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Re: Marathon 2004
Posted By: zudoDate: 1/26/04 7:55 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Marathon 2004 (Elliott)

: many RPGs for the computer have a the starts f a good story, but fall
: throught the cracks. FF7 had me really hyped about the story when I began
: playiing it only to find it was hardly there at all.

The thing about the Final Fantasy games is that the stories are character driven -- so the stories are structured around the characters growing and developing. The fallout of this is that the events themselves are a nonsense, and strung together to cause events that teach you about the caracters.

If we look at Marathon, it's basically the opposite -- the player essentially has no identity, and though Tycho, Leela and Durandal grow to a degree, they stories are primarily event based.

Nobody has hit the middle ground yet, but it's a reasonable aim.

: As I try and think of agames with a good strong story I can't think of any
: that are not adventure games save the marathon games(and PiD to a lesser
: value).

System Shock 2, and for what it is I'd say Zelda is a solid story (if not, perhaps a good one). Same for Mario.

The sturdiest seem to be DnD based games, but they are a very particular type of story suited more to tabletops gaming and less to computer gaming.

I'd say all the old Point'n'Click games by Lucasarts had nice and solid stories, too -- I have a particular fondness for The Dig myself :)

: EV:Nova had some good ideas, but fell to the fact it was just a shooter. I
: wonder if there was any good games about the illuminati?

I quite enjoyed the story of the Neotemplars covered in the first Broken Sword game, I must say.

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