For me the best game ever is Gothic 2 or Silent Hill 2
the reasons:
Gothic 2: the Gothic trilogy (that's what it's going to be) is like a dream come to truth for me:
Gothic 2 is a huge real time RPG with hundreds of quests over 6 hours of very cool dialogs (not only written, also recorded with very good voices), absolutely cool story, much freedom, very nice designed towns, forests,farms etc. and some cool enemies!!! I just like the American/European RPG style much more than the Japanese RPGs, because in a game like Gothic 2 you have really much more freedom than in any Final Fantasy, the story isn't that exaggerated (much smarter
), the dialogs are much better and there aren't those dumb love stories
!
In my opinion Gothic 2 is still the best game from German (i know Far Cry has better graphix but the gameplay isn't as good as Gothic 2)
Silent Hill 2: Well, I have to say Silent Hill 2 has the best story I've ever seen in a video game!! Actually i never thought that hard about any story. I now played the game though the 4th time but still have to think about that story and i still don't completely understand it. You actually experience all the the nightmares James Sunderland comes through, a man who lost his wife and now is in danger to become completely insane...
and this is so perfectly made that even yourself nearly drive crazy at the end...
lol I'm not too good at English to explain that all but i hope you understand me (you must have played this game to understand me tho
)
Anyway these are my favourites, maybe have a look at them I hardly recommend both!