms
Yakuza

Already Played, and yeah, these are awesome:

Alpha centauri
Bioshock 1
Bioshock infinite
Borderlands series
Control
Dark souls series
Deus ex human revolution
Deus ex mankind divided
FFXIV
Ghost trick
God of war 2018
Guardians of the Galaxy
Hollow knight
Hotel Dusk
Mass effect
Mass effect 2
Nier: automata
Nier: replicant
Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney
Portal
Portal 2
Psychonauts 1 & 2
Spec ops: the line
Stray
the last of us part 1
The Stanley parable
Titanfall 2
Undertale
What remains of Edith finch
Witcher 3

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[-] Cavemanfreak@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Sure, I could get started on Baldurs Gate 3, I’ve heard great things. But is the story great? Will I be able to say “oh that chapter/fight/act is awesome!” To other people looking for game experiences?

I can only speak for the first 1,5 acts (I think I'm getting closer to finishing act 2). The main story is good so far, but perhaps not the best. There are loads of great side quests, fights and even choices though. And you can complete most tasks in a myriad of different ways.

[-] theragu40@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'm late to the party, but just wanted to say that your list of purchases and recommended to purchase are just monumental lists of games. So many amazing choices.

I want to add two more if you have room.

Psychonauts and Psychonauts 2. They won't get you as much in the way of epic set pieces, but they are dripping with charm and very well crafted games with some of the most interesting levels I've seen.

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[-] Squiddy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I see Undertale but not Deltarune. If you haven't tried it yet, the two released chapters are free.

[-] Starb3an@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I haven't seen anyone mention BioShock. BioShock 1 and 2. I've heard mixed reviews about the third and haven't played it so I'll make no comment on it.

Prey is in the same vein as BioShock.

Dead space has some horror but is also good.

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[-] flames5123@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

God of War 2018 & God of War: Ragnarök. I would recommend this first on PS5.

Next I would say is 100% worth the time investment: Final Fantasy XIV. It’s an MMO, but the story is amazing. You can play 99% of the story with NPCs easily. They made it so easy to pay older dungeons with the new NPC system to keep players going. It starts off very slow and just bleh (war story with light fantasy), but it gets better and better. I’ve played the 3rd expansion twice and plan on playing the 4th expansion again soon. I’ve cried so much. Even the side stories have great stories as the writers get their footing after the first bit. You’ll recognize several of the fantasy elements from FF16. I’ve only every played 15 before 14, so it’s not like I’ve spent a a lot of time in the series.

[-] MrNesser@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's a bit older but I always loved Grandia's storyline it's on steam at the moment.

[-] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Baldur's Gate has some of the best gaming moments in my recebt memory, but those are more character and story moments. On the other Hand, FFXVI has the most epic boss fights I've ever played, basically Kaiju beating the shit out of each others.

[-] kingludd@lemmy.basedcount.com 1 points 1 year ago

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

[-] calypsopub@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I've been playing Star Wars: The Old Republic MMORPG on the PC since its inception more than a decade ago and I am still loving it. It's playable as a solo game (I rarely group up for anything) and there are 8 different character classes, each with their own unique story and missions. It's very much a typical Bioware product. So YMMV I guess.