GodisaGeek: "Role-playing gamers over a certain age (and those under a certain age but with a taste beyond their years), will remember a PC classic called Baldur’s Gate, first released in 1998. An isometric party-based RPG set in the Forgotten Realms universe, Baldur’s Gate is seen by many as a seminal work, maybe even genre-defining. The isometric viewpoint combined with the ability to assign actions to your party via the pause menu (or tweak their A.I. behaviour to relieve you of the responsibility) made for an incredibly tactical loot-athon that has rarely been bettered in the years since its release."
GF365: "If you’re a reader, this list of great games for avid readers is for you. Games are a form of art, and some have written literature in them."
Here are some great action role-playing video games to play while waiting for the highly anticipated Dragon’s Dogma 2.
Talented writers can build worlds that are as wondrous as real-life. Here are the best lore-rich video games for you to get immersed in.
How'd fallout not make the list. Atleast over cyberpunk, tales , and halo. Fallout been around since what 96 98 and has 5 6 games into it. It's full of lore when you play it. I'd even add star ocean to a point.
Yes in lore. Easily missed... absolutely. Never played a game that had me loving the world and lore behind it as much as that one. Most of course wouldn't be able to experience it since it is a more difficult game.
I can't speak for all titles on this list, but by the time you get to Dark Souls III, the lore is a bloody tapestry of intricacy
Played them all. Im not saying the games on the list dont have good lore...I just think hollow knight had more lore that is hidden but present and more easily explored and accessed. The souls games have tremendous lore but theyre mostly hidden and stay that way unless you look for it and research it. The lore is not very accessible.
Crows90,
I think that's a somewhat fair assessment. For me, the Souls games are less upfront about the lore, but it does invite your fascination through NPCs, items, locations, bosses, etc. There's this kind of natural progression where the picture becomes just clear enough by doing the essential tasks, but it really makes you want to explore every inch of the world.
narration is more important than lore i'd rather watch the story and characters in a more cinematic way instead of searching for notes and stuff that's why i love sony exclusive games like uncharted and gow and hate from software games
The article was top ten lore in video games. I think they did a bad job picking games out. I know what you mean though. I just like a variety of games and genres.
I bought this game for 3 bucks, played it for 10 minutes and got bored. =/
Say what you want, but Dragon Age Origins is my nr1 favorite all time rpg game. And believe me, i play alot games.