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Suikoden series has incredible stories for the main line games at least (2 > 5 > 1 > 3 >> 4)
Xenoblade Chronicles 1 has probably the single greatest story in any game I've ever played.

Hell, I even had a 5 year D&D campaign that "borrowed heavily" (....not a complete copy....) from XC1 with Suikoden plot elements (recruiting 108 stars of destiny, forging alliances, engaging in full scale army battles, etc...) I liked the plot so much, and the players thought it was pretty good.

Next in line is Radiant Historia, which probably made me tear up with sadness more than any other game and really gets you to care about the characters by the end.

After those, I would say next is Baten Kaitos. BK Origins (a prequel that came after the first game) is overall the better story and has a nice barrage of plot twists throughout the game. The original BK (Eternal Wings & The Lost Ocean) has a fairly generic plot, but possibly the most amazing plot twist I've ever seen in any form of media

Going back further in time, I always loved the Legend of Dragoon's plot, it was pretty impressive for its time and featured some great character growth by the main character and some incredible plot twists of its own.

darcandkharg31 posted...

T0ffee posted...

Radiant Historia

I wanna play that, seemed pretty good when I tried it but it was ds emu, didn't like playing it like that. Gonna get it for 3DS.

I have both the DS and 3DS remake. Both are great. In terms of story only, I'd actually say the original is slightly better (but the remake has some gameplay improvements and really good voice acting, so overall it's a better game).
Can't say why I liked the story in the original better w/o spoilers, but...they tweaked the original ending a bit in a way I didn't care for, and I actually preferred the mystique the original game had vs. the remake laying out in detail the past events that led to the current situation. Not a major issue, though.