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Decade: Best Story of the Decade

  • 25-01-2010 01:06AM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,732 ✭✭✭✭


    Rules
    - Best Story of the Decade on ANY PLATFORM
    - No more than 3 Nominations per person, please.

    - To ensure a good spread across the decade, at least one of your 3 nominees must be from 2000-2004 (all 3 can be from that era if you want!)

    - Please specify the game(s) and the console(s) they are on.
    - Game must have been released on or after January 1st 2000 (search for the game on www.gamefaqs.com and look at the data tab for a release date).
    - Nominations of Games for all regions are applicable, providing the games work on PAL consoles (N/A for PCs)
    - Vote will take place soon.
    - This is the last group. Next: The Vote!

    Nominees
    Final Fantasy X
    Bioshock
    Half Life 2
    Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic
    Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
    Shadow of the Colossus
    Silent Hill 2


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,926 ✭✭✭corcaigh07


    Shenmue Series
    Fahenreit


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 53,901 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Shadow of the Colossus
    Silent Hill 2
    Suikoden 2


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,743 ✭✭✭✭noodler


    I really have to play Suikoden 2.

    MGS3
    Silent Hill 2 (whoops meant Silent Hill 2, haven't even played the first one - cheers Retr0)
    Shadow of the Colossus

    EDIT: Yes, loved FFX's story.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 118 ✭✭LiamIRL82


    Final Fantasy X
    Metal Gear Solid 2
    Halo 2


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 30,927 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Bioshock
    Dreamfall
    Half-Life 2 (for the way its told, the characters, the world etc.. rather than the slightly generic sci-fi story)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,977 ✭✭✭rizzla


    Silent Hill 2
    Knights of the Old Republic


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    Half-Life 2 (again, for the way it is told rather than the story itself)
    Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
    Metroid Prime -
    might be considered to be an odd choice by some, but for me there was a tremendous amount of depth to it if you actually bothered to read all of the visor scans. Some of the Chozo lore was especially interesting.


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,209 Mod ✭✭✭✭F1ngers


    Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty - PS2

    Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - PS2

    Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - PS3


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭stevoslice


    Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Flame-Grilled Choppers FTW


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,856 ✭✭✭Mark Hamill


    Shadow of the Colossus
    Silent Hill 2
    God Of War


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  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,150 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Fahrenheit
    Silent Hill 2
    Call of Duty 4


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Music Moderators, Regional Midlands Moderators Posts: 24,163 Mod ✭✭✭✭Angron


    Assassins Creed
    Call of Duty 4
    Ratchet and Clank 3


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,132 ✭✭✭silvine


    Max Payne
    Bioshock


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,580 ✭✭✭quad_red


    Half Life 2
    Mass Effect
    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (rip roaring, seat of the pants stuff. Unbelievable at the time. Modern Warfare 2 looks v jaded in comparison).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,761 ✭✭✭GothPunk


    PS2: Shadow of the Colossus.
    PC: Deus Ex.
    PS3: Valkyria Chronicles.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,399 ✭✭✭Vyse


    Valkyria Chronicles

    Knights of the Old Republic

    Beyond Good and Evil


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 271 ✭✭Wobbuffet


    Bioshock
    Half Life 2
    Final Fantasy X


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 241 ✭✭AndyKiely


    Star Wars: Knights of the old Republic
    Final Fantasy X
    Halo


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭elekid


    Suikoden 2
    Shadow of the Colossus
    Mass Effect


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,269 ✭✭✭cabrwab


    Max Payne 1+2, loved the story in those.
    Infamous from this year thought it was so involving.
    Resident evil 2, played it through in one sitting


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,976 ✭✭✭✭humanji


    Knights Of The Old Republic
    Thief 2
    Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn


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