The Lazygamer Awards 2010 – Best Story

Finally a winner I can comment on because I actually played the game!

Heavy Rain was incredible. It was by no means perfect -especially if you made ‘mistakes’, the story would end up having some major plot holes.

It just goes to show you that games with great story telling (and limited gameplay mechanics) can still do really well.

I totally agree TT, Mass Effect was and is the most compelling story line for me personally on the Xbox360.

Even with gameplay problems etc this game pulled me in from the start and I cannot wait for ME3.

This is a perfect storyline for Film.

I have not had much game time with Heavy Rain but it does look promising. Personally my winner would have had to have been Mass Effect 2.

I haven’t played Heavy Rain but I wiki’d the story like I do with most interesting sounding PS3 games. It sounds like an interesting story.

However I think Alan Wake deserved the award. It was the one game that was on the list that created an actual atmosphere and a sense of urgency. There story itself could have been written by Stephen King and really kept me interested until the very end which is rare. Even ME 2 I got a bit bored with half way through because the story was pretty much predictable.

I can’t wait for Alan Wake 2.

Also the one game which should have been on the list because I just enjoyed the story so much was Assassins Creed Brotherhood.

It created so much intrigue with whether you can really trust Machiavelli and I believe the Subject 16 puzzles were extremely well thought out and provides some interesting debate on capitalism and how it is used as a system of control. Also one of the major side mission actually linked up with the present day story.

Happy to see Heavy Rain as the winner and agree with Mass Effect 2 coming 2nd, as Heavy Rain brought something new to the table, and ME2 story has been done before.

Both excellent games

I really need to get my hands on PS3 & Heavy Rain 😀

Can’t really agree about Mass Effect 2. It certainly has the most fleshed out universe, and the loyalty missions had great little side-stories, but the main plot was very generic sci-fi fair. Strip away all the other distractions and character interactions, and you’re left with a very straightforward plot, that doesn’t take that much thinking. Hell even the first game’s plot – which was ripped off wholeheartedly from Alastair Reynolds’ Redemption Space series of books – had a bit more meat to it.

All 5 nominations had excellent stories for different reasons and I find it difficult to pick only one winner, but if a story is judged on emotional depth then Heavy Rain has to be the winner.

Too each his own but I would also vote for Mass Effect 2. It was the most gripping story I’ve experienced in a game in the last 5 years.

Mass Effect 2 is like a huge intergalactic soapie of awesomeness. Stuff like leveling up, building up your team and exploring un-explored planets/galaxies are what keeps the game going.

ME2 FTW, you guys seem to have a Heavy Rain obsession, not gonna be better than ME2 for me in any category

I just started playing it last night. The story looks great so far.

I haven’t played ME2 so I can’t comment there but Heavy Rain did provide the most compelling experience for me. I was a little irritated by the banal domesticity in the beginning but I’m glad I stuck with the story.

It was a let down that the killer does not change. Not really a point in playing it again.

borrow one from someone and play Heavy Rain in 1 weekened. It’s worth the schlep.

Are you F****** kidding me?! Heavy Rain storyline better than ME2? WTF? :blink:

I finished COD: Black Ops and any game that gives you a John Nash moment and not the good kind deserves a nomination at least.