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[ACESHIGH]

Me too, the port begging is pathetic, only for these games to flop on PC so they can spite Sony and pirate the game instead. Wasted resources on market that doesnt enjoy the games enough to buy them. Pc gamers are speaking with their wallets and Sony is taking notes....got some F2P games planned for yall to try out soon.

I am more of a single player gamer so thanks but no thanks. The issue is that folks hype these games as the second coming of Christ. When you actually play them... They are good, great production values but in no way shape or form these cornerstones of gaming.
The one true 10/10 game they have, they do not even want to enhance it for ps customers... Let alone port it to pc

 

[Hendrick's]

I mean, its essentially the plot of TWD with a few twists.

 

[shiru]

Dude, like, it's a story, in a videogame. It's important.

 

[RaduN]

A bit too much like Walking Dead.
Basically a clone, with slightly different persona.

 

[Last Hearth]

The greatest story in a game is Planescape Torment, and no one else is close.
TLOU has an decent story, Joel is an interesting character. But the greatest story of all time?

 

[Dr. Claus]

The greatest story in a game is Planescape Torment, and no one else is close.
TLOU has an decent story, Joel is an interesting character. But the greatest story of all time?

Planescape requires reading and basic math skills. You really think they have ever played such a game?

 

[SLB1904]

 

[Catphish]

I love it. And I agree, it is the best story in all of video games. I can't think of a single one that's better.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

FFVII is the best story in a video game, difficult to make into a serie though unless you take a route like arcane.

You misspelled Planescape: Torment.

 

[rhodesianshepard]

Best video game story is obviously very subjective. However, if gamers voted on "Best Story", TLOU would be near the top, Alongside RDR2 and the Witcher 3, and maybe God of War(2018)

 

[hemo memo]

I love it. And I agree, it is the best story in all of video games. I can't think of a single one that's better.

Let me refresh your memory:

Witcher 3
RDR1/2
Portal 1/2
Half-life 2
Bioshock
MGS1/2/3
Disco Elysium

 

[bender]

It good but not House of the Dead good.

 

[Deerock71]

The greatest story ever told in video games:

 

[Catphish]

Let me refresh your memory:

Witcher 3
RDR1/2
Portal 1/2
Half-life 2
Bioshock
MGS1/2/3
Disco Elysium

Witcher 3 - Didn't finish it. Hated the combat.

RDR1/2 - Ok, I'll give you RDR2. It comes real close. But I feel the weight of TLoU exceeds that of RDR2. Red Dead and its characters are like caricatures of the West. TLoU is more grounded, and feels more plausible. But that's no slight against RDR2. I love that game, and I love the story. If TLoU is my #1, then RDR2 is my #2 and, given my mood, they could conceivably flip. But not today.

Portal 1/2 - Great games, but neither of them have much of a story. A psychotic AI (and sociopathic Cave Johnson) cracks wise while you solve puzzles. That's it. Oh, and I seem to recall a completely abandoned cliffhanger...

Half-life 2 - Meh, alien invasion. Intriguing setup, with oppressive and frightening elements, but it doesn't carry the emotional weight, or the ambivalent morality, of TLoU.

Bioshock - Been too long (close to 20 years?), so I can't comment with confidence, but from what I remember, it gets major points for originality, and I remember the big twist, but it was never something I would consider a real-life possibility, whereas TLoU is, which gives it more weight.

MGS1/2/3 - No clue. Never played 2 or 3, and it's been aeons since I played (and never finished) 1. But from what I've seen of cutscenes over the years, I'm highly skeptical of this claim.

Disco Elysium - Never played it.

 

[ButchCat]

Andrew Ryan plays golf better than Abby .

 

[Camreezie]

Bioshock is a better story than TLOU

 

[Madflavor]

I love it. And I agree, it is the best story in all of video games. I can't think of a single one that's better.

There’s a lot. It’s a very good story with exceptional directing, the latter is a big reason why it really stands out. But as far as the actual writing is concerned, there are better and more intelligently written games out there.

If anything the whole Last of Us series has become a tad overrated over the years. They really are great games, but they’re treated as the Golden Standard of video game stories, which is an insult to all the great game stories that have come before and after.

 

[brian0057]

I'm convinced that people who say things like this really hate videogames.

 

[Dutchy]

A lot of games with a better story than TLOU. Glad to see Soma mentioned a couple of times.

TLOU is definitely one of the best conveyed stories in gaming. As a lot of the better stories I see in games are mostly established through lore entries, novels and easter eggs and such and I'm not sure to what extent that blurs the line in terms of what gives a franchise or particular game a ''good story''. In TLOU you actively partook in a very intimate and well told story in a way more akin to movies.

I guess as with all things creative, it's just a subjective grey area. I bet there's people who think the Mona Lisa has a better story than TLOU.

 

[GMCamaro]

Personally, the story in TLOU wasn’t particularly special. It seemed to me that it borrowed heavily from other media, and hit the usual tropes, but the main reason it received such acclaim was due in main part to the decision Joel made at the end. To be honest, that was the only part of the story that struck a chord with me. Everything else just seemed a paint by numbers zombie/post-apocalypse story. That’s just my opinion though.

 

[Hastelander]

CiTiZeN KaNe Of ViDeO gAmez

That is true. CK is also an overrated piece of mediocrity.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

The greatest story in a game is Planescape Torment, and no one else is close.
TLOU has an decent story, Joel is an interesting character. But the greatest story of all time?

The Last of us is palatable to the masses. It's basically a Hollywood TV show before it became a Hollywood TV show.

 

[Musashipan]

Mario nes has a better story

 

[EverydayBeast]

Last of Us needs a conclusion.

 

[JonSnowball]

Prey (2006) better, Bioshock better, Alan Wake better, Spec Ops: The Line better, there's about a million games that have a better narrative what a complete festering pile of bullshit this article is.

 

[Deerock71]

That is true. CK is also an overrated piece of mediocrity.

Orson Welles was the Spielberg/Cameron/Wachowskis of his time. I guess they're all overrated trash.

 

[Camreezie]

Bioshock and Bioshock Infinite both have better stories. The last of us wasnt even the game with best story of 2013. GTA V might have even been a better story

 

[Topher]

Definitely the most debated story of all time.

 

[Hastelander]

Orson Welles was the Spielberg/Cameron/Wachowskis of his time. I guess they're all overrated trash.

Overrated sure, Trash, not always.

 

[NightmareFarm]

No it's not.

 

[Freeman76]

There's a term for the people

Cunts

 

[Topher]

 

[Represent.]

Part 1 AND Part 2 are easily the Most debated video game stories of all time. That alone puts them in good shape to be considered the best.

Obviously that’s subjective but they hold a stronger argument than just about any other game there is for that reason alone

When part 3 is out it’s gonna be pretty damn difficult to deny it as a whole

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

and they chose to undermine it with part 2.

 

[TheGrat1]

Yeah, no. With the caveat that I have not payed Part II yet (it is sitting on the rack):

The plot and characters were extremely formulaic and predictable. It was serviceable and executed well but all it did was hold the game together, it did nothing to move me. Hands down the best part was when you play as Ellie as it was unexpected an refreshing, but that was only for 1 and a half levels.
TLOU is not even the best story in PlayStation studios. God of War is better.

Quoting myself as I have played Part II since then, twice.

My statement still stands. Part 1 was very formulaic. Part II was much more creative and even though I did not like Abby and her levels were worse than Ellie's the use of dramatic irony when playing as her was very well done.

God of War's story is still better.

 

[poppabk]

Half-life 2 - Meh, alien invasion. Intriguing setup, with oppressive and frightening elements, but it doesn't carry the emotional weight, or the ambivalent morality, of TLoU.

Yeah Alien invasions are so played out. You know what would be original? A zombie apocalypse.

 

[RaduN]

Part 1 AND Part 2 are easily the Most debated video game stories of all time. That alone puts them in good shape to be considered the best.

Obviously that’s subjective but they hold a stronger argument than just about any other game there is for that reason alone

When part 3 is out it’s gonna be pretty damn difficult to deny it as a whole

Maybe if you are a somewhat recent gamer or something, otherwise MGS has this covered...easily.
MGS2 and 4 are the most debated gaming narratives in gaming, by far. I mean, it's not even close.
SH2, KH series and FF7 and 8 might also be way more talked about than The last of us.

 

[Represent.]

I think GTA 6

Maybe if you are a somewhat recent gamer or something, otherwise MGS has this covered...easily.
MGS2 and 4 are the most debated gaming narratives in gaming, by far. I mean, it's not even close.
SH2, KH series and FF7 and 8 might also be way more talked about than The last of us.

I’ll give you mgs2, maybe ff7 as on the same level. The others…a step below. But even if they were discussed as much, none of them brought out as much hate, anger and pure emotion as TLOU2 wherever it’s brought up. No game sparks a debate like that hand does

 

[kubricks]

What do you mean how? It wasn't in the first place.
Oh it's from Polygon of course. Not clicking.

 

[hyperbertha]

FFVII is solid on the whole, but best story of all time in the history of the medium? Yeah, I'm not rolling with that. Same with The Last of Us, it's simply solid due to the excellent dialogue and conversations, but greatest of all time?!!!

Ok what the best story?

 

[GymWolf]

Maybe if you are a somewhat recent gamer or something, otherwise MGS has this covered...easily.
MGS2 and 4 are the most debated gaming narratives in gaming, by far. I mean, it's not even close.
SH2, KH series and FF7 and 8 might also be way more talked about than The last of us.

kh story is more talked about for all the wrong reason tho

 

[GymWolf]

I think GTA 6

I’ll give you mgs2, maybe ff7 as on the same level. The others…a step below. But even if they were discussed as much, none of them brought out as much hate, anger and pure emotion as TLOU2 wherever it’s brought up. No game sparks a debate like that hand does

It sparked a debate because of the leaks with joel's death and the easy drama that came from that and because of the woke vs anti-woke debate, not because the story is particuarly complicated or well written.

By the end of the game i was looking like this from al the times my eyes rolled inside my skull

 

[RagnarokIV]

Ok what the best story?

There is no such thing as a “best story”. Unless you’re mentally six years old and everything has to have a best. Usually “the best” is just “my favorite” but retards can’t understand the difference.

 

[hyperbertha]

There is no such thing as a “best story”. Unless you’re mentally six years old and everything has to have a best. Usually “the best” is just “my favorite” but retards can’t understand the difference.

Well yes obviously I meant what he thinks is the best genius

 

[hyperbertha]

kh story is more talked about for all the wrong reason tho

I think in any serious discussion the contenders are always xenogears, ff7, ff6, mgs series and silent hill 2.

 

[GymWolf]

I think in any serious discussion the contenders are always xenogears, ff7, ff6, mgs series and silent hill 2.

Way more than that dude, a lot of classic pc games are usually praised for the writing.

And plot is not the only important thing, yakuza 0 may have some silly plot points (in an otherwise great plot) but it also has incredibly likeable characters that are better than some characters in games with a better plot.

 

[hyperbertha]

Way more than that dude, a lot of classic pc games are usually praised for the writing.

And plot is not the only important thing, yakuza 0 may have some silly plot points (in an otherwise great plot) but it also has incredibly likeable characters that are better than some characters in games with a better plot.

But games like that don't inspire the deep philosophical discussion that these games do. Plus these games have likeable characters as well.

 

[GymWolf]

But games like that don't inspire the deep philosophical discussion that these games do. Plus these games have likeable characters as well.

I don't think that a story has to necessarily inspire a deep philosophical discussion to be great.

Maybe i'm just easier to please, i prefer the plot of y0 over the sniff-farting plot of alan wake 2 that apparently is some superb writing or some shit, and i'm absolutely sure that many people think the same.

edit: maybe aw2 wasn't the right example but you get the gist.

 

[RagnarokIV]

Well yes obviously I meant what he thinks is the best genius

 

[GymWolf]