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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TwinBahamut" data-source="post: 4604268" data-attributes="member: 32536">The all-time greatest story in an RPG belongs to Xenogears, hands down. The game is horribly incomplete thanks to budget cuts late in its production and has a mediocre translation, but it is still heads and shoulders above everything else I have ever seen. It fluidly climbs from a humble story to something truly epic in scale, and I have never seen such incredibly plot twists be delivered so believably as in that game. It has everything from complex Judeo-Christian allegories to random mecha anime references, and it has one of the best love stories I have ever seen in a videogame. This one definitely rocks.Suikoden II has a great story, easily the best of any of the Suikoden series (which other than IV is superb). Suikoden III has the better game mechanics and a few great moments, and Suikoden V is very good, but in terms of raw story Suikoden II is the best.Vagrant Story may not exactly be a normal RPG, but it is nonetheless a fantastic game with an equally fantastic story. This one succeeds simply by mixing intrigue, mystery, and a very personal story in a nearly perfect balance.Final Fantasy Tactics is a great one. I wish that I had a chance to play its spiritual predecessor, Tactics Ogre, more than I did, since there were signs that the older game may have had an even better story...Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES is a wonderful game with a very good story (and a long title). Extremely believable and likable characters make this one work, and the setting and struggles they have to deal with only add to that. This is the only game I have seen where a choice between the good ending and the bad one is actually meaningful and thought-provoking. I can't wait until I finally get Persona 4.It is a bit obscure, but the old action-RPG Illusion of Gaia has a great story as well.Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter is probably more memorable for its unusual game mechanics, but it has an extremely emotional and personal story designed with the same style and emotion that made Vagrant Story so great. If you go into this game wanting it to be a fairly ordinary RPG like the other Breath of fire games, you will probably hate it, but it meshes game mechanics and story together in an incredible way to get an incredibly unique effect.There are a lot of other RPGs I truly love out there, such as most of the Final Fantasy series, Chrono Trigger, Lunar, etc, but my love for them isn't as story-based as it is based on the combination of story and raw gameplay fun-factor.</blockquote>

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