When publisher Black Isle Studios closed its doors, the Baldur's Gate saga ended abruptly, leaving fans of the High Fantasy RPG series with few other options as polished and fully-realised as Shadows of Amn and its expansion, Throne of Baal. When Bioware took up the crown itself, eventually wowing a legion of players with Knights of the Old Republic and Mass Effect, a new RPG heavyweight had assured its place in the tomes of gaming lore.
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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.
Somewhat disappointed by the graphics :(
I have not payed much attention to LOTR, so those elements may seem new to me. As long as the story flows well and I get to kill and collect lots of stuff, I'll be quite happy. I have never played a Bioware RPG that I did not enjoy. Something tells me that is not about to change. I will give my reviews as I progress through the game. Borderland got a lot of 8's and that game is a lot more fun that some games with 9.5's and 10's. 8.4 is not bad by any measure.
A friend of mine played the consoles version and said the controls was horrible compare to other RPG of this type on consoles. If you can, get this for the PC because the consoles controls are a pain in the ass.
What does the Aussies want?! Next they'll give MW2 a 8.5 or something. Who cares I already got my Steam Collector Editions and its preloading as I type. Shame on you folks down there.
8.4 is not a bad score
And this being a Bioware I'm sure I will get hours of enjoyment out of it. I have yet to play a Bioware game failed to not get me totally sucked up into its story and world. So the graphics may not be the best but its the story that I'm after and thats where Bioware always nails it.
Its still a day one buy for me.