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[Predator]

Not the greatest of all, but I liked the ending in Secret of Mana (SNES). Pretty sad one...

[Daywalker]

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers was one that I will never forget. The story has stayed with me even today. And the ending as well.

Dreamweb was another game that just captured my imagination and ran with it.

And a obscure PS2 game called Shadow of Destiny had one of the best stories I have ever seen. The whole game was just a blast to play, it was as you were in a movie, not playing a game. One could really lose one's self in that game.

[Scarface]

Max Payne 2 : The Fall of Max Payne

it's not an old game but the dark story and the narration really got me...
what a game!!!

[wormpaul]

it shouldnt be a old game..

even new games can touch ya k:

[feminista]

Not the greatest of all, but I liked the ending in Secret of Mana (SNES). Pretty sad one...

I love that game. I still play through it every once in a while. It's just SO good. The ending was ridiculously hard though.

As to the topic, I'll have to hide under a rock after I say it, but.... Final Fantasy 7. *hides.* Also, moving closer to current times: Beyond Good and Evil (PS2). I haven't played any other recent game that was that immersive. Everything about the game added to the environment, and yet the gameplay was brilliant too. And the characters, despite falling distinctly in the "quirky" category, were still great, and you really cared about some of them. It was a very satisfying one to finish.

[Stroggy]

Originally posted by feminista@Jan 8 2005, 09:05 PM
moving closer to current times: Beyond Good and Evil (PS2). I haven't played any other recent game that was that immersive. Everything about the game added to the environment, and yet the gameplay was brilliant too. And the characters, despite falling distinctly in the "quirky" category, were still great, and you really cared about some of them. It was a very satisfying one to finish.

I agree.
I played it on PC, it was a very good game. Pity it didn't sell all that well.

[Havell]

I'll have to throw my vote in for Beyond Good and Evil too (even if I am stuck outside the slaughterhouse :angry.

[Scarface]

and what about the silent hill series???
you really feel you're living that nightmare

[edlglide]

Originally posted by mikebarry@Jan 8 2005, 10:37 AM
Suikoden has a NES and PSX version.
Suikoden II is for PSX.

and it looks like there's Suikoden 3 and 4 for PS2.

The PSX Suikoden II is the game I'm talking about. Suikoden III for PS2 is really good as well, because it has an interesting design where you play through chapters as separate characters and get to see the story unfold from different perspectives as you try to piece together the truth -- it's not as good as II though. And IV was either just released or hasn't come out yet; it was supposed to be released sometime this month.

[mikebarry]

Oh, and to answer the topic...LOL...I just happened to play Final Fantasy 9 at the right time. Before that it was FF7, but for some reason Final Fantasy 9 is one of my favorite games now. And, perhaps in some wierd way, the most touching...

(Bear in mind that I play a random assortment of games...I've missed a lot)