The Best Video Game Stories of All Time

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There are some people in the gaming space who believe that narrative titles “aren’t that successful” or “aren’t needed” anymore. Those people can eff…I mean, they need to change their mindsets. So allow us to show you some of the best video game stories ever told.

This might seem like an odd game to start the list off with, but Fire Emblem Three Houses is the best-selling game in the franchise, and a large part of that is the FOUR branching storylines that happen within the title.

Set in the medieval yet magical world of Fodlan, you’ll play Professor Byleth and choose a group of young people to teach. That choice will drastically affect the story that plays out.

Between the support conversations and the main plotlines, you’ll soon see why fans loved this game so much and look forward to the next one that tries to top the tales of Dimitri, Edelgard, Claude, and Byleth. They’re that gripping at times.

Another “oddity” in the grand scheme of this list, but worthy nonetheless, The Wolf Among Us was a proud creation of TellTale Games during its prime. It took us to a universe where fairy tale creatures lived in our world and yet were trying to stay hidden.

Having us play as Bigby, aka the “Big Bad Wolf,” to solve a series of deaths was brilliant, and that led to a complex and weaving narrative told over the course of several chapters.

Outside of a certain game, we’ll talk about later, this was Telltale’s best game, and that’s why fans want its sequel to arrive. And it will…eventually…

Sticking with “episodic titles,” the original Life is Strange was a five-part game that lets you play as someone who had the power to rewind time and used it to try and save their best friend. But as both the story and the series grew, so did the concepts and themes that were attached to them.

This is a deeply emotional franchise, and it’s one that tries to appeal to people from all walks of life, which isn’t always a guarantee in the gaming space.

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