Best game storyline?

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  1. Osmiral

    Osmiral Well-Known Member

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    What iphone game has the best story? What I want to know is, is there an iphone game that has a story that really draws you in, one that kind of makes you feel what the main character feels, like a good book? If not, what iphone game do you think is the best based on storyline? Thanks
     
  2. ErkB729

    ErkB729 Well-Known Member

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    I'm interested with what people have to say about this, nice thread.
     
  3. Osmiral

    Osmiral Well-Known Member

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    Thanks, I was just getting a little tired of playing games with shallow boring storylines, and thought it would be great to play a game with a really engaging storyline.
     
  4. Max_TO

    Max_TO Well-Known Member

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    Romance of the three kingdoms
     
  5. Whosatm

    Whosatm Well-Known Member

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    I thought Chaos Rings had a pretty good story. Plot twists might be expected, but I enjoyed it.
     
  6. ManofAegis

    ManofAegis Well-Known Member

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    Phoenix Wright
     
  7. darkhorse

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    Soul Trapper.

    Make sure you have decent headphones though.
     
  8. ManofAegis

    ManofAegis Well-Known Member

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    #8 ManofAegis, Aug 11, 2010
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    iTunes put together a "Gripping Stories" list. Here it is:

    - Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
    - Chaos Rings
    - Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge
    - Broken Swords: Director's Cut
    - Hector: Badge of Courage Ep1
    - Zenonia 2
    - The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
    - Final Fantasy I
    - Final Fantasy II
    - Hills and Rivers Remain
    - 1112 episode 01
    - 1112 episode 02
    - Puzzle Quest: Chapter 1 & 2
    - The War of Eustrath
    - SONG SUMMONER: the Unsung Heroes - Encore
    - Hybrid: Eternal Whisper
    - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
    - Beneath a Steel Sky: Remastered
    - Ravensword: The Fallen King
    - Shining Force
    - Across Age
    - Zenonia
    - Myst
    - Fallen Ep1
    - Bar Oasis
    - Dracula: the Path of the Dragon - Part 1
    - Jule's Verne Return to Mysterious Island
     
  9. sk8erdude50

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    Hector and GTA: CW
     
  10. RttaM

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    The ones in Bold are highly suggested by me (and the only ones I've really played, out of the list).
     
  11. SkyMuffin

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    college student, ENG/WGS major
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    Really? :\
     
  12. RttaM

    RttaM Well-Known Member

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    Not everyone has to agree with you, yah know.
     
  13. Jack111

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    Broken Sword
    Beneath a Steel Sky
    Monkey Island 1 and 2
     
  14. kiranb28

    kiranb28 Well-Known Member

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    Wish any of these would go on sale already :/
     
  15. ManofAegis

    ManofAegis Well-Known Member

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    Monkey Island 1 already had a sale a while back. I think it was 50% off... Anyhow, that's when I got it. Should be seeing a Monkey Island 2 sale in the coming months hopefully.
     
  16. Jack111

    Jack111 Well-Known Member

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    Games as great as these dont need a sale
     
  17. ManofAegis

    ManofAegis Well-Known Member

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    true dat ;)
     
  18. csklimowski

    csklimowski Well-Known Member

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    I don't play a lot of story-driven iPhone games, but I would say Phoenix Wright is the best. Monkey Island is the second best, though.
     
  19. tymurt

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    #19 tymurt, Aug 11, 2010
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    asdf
     
  20. Qordobo

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    Nice list I'm not agree with all but well that's not the point. For those missing I only see those additional candidates:
    - Stranded: Mysteries of Time
    - Jim & Frank Mysteries - The Blood River Files
    - Knights of the Phantom Castle
    - Undercroft
    - Underworlds
    - Rogue Planet
    - Elven Chronicles
    - Crusader Destiny
    - Defender Chronicles

    For me very few video games have a story quality that worth a good book. But the game context make less good stories or stories with a less good story telling more pleasant than if it was a book. Anyway my votes among those I played:
    • Dracula the Path of the Dragon: Don't stick to part 1, the story get power as it progress. A story with the quality of a fairly good book, which means for me not far from few top stories in video games.
    • Myst: The story worth for its global mystery mood, and how the story is build is rather uncommon.
    • Stranded: Mysteries of Time: A story bit bellow the average for a book but the story grab the attention.
    • Mushroom Age: The story isn't really good but there's nice simple humor plus it makes you wonder what will be the next gentle delirium.
    • Laura Jones and the Gates of Good and Evil: Also not really a good story but it grab my attention and curiosity, make you expect what follow and that's cool even if sometimes some story evolutions aren't fully satisfying.
    • Jim & Frank Mysteries - The Blood River Files: It's a bet I'm doing because I played only the beginning. It's not as well written than Professor Layton but a bit like it, the story (or its beginning) succeed capture a mood of mystery and is a bit intriguing, enough to catch the attention and curiosity.
    • Knights of the Phantom Castle: Again it's a bet because I only played the first part. It's not really that the story is good, it's that the story telling is uncommon and quite pleasant for the change. The story is build through successive reports of missions and descriptions of missions, also the monsters book take a little part by giving few background elements.
     

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