What kind of Story you Like???

The only games that I've ever played that have every aspect of gaming that I look for (expertly-written dialogue, healthy humor, deep/unique storyline, believeable/awesome characters, and fun-fun-fun gameplay) are Zelda: Majora's Mask and a little-known RPG on the Game Boy Color titled Magi-Nation.  Freakin' greatest games ever.

I liked the plot in Kingdom Hearts, it was easy to follow. I also liked the plot in FFX, I actually was addicted to that game (My first FF played), FFVIII was confusing, the reading got my eyes tired, Bomberman world was heaps of fun, full of bright colors and heaps of suspense, but the story line is really original but it alright. Devil May Cry 1 was good, but short and last but no least, all the anime and manga series I have watched/read till episode/volume 2 were good.

~Winged

Sonic and Mario=no good

hardly a storyline..just stoping eggman or bowser from taking over the world or castle



now DBZ(Dragonball Z) has a great sotryline...stoping evil to save the earth and dealing with some everyday stuff

I like story lines that are completely different from what you expect... like this one game my older sister made... it was awesome, she made it out that the main character and his friends were going to reunite their nation with three other nations. In the end, a great war broke out. The main character went to each of the nations and stole something precious from each of the rulers. And he had this whole speach for when the rulers came to get their precious items, but totally blew the speech. In the end, he was hanged for treason against the three nations, and though the three items (which were actually two 21 year old girls and a 13 year old boy) were returned to their homes, no peace came to the nations. In the fourth nation's (the mages/elves) desperate attempt for peace, they created a race called 'humans' which were kind creatures. They hoped these humans to bring peace, but instead the other nations resented and tried to destroy them.

That's the end of the game 'Precious Peace', but a prequel to her game she's working on now, 'Birth of Legend'

Anyway, it's a plot you don't see too often... main character getting killed and screwing everything up worse... it was kinda a twist, sorta, and I liked it.

This is what I belive makes a great game.

1. Memorable PCs.
2. A villian who is unique... Hey sorry guys, I think Sephiroth was totally generic.
3. At least one thing that pushes the limits of whats acceptable.
4. A constant underlying theme, E.G. When does the line between right and wrong blur... Or something.
5.The setting, characters and villian need to fit together.

Sonic and Mario=no good

MARIO 64 IS THE BEST GAME EVER MADE PERIOD.

lol it really is

Hey, I played Secret of Mana (Seiken Densetsu 2) for the first time about a week ago... and I just have to wonder...

Did Tales of Symphonia steal their entire plot from Secret of Mana?!

I think... anyone who has played both games will know exactly what I'm talking about...

For the record, Yggdrasil was a sucktastic villain.  While far from generic, his whole motive for ...being evil... was just way lame.

Yggdrasil is the world tree, Yossy. It connects all planes of exsistance. They just bastardized a part of my religion, that's all.

I know all that, but Yggdrasil was also the name of the villain in ToS.  They pronounced his name wrong, too.  Actually, every character pronounced his name differently, which is even more pathetic because not even one of them got it right.

Hey, I played Secret of Mana (Seiken Densetsu 2) for the first time about a week ago... and I just have to wonder...

Did Tales of Symphonia steal their entire plot from Secret of Mana?!

I think... anyone who has played both games will know exactly what I'm talking about...

For the record, Yggdrasil was a sucktastic villain.  While far from generic, his whole motive for ...being evil... was just way lame.

Actually Secret of Mana originated with Final Fantasy Legend. Both are very good games!

I'd have to say I like a good Fantasy with a classic story, like Kingdom Hearts, who ever knew such a used storyboard could make a great game.

Don't get down one me man, FF8 might have been too sci-fi for you, but you have to admit..... The plot of the game was good. It had a lot of twists in it, and the gameplay was fun as ever. But in my opinion, FF X was the greatest Final Fantasy Simply for all the new features and graphics, that goe along with a dynamite storie and traditionally, plenty of playable characters.

PS: FF7 was the greatest of it's time, but it's time to let go..... Nah, It's always gonna be the best FF  Sephiroth, I mean c'mon do i need to say more?

No. You need not say more. We need  no more Sephiroth. Hojo & Jenova were THE best IMO. The end 

Sephiroth fears Kefka. End of story.

Hmmm i love games that have a bit of everything. Humor is important!
I like that when the heroes are trying to sneak into the bad guys base, one of them starts shouting "WAHAHAHA! YOU CANNOT DEFEAT ME BECAUSE I'M PSYCHODUDE!" out loud and suddenly a guard comes and they are caught. "Look at the bright side! We get free cookies!"

Free cookies. 
That's an awesome first post.  Welcome to the forums!

If anyone has played Kingdom Hearts, the first one, I say that game had the best story plot ever. Not the part where ur going to disney worlds. But the fact that you, your best friend, and ur Girlfriend all get seperated (on different worlds) and desperately search for each other makes for a great game. Then to top it off, you have to lose one friend in order to save the world, yet you still can't go back to your home world to be with ur girlfriend. A lose lose situation. The plot was phenominal if you ask me. But that's just me!!

For me, best thing is...
My story!

Long and Complicated...

Well I hate the old before cars type stuff. im not a fan of space storys either. i like mine to be somewhere between 1800-2200. As for romance, most games just do it wrong. its not realistic. In real life I'm and underground pick-up artist, so i know exactly what to do to get a girl and lose a girl under most situations. in most games the main character does the exact OPPISITE of what would attract a woman -their insecure, they compliment her, they puther on a pedistal, buy her gifts,call her beautiful, treat her like a princess" which is the oppisite of what attracts a good looking girl. so basically if games have this horrible romance that is very unbelievable, i dont play them. now if they have realist romances, kinda like ashe sorta liking balthier in ff12, thats realistic. i like that. I hate having a "must find and kill the main bad guy" type of game. it makes the game seem like you just wondering around buying time until the final battle with the villian. i like ff8 alot so storys like that where you dont know how the gamaes going to end. all the .hack have great storylins too. anything where you dont know whats going to happen. oh and they gotta be philsophical and question what is human or the meaning of life. and its good if your not sure if your the bad guy or the villian is. you could both be fighting to improve the world, but yoru views clash. hell im going to be a writer someday -part time pick up artist- and i ask myself when playing a game "If this were a book would i actually read it?"

me i like a good long story line, and with LOTS of battles big bosses, and puzzles lot and lots of puzzles, and good story line. for me if the story line is awesome i will play it(any FF)

Yes, storyline and music make the game! Thats why I didn't like 12. it was by far the longest FF so far, but when i finished it with like 130 hours it felt like a shot game, because there were only a few scenes and bits of storyline in the game, it was mostly dungeons, getting from area to area, and monster killing, but nobody remembers that sort of stuff.