Story Telling in Games, Task One

My Top 10 Games & There Stories: (Spoiler Alert...)

1. The Legend of Zelda The Windwaker
   There are many games within the Zelda series, however in my opinion the best game is The Windwaker. The story behind it is very gripping, you, as Link, must rescue your sister, Aryll who was taken by a big bird who mistook her for somebody else. Link then travels to a dark island heavily secured by many different enemies, this attempt to save his sister fails and therefore has to travel many islands where Link is to find the three pearl's of the goddesses. The way in which the story is progresses keeps the player intrigued as to whether Link will rescue Aryll and defeat the dark Ganon.
2. Crash Bandicoot WarpedWarped is the third game within the Crash Bandicoot series, it
   
   was released shortly after Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back. An evil source, known as Uka Uka is set free. Uka Uka is Aku Aku's evil twin brother who was lock away to protect the world from his evil. Crash and his sister, CoCo, must travel through time and collect all of the gems to inevitably destroy the Cortex and end Uka Uka's evil reign of terror. Crash and CoCo revisit levels from previous games.
3. Call of Duty: World at WarAgain, in my opinion, the best Call of Duty game is World at War.
   
   The detail into the story is better than no other. The story begins with you as Marine Private C. Miller witnessing a fellow marine being tortured by a Japanese soldier before being rescued by a platoon of Marines. The story then cuts to two years later at the start of the Battle of Peleliu. After a series of tasks the story shifts to Private Dimitri Petrenko on the Eastern front. Private Petrenko meets Viktor Reznov who helps him through various missions before the story then shifts back to Japan with Private C. Miller. The story shifts from story to story until the final mission as Petrenko and Reznov, where they end the war.
4. Super Mario Bros. Of course there was to be some Mario games within my list. This specific
   
   game I am referring to the DS version. The story goes as normal, Mario and Princess Peach are walking through the Mushroom Kingdom when something happens to take Mario's attention elsewhere, leaving Princess Peach vulnerable... She then gets taken by Bowser Jr. Mario must then go through various levels, within eight different worlds, to rescue his Princess. The story is the same, or similar in many Mario games but it still becomes an addictive game. The plot itself grips to player to try and rescue Mario's Princess.
5. MinecraftThe only story in Minecraft is the one you make yourself. There isn't a set story,
   
   however there are many things that the player can do within the game. There is creative mode where you have unlimited resources in which you can build whatever you wish. Survival mode you have to craft all materials and try not to die as well as mining for coal, iron, diamond, gold, Redstone and lapis lazure. The gameplay, in my opinion, is still of good quality without a set story.
6. Mario Kart Double DashAgain, this game doesn't have a set story, however it does follow
   
   in the Mario series so you could argue there some form of a story there. For me, Double Dash is the best Mario Kart game to date. I used to always play this with my sister on our GameCube. The thing I like most about this is the fact you can have two characters, I don't know why I like this, it may be because it was the first Mario Kart I played and that is the game I refer back to most when someone mentions Mario Kart.
7. Grand Theft Auto VGTA V, or GTA 5, is the latest Grand Theft Auto game to be released.
   
   The story starts of as a group of men doing a bank robbery. Then you become Franklin, a young gang member living in the suburbs trying to make ends meet, until he comes across Michael, a middle aged 'retired' criminal. The pair often team up to do jobs to earn money. Trevor, Michael's old buddy, then comes to town to confront Michael, who he believed died in the bank robbery at the beginning of the story.
   The trio then work through the remainder of the story working for the corrupt government. You are then, as Franklin, faced with the decision to either kill Trevor, or kill Michael. There is an alternative to go on a 'Death wish'. Throughout the game you can swap between characters to do various side jobs.
8. FIFAThere are many different FIFA games, all of which do not have a story.
   
   The game is based on Football. There are various game modes, career allows you to either play for a team or manage a team. You could also just play a game with any team you choose against another team. In more recent games you can also play Ultimate Team, where you create your own team with some of the best players in the world.
9. League of LegendsThere is a story within the League of Legends, many stories to be honest.
   
   Each playable character has a different story. In terms of gameplay there are different maps to play which have different aims but the only forms of story is within the characters themselves, which is pretty awesome.
10. The Sims 3The most well known simulation game in the history of
    
    gaming. The story is one you make yourself. You create families and houses and you control them in their everyday lives. Or you can choose a premade family and/or house but they are still under the players control, which is kind of cool.