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[Isa]

For me a triple combo would be Baroque, DeSPIRIA, and Megami Tensei the OG stuff. Baroque in particular just captures my attention and wish we could get it easily on modern hardware(yes I know emulation exists and is really the only way to play them for westerners save for the PS2/Wii game. I also love DeSPIRIA for its wild look and story. I guess Kowloon's Gate is kind of like it which is cool.

 

[Felessan]

Non-videogames universes (MW, WH, DnD FR, DC/Marvel etc) doesn't count

The biggest/deepest gaming universe probably Warcraft

Souls are small and shallow, but you can't expect it to be really big in SP games (if it's not 20years series like Kiseki), they are too small for that

 

[Signalis]

Warhammer judging from the lenght of video trying to explain the lore.

Great video, but that was 6 hours of AI slop

 

[deriks]

Probably Dark Souls

I read and read and it's too much. Way too much

 

[SnapShot]

 

[ZeroZeroQuatre]

Pac-man

You're joking, but since Namco released the Shadow Labyrinth game this year, Pac-Man is now officially connected to the UGSF lore :

The United Galaxy Space Force (銀河連邦宇宙軍 Gin Kawatsura Kuni Uchuugun, lit. United Galaxy Space Force), or UGSF for short, is a fictional military organization dedicated to advancing the goals and interests of the human population living in outer space. The UGSF first appeared in Galaxian3, in which they launch an operation to stop an Unknown Mechanized Intelligent Species (UIMS) from destroying the Earth. Future games like Star Ixiom would flesh out the UGSF and expand upon the lore of its universe. The events that occur within the UGSF universe are depicted across multiple Namco games, ranging from older classics such as Galaxian, Galaga, and Dig Dug, to more recent titles including Mr. Driller and Mizuiro Blood. Most of the games that take place in the UGSF universe are listed on the UGSF timeline, which organizes important in-universe events in chronological order. Source : https://namco.fandom.com/wiki/United_Galaxy_Space_Force

Basically connecting it to over 30 games, going back all the way to Galaxian (1979), and including other games such as Dig Dug (1982), Mr. Driller (1999) and Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere (1999).

And the official page with the full time-line : https://ugsf-series.com/en/

 

[Ishma3L]

Xenogears

 

[Felessan]

Warhammer judging from the lenght of video trying to explain the lore.

Baldurs gate (Forgotten realms) are no smaller
But those are tabletop universes with 40+ years of history and a lots of books. Even MMO where 1 expansion is similar in size to whole SP game world-building wise, are small comparably. They are just not that wide or old.

 

[Paasei]

Fallout
The Witcher
Elder Scrolls
Dark Souls

 

[Hanzaki]

The deepest is the Elder Scrolls obviously with hundreds of years of history and lore with multiple games and stuff. Or maybe Warhammer good candidate too.

I can see that many people here are mixes the game story with the game lore...

 

[Von Hugh]

Since Warhammer is cheating: Warcraft

 

[Diseased Yak]

All of the obvious games have been mentioned, so I'll add this that I haven't seen yet:

Hell Is Us

Sure, it just came out this year, but man they really went all in on some crazy ass lore! I'm still knee-deep in the game, just taking my time and soaking it up.

 

[darth.shrimp]

Grim Dawn's lore doesn't look like much at first, but the world building is incredible. It feels like a mix of Warhammer and Lovecraft, some of the lore notes sound straight from a novel.

I'm not even joking - the next expansion might add an entire new, huge area, a new mastery, new mechanics etc, but I'm almost more interested in what new lore it will bring to the world.

 

[DaciaJC]

If Warhammer doesn't count, then I'd have to give it to The Elder Scrolls. I've only played Skyrim, but I remember spending some time digging through the lore wiki and, yeah, "crazy" barely scratches the surface.

 

[DeepEnigma]

If you consider the books, Halo's lore is pretty incredible

I loved Halo until they introduced those stupid space monkey things. Such an uninspiring design.

 

[Foxt3r]