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I want to play an action/adventure/rpg with at least a decent story. I have played all Infinity Engine games and Deus Ex.

Any suggestions?

>> No.754829

>>754820
>with at least a decent story
Why? You play games for gameplay. If you want a good story, you should read a book.

Think about it. If you want to experience a story, why would you want gameplay to get in the way? It's just dumb.

>> No.754837

>>754829
>>754829
>Why? You play games for gameplay. If you want a good story, you should read a book.

original post, do not steal.

>> No.754845

>>754829
Becuase I'm not in the mood for something like pong, a dungeoncrawler with no dialogue or a NES platformer.

>> No.754871

Why would you post MM6? that game is pure hack&slay.

>> No.754874

>>754820
Fallout 1&2.
Arcanum.

>> No.754895

>>754845
>Because I'm not in the mood for something like pong, a dungeoncrawler with no dialogue or a NES platformer.
Then you don't actually want a video game. Don't confuse your hobbies, ffs. I MEAN, by all means do, you won't be the first to do so, but that's counterproductive.

>>754837
>Muh pnp simulators!

>> No.754897
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754897

>>754829

Oh god. Eat shit.

>Video games can't have good stories, go read a book

>> No.754950

>>754897

Visual novels are not video games.

>> No.754949

>>754895
Does it really bother you that OP wants a good story in a video game?

>> No.754956

>>754829
>if you want a good story, you should read a book
>if you want a good soundtrack, you should listen to a symphony
>if you want a good art style, you should visit an art gallery
>if you want a good multiplayer experience, you should play a PnP RPG

You are a fucking idiot if you honestly think gameplay is the only thing that is important to a game at all times. It's perfectly fine to expect multiple aspects of a game to be good.

It's fine if you can't appreciate anything other >muh gameplay, but don't confuse your own retarded opinions for fact.

Inb4 he was only pretending.

>> No.754958

>>754949
No, why?

>>754897
>Muh muh muh pnp simulatoooooooors!!!1
Get some friends and play real Planescapeif only once in your life. P:T was a disgrace.

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754959

>>754950

>> No.754961

>>754956
>You are a fucking idiot if you honestly think gameplay is the only thing that is important to a game at all times. It's perfectly fine to expect multiple aspects of a game to be good.
Cinematic and literary storytelling techniques are detrimental to gameplay, because they are incompatible with interactivity.

I don't quite expect you to understand that, though.

>> No.754968
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754968

>>754958
>P:T was a disgrace.

There's tryhard and then there's you.

>> No.754970

Just ignore the jackass and move on, people.

Fallout 1, 2 & Tactics
Arcanum
Ultima
etc.

>> No.754973

>>754961
>because they are incompatible with interactivity.

JRPGs are not the only games that attempt stories, you know.

>> No.754975

Try out Arcanum OP.

>> No.754978
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754978

Disregard shitposter

Play good games

>> No.754981

>>754968
Say what!
That does it. I'm updating my journal about this

>> No.754982

>>754961
Who says video games must be interactive at all times?

>fuck off summary screen, stop throwing information at me that I can't shoot
>wahh, this ending credits scene is lame, I don't even get to press the buttons

>> No.755003
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755003

Betrayal at Krondor - it has some of the best writing I've ever seen in a game

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines with Wesp's unofficial patch.

Arx Fatalis with the Arx Libertatis engine.

Arcanum - modding guide: http://www.gog.com/forum/arcanum_of_steamworks_and_magick_obscura/must_have_arcanum_fan_patches_widescreen_and_more/page1

>> No.755005

>>754982
>Who says video games must be interactive at all times?
Right. Exactly. And we've come to my original point: cinematic storytelling is detrimental to gameplay.

>> No.755009

>>754973
They are incompatible with interactivity regardless of genre.

>> No.755012

Amberstar/Ambermoon/Albion

>> No.755018

>>754982
>wahh, this ending credits scene is lame, I don't even get to press the buttons

To be fair, endings where you can do stuff are the best endings ever.

>> No.755028

>>755005

And gameplay is not the sole component of a game nor the only thing you can derive enjoyment from in a game.

>> No.755032

>>755009
Stories increase opportunities for interactivity by allowing different outcomes based upon decisions the player makes.

>> No.755037

>>755018
All elements of video games where you can do stuff are best elements ever. And the opposite is also true.

>> No.755057

>>755028
>And gameplay is not the sole component of a game nor the only thing you can derive enjoyment from in a game.
Definitely not. I never said it was. All I said was that looking for games when you want a story first and foremost is counterproductive.

>> No.755096

>>755057

>story first and foremost

But he never said that. He said he wanted at least a decent story, not that only the story mattered.

>> No.755098 [DELETED] 

>>755057
>counterproductive

But the person is looking for games with story first and foremost, which if he found those kinds of games, he would have been productive. Also, he'd likely enjoy those games if that's what he's looking for.

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755194

>not a single mention of Anachronox

You dissapoint me, /vr/.

>> No.755203

>>755194
>implying anyone but you and me played that game
Criminially underappriciated game.

>> No.755209

>>755096
He made a good story a pre-requisite and didn't mention any of the other elements at all. How else is one supposed to understand that?

>> No.755234

>>755209
>op said "decent"
>person you quoted also said "decent"
>still write that op said "good"
>also imply that op wanted a "good" story first and foremost when it was never implied, only that he wanted a decent story in the game he played

he also later clarified that he didn't want something that either didn't have a story or had a shitty one, yet you still get this shit wrong and continue to whine. are you sitting home alone with nothing better to do or what's going on? how about you simply throw in a random title and move on? let's at least try to not make this board as shit as v.

>> No.755254
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755254

>>755194
I'll check it out after seeing that sweet tagline.

>> No.755267

>>755194
I loved that game.

>> No.755318

>>755234
Cry me a river as you backpedal.

>> No.755893
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755893

See pic

>>755318
Dem buzzwords

>> No.756016
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756016

>>755012
>Albion

Holy shit, I remember playing that game a bit as a kid. Didn't know wtf I was doing at the time and all I remember is that it had a playble catgirl thing.

Is it any good?

>> No.756439

>>755003
What does Arx Liberatis do?

>> No.757415

>>754897
seconded

>> No.757432

>>754956
>getting this mad at a troll post

>> No.758008

>>754871
maybe if you have 4 knights.