oldmandennis,May 13 2006, 03:08 AM Wrote:What was stunning and amazing at the time - other then the lame insertion of the NE - is that it's a video game. A genre not really known for deep plots. I'm curious what video game plot you think is better. I bet there's not many.
Games of the WC to WCIIIx era? Better than WC3? Easy. I'll even skip other blizzard titles, since they're a given. Let's see how good my memory is... Fallout (I,II), Arcanum, C&C (original & RA), Full Throttle, Escape Velocity (all three), Morrowind, Marathon (I, II, and Infinity), Geneforge, Exile/Avernum series, Final Fantasy (various), Art of Magic, Age of Wonders, HoMM campaigns (various), Myst classic, Myst: Riven, Baldur's Gate series, KotoR, Dark Forces, Starfleet Command I & II, Planescape torment, Vampire the Masquerade: Redemption, Spellforce, heck even Dungeon Keeper I & II did pretty well.
The list goes on as I dig through my old games. I've named at least a dozen games with good plots. The only reason I don't name more console games like Secret of Mana, Lunar, Xenogears or Chrono Trigger, is because I've never had or played them, though I hear they do have great plot and story.
Its not stunning when you've been to greater heights and depths of story, character, and drama, and intrigue. Sometimes, weak plot and lame character is just that. I like dWCIII 'enough' for its cool factors but it had a lot of poor dialogue, overly trite cheesy characters and soap opera level drama. There were good moments, but there was a lot for me to shake my head and groan at.