# The Top Ten Best Deep Story-Driven Games I Have Played In the Last Five Years

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [March 23, 2017, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-ten-best-deep-story-driven-games-i-have-played-in-the-last-five-years/782814 "2017-03-23T05:01:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-ten-best-deep-story-driven-games-i-have-played-in-the-last-five-years/782814/21 "2017-04-11T03:32:59Z")

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The dialogue in Firewatch was great and the voice actors did a wonderful job. Life is Strange was my favorite game of 2015. I can’t stress enough how much I disliked Undertale. The jokes didn’t make me laugh, the characters were annoying and to add insult to injury, they make you suffer through it a second time.

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**Author:** ![Crazy\_Canuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazy_canuck/32/5282_2.png) [@Crazy\_Canuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazy_Canuck)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-ten-best-deep-story-driven-games-i-have-played-in-the-last-five-years/782814/22 "2017-04-11T17:53:38Z")

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The one that stands out by it’s absence for me is Telltale’s The Walking Dead Season One. I’ve had a few games affect me emotionally before, but I don’t think a game ever made me flat out cry before. Sure, the game-play is almost non-existent, but as far as story-driven goes, I still haven’t played anything that has moved me to the same degree.

Thanks for the list though Idle. There’s three on there I have played, and they were all good, so I’ll be keeping my eyes open for the other seven.

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**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-ten-best-deep-story-driven-games-i-have-played-in-the-last-five-years/782814/23 "2017-04-11T19:27:18Z")

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I recommend Soma. Also Beyond Two Souls.

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**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-ten-best-deep-story-driven-games-i-have-played-in-the-last-five-years/782814/24 "2017-04-11T23:39:10Z")

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> [@Crazy\_Canuck](#):
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> The one that stands out by it’s absence for me is Telltale’s The Walking Dead Season One. I’ve had a few games affect me emotionally before, but I don’t think a game ever made me flat out cry before. Sure, the game-play is almost non-existent, but as far as story-driven goes, I still haven’t played anything that has moved me to the same degree.

I couldn’t agree more. Walking Dead Season One is likely my favorite video game of all time, although it’s a bit of a stretch to call it a video game.

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