Shack Reels: Top 10 Games With The Best Stories

The story of a game could make or break the entire experience. If the story makes no sense, no amount of cool gameplay can save it. On the other hand, combine an amazing story with addictive gameplay, and you have a game that will live on in the hearts and minds of gamers around the world.

For this week’s Top 10, Greg Burke takes a look at some of the games, and game series, he considers to have the best stories. Grab your microwavable popcorn and a package of Raisenets and take a trip down memory lane as Greg tells us a magical tale of… well, games with magical tales.

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October 16, 2015 2:00 PM

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- Entity
  
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  October 16, 2015 2:29 PM
  
  I'd have swapped The Witcher and Bioshock's positions, but otherwise, I agree with this.
  - GBurke59
    
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    October 16, 2015 3:45 PM
    
    Cool! Thanks!
- whistletits
  
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  October 16, 2015 3:00 PM
  
  no Dead Space?
  - Entity
    
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    October 16, 2015 3:12 PM
    
    While entertaining, I wouldn't put it in a top 15 list for stories. The story is serviceable but predictable and not told in any unique way.
- Wadmaasi
  
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  October 16, 2015 3:14 PM
  
  Top 10 Games With The Best Stories. Greg goes over the games that have some of the best stories to ever grace are consoles.
  - GBurke59
    
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    October 16, 2015 3:40 PM
    
    thanks...
    - Wadmaasi
      
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      October 16, 2015 3:41 PM
      
      Sorry man, not trying to be pedantic or anything.
      - GBurke59
        
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        October 16, 2015 3:45 PM
        
        I changed it but its take 24hours to update on the channel and embeds.
        
        GBurke59
        
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        October 16, 2015 3:45 PM
        
        it* takes
- johnny rotten
  
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  October 17, 2015 5:31 PM
  
  Pretty Reasonable, pretty reasonable! At first I was moderately outraged that TLoU was #10 but I suppose I can understand as TLoU isnt so much the story iteself as *HOW* the story is told.... so you get a pass. Should have still been top 5 though.
  
  Planescape Torment should have been in there somewhere and not just an honorable mention. Other than that pretty good. Bioshock never grabbed me so I'd probably swap it with the Witcher saga.
- Kojak2000
  
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  October 18, 2015 5:03 AM
  
  I feel Homeworld should've been on this list (and perhaps the Deus Ex series too).