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The 15 Most Captivating Video Game Storylines Ever
Slide Nr 1A few decades ago, your average gamer could play Pac-Man and Space Invaders for hours without complaining. However, as video games have grown more sophisticated and become one of the most popular forms of entertainment on the planet, gameplay alone can no longer satisfy the demands of millions of gamers worldwide. They want better graphics, better challenges …and better stories. Here, we present 15 captivating video game storylines that will keep any player immersed in their virtual world.
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Slide Nr 2The Last of Us – The Last of Us is often considered a masterpiece – a game that has defined a generation of gamers. One of the reasons is definitely its story: Set in post-apocalyptic America, the game is the story of survivors Joel and Ellie as they work together on their journey west across what remains of the country to find a possible cure for the fungal plague that has nearly wiped out the entire human race.
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Slide Nr 3Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – If you happen to be a fan of the Star Wars films, then you’ll definitely love this game’s plot. Set 3,956 years before A New Hope, and just after the period recounted in the Tales of the Jedi comics, Knights of the Old Republic covers the lesser-known age of the ancient Galactic Republic. Can you master the power of the Force on your quest to save the Republic? Or will you fall prey to the lure of the Dark Side? Hero or villain, this game offers a unique Star Wars experience, where, unlike the films, you hold the destiny of the galaxy in your hands.
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The 15 Most Captivating Video Game Storylines Ever.
Slide Nr 4Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater – Even though it’s really hard to pick just one game from the series, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater probably has the best storyline of the group. Set in Cold War Soviet Union, the narrative focuses on FOX operative Naked Snake as he attempts to rescue a weapons designer and sabotage an experimental super-weapon known as the Shagohod. While previous games in the series were set mainly in an urban environment, Metal Gear Solid 3 uses a 1960s Soviet jungle setting. New gameplay elements have also been introduced, such as CQC (Close Quarters Combat) and camouflage, taking the game to another level.
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The 15 Most Captivating Video Game Storylines Ever.
Slide Nr 5Mass Effect 2 – After being resurrected and joining a pro-human organisation against his will, Commander Shepard must assemble a team, fight a new threat, and make tough decisions in order to save the galaxy from total annihilation once again. Mass Effect 2 may begin only a few weeks after the events of the original, but it manages to end by encapsulating both, taking the vast and flamboyant universe of the first game and using it to tell an intimate story about the characters involved in the sequel.
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The 15 Most Captivating Video Game Storylines Ever.
Slide Nr 6BioShock – This game is set in an underwater utopia called Rapture, arguably the most absorbing utopia in gaming history. The underwater city, built at the bottom of the Atlantic by billionaire Andrew Ryan to escape the social anxiety of a postwar America, has become a shelter for some of the world’s greatest artists, scientists and thinkers to work freely, unrestrained by government and religion. Jack is the hero of this game, where one mysterious and dark secret is revealed after another as you play.
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The 15 Most Captivating Video Game Storylines Ever.
Slide Nr 7Red Dead Redemption – Red Dead Redemption is a western action-adventure set in early 1900s America, as the cowboy era is coming to a close. Upon release, the game was highly praised by critics and has been described as the best western video game of all time. One of the reasons the game is so great is definitely its storyline; Red Dead Redemption is an epic battle for survival, where you will experience – through protagonist John Marston – violent gun battles, theatrical train robberies, duels and bounty hunts during a time of sudden and intense change.
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The 15 Most Captivating Video Game Storylines Ever.
Slide Nr 8The Walking Dead – Based on The Walking Dead comic book series, this little masterpiece is set in the same fictional world as the comic, with events occurring shortly after the onset of the zombie apocalypse in Georgia. But there’s a twist: the majority of the characters are original, with the plot focusing on university professor and convicted criminal Lee Everett, who helps rescue and protect a young girl named Clementine. Despite Telltale Games keeping a similar tone and some of the same characters from the comic book series, the game’s little details make it a totally unique and original experience for players.
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The 15 Most Captivating Video Game Storylines Ever.
Slide Nr 9Silent Hill 2 – Many fans will probably agree that Silent Hill 2, in addition to being one of the most disturbing video games ever (in a good way?), is more of a remake than a sequel. The play might be the same as the first game – exploring Silent Hill with a flashlight and radio while destroying monsters and solving puzzles along the way – but the story is so much stronger, spookier and more captivating than the first. Don’t fool yourself: Silent Hill 2 plays you, you don’t play it.
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The 15 Most Captivating Video Game Storylines Ever.
Slide Nr 10Final Fantasy VII – Critics have described it as one of the most complicated stories in gaming history, and the majority of avid gamers include it on their list of favourite video game plots ever. What makes the story so incredibly unique? The gist is that small group of eco-freedom warriors is fighting against the planet-exploiting Shinra Corporation, only to be swept away up an epic struggle against the artificially created superhuman warrior Sephiroth. Can Cloud Strife, the main protagonist, save the planet, even though he doesn’t actually exist? Are you confused yet? We know we sure are.
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The 15 Most Captivating Video Game Storylines Ever.
Slide Nr 11Max Payne – Max Payne might not be the best shooter game ever, but it’s easy to make a case for it being the shooter game with the best storyline ever. The game focuses on its namesake protagonist, an NYPD detective turned undercover DEA agent whose perfect life – his loving wife, newborn daughter and home in the suburbs – is suddenly and violently destroyed overnight. The story inspired a Hollywood film with Mark Wahlberg in the starring role.
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The 15 Most Captivating Video Game Storylines Ever.
Slide Nr 12Beyond: Two Souls – Beyond: Two Souls narrates a perplexing, illogical tale about a young woman and a ghost. Jodie Holmes, the protagonist, has had a psychic connection with a poltergeist named Aiden since birth, and is struggling to make it through a nightmarish existence. Everything in Jodie’s life is secretive and bizarre, such as infiltrating other people’s minds and manipulating certain objects with the help of her ghost/friend, which makes this game one to remember even if you play it just once.
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The 15 Most Captivating Video Game Storylines Ever.
Slide Nr 13Assassin’s Creed II – In Assassin’s Creed II Desmond Miles is training to become a modern-day assassin through the resurrected memories of his ancestor Ezio Auditore da Firenze from 15th-century Renaissance Italy, who reveals a major Templar conspiracy of the period leading to the new pope. In what has been described by critics and experts alike as a phenomenal and jaw-dropping video game, nothing is more exciting and captivating (not even its gameplay) than the truly innovative plot of this masterpiece.
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The 15 Most Captivating Video Game Storylines Ever.
Slide Nr 14Batman: Arkham Asylum – After the Joker escapes from his imprisonment and “conquers” the entire facility of Arkham Asylum, Batman has to battle some of his most vicious enemies as he tries to stop the clown prince of crime. The game is heavily influenced by the DC Animated Universe, and at times you get the feeling you’re involved in a Batman film instead of playing a video game. The game received critical acclaim, especially for its narrative and story, and earned a Guinness World Record for being the “Most Critically Acclaimed Superhero Game Ever.”
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The 15 Most Captivating Video Game Storylines Ever.
Slide Nr 15Heavy Rain – Even though Heavy Rain was released a little over 7 years ago, several game designers have already cited it as an inspiration for subsequent games, a fact that has earned it instant classic status in such a short period of time. What’s the game all about? Try to picture a violent serial killer video game in the style of a phenomenal mystery film like Se7en, where a desperate father will do anything to save his missing child, while a journalist, an FBI agent and a private detective try to help him by uncovering the identity of the kidnapper known as the “Origami Killer.” If some of you think it’s impossible to be attached to a videogame character or even feel for him, just play Heavy Rain, and you might just reconsider your position.
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The 15 Most Captivating Video Game Storylines Ever.
Slide Nr 16Portal 2 – What’s the difference between Portal and Portal 2? Simply put: the first is very good, but the sequel is simply a masterpiece. Despite the original having an incisive plot matched by brilliantly creative first-person puzzle mechanics, Portal 2 has more and better characters, and its puzzles are more challenging without being irrational (as sometimes happens in Portal). What’s even better about this game is that once you’re finished with single-player mode, one of the most satisfying co-operative experiences on the gaming field awaits, as Portal 2 unfolds just like a novel.
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