A game without a questing system.

Asheron's Call.  Nothing like having the most engrossing and detailed questing system in the game that actually combines, brains with brawn and a dose of agility.  Here is an example of an awesome quest:

Quest Overview

Walk Through

1st Strange Device

1. [Optional] Speak to the Emissary of Asheron at Asheron's Castle to begin the quest.
2. Make your way to the 1st Strange Device at 21.9N, 19.0E
   • Route: Use the Teleportation Device (the quest hub), and enter the 40 Bellig tower base, then run to the Strange Device at 21.9N 19.0E
3. Using the device spawns a "ghost" of Elysa Strathelar and Thorsten Cragstone, a reflection of their first encounter. Some olthoi will also spawn.
4. You must kill all the Olthoi. When you have killed them several gems, called Elysa's Hope, will spawn around the device. more gems spawn if all are picked up.

2nd Strange Device

1. Go to the 2nd Strange Device found in the Underground City.
   • The place where the words of the past were found refers to Elysa discovering Empyrean texts within the Underground City. You can reach the Underground City by taking the portal in the Abandoned Mine or taking the Isle of Tears portal (25.2N, 49.9E) in Cragstone and running to the city at 21.3N, 53.9E.
2. The 2nd device is located in the area marked on the map as lvl -1. It is in the side room that does not contain the surface portal. If you are able to jump a whole level in dungeons, you can reach it quickly from the drop point by jumping on to the balcony just forward and to the left of the drop. Otherwise you will have to work your way through the dungeon.
3. When you use the device Elysa and Cragstone will appear again, and have a conversation about the texts Elysa has discovered. When they are done, Elysa's Resolve gems will appear on the floor.
4. Combine the two gems to form Elysa's Partial Reflection.

   You bring the two gems into close proximity, and they fuse into one.

3rd Strange Device

1. Go to 3rd Strange Device located at 21.2N, 69.2E
2. The home of Light refers to Asheron's castle. Take the portal in Eastham near the windmill to reach Asheron's Isle and then take the portal device at the drop to reach his castle. The device is just outside the door. Use it to watch Elysa and Thorsten discover Asheron's Castle and see Elsya teleport away into Asheron's Sanctum. After Elysa returns outside they will speak once more before giving you another clue. Elysa's Courage gems then appear on the floor.
3. Combine the two gems to form Elysa's Incomplete Reflection.

   You bring the two gems into close proximity, and they fuse into one.

4th Strange Device

1. The 4th Strange Device is also found in the Underground City.
2. The tomb of past warriors refers to Thorsten Cragstone's Tomb, found in the Underground City. Simply follow the directions on the map labeled "Shortest path to Hidden Dungeon" and stop in room with Thorsten's tomb. The Device is located on above this room, and you can reach it by jumping from one of the open windows.
3. Once the apparitions of Elysa and Thorsten disappear, Elysa's Determination gems will appear.
4. One again combine the two gems to form Elysa's Phantasmal Arrow.

   You bring the two gems into proximity. They both give off a small pop and vanish in clouds of purple mist. The mist coalesces into a ghostly arrow tipped with a small dab of black goo.

Black Death Catacombs Quiddity Seed

1. You must now go to the Black Death Catacombs Quiddity Seed found in the Black Death Catacombs. The Quiddity Seed is located behind the portal to the Paradox-touched Olthoi Queen's lair.
2. You will be portaled into a completely black version of the old Black Death Catacomb (before it was split up by portals) with purple mist on the ground. The dungeon is full of virindi and more of the ghost Olthoi. Note that players can run through these olthoi, but the olthoi also can stack on top of eachother.
3. You will notice you are not dropped in the normal drop point or where the seed was located in the regular dungeon. If you are looking at the map of the Black Death Catacomb and the Lower Corridor, you are in the Lower Corridor, in the only room with a split level (a place where you can jump up or down a level). Note that the ACMaps map has drawn this room incorrectly so the ledge is not where it appears on the map.
4. Elysa is back up where the Quiddity Seed is in the regular dungeon. To reach her, take the passage south and simply hug the right wall from the drop - do not jump down to the lower level. Give Elysa the arrow to see the Thorsten's final moments replayed.
5. After the scene is done and the queen dies, its head will appear on the ground. Pick it up and bring it back to Asheron. Note: if you are doing this with a group, you must wait 30 seconds between hand ins to make sure everyone gets the olthoi head. If you want to get the text from this quest, it is located in the dream BDC where the surface portal/drop point would be in the regular BDC.
6. Emissary of Asheron will give a Braced Mana Forge key upon turning in the head.
7. The Bracers may be turned in for experience. When you give it to Asheron's Servant, a dialog box will appear asking if you wish to hand in the item for up to 5% experience.

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i would say world of warcraft

i hate questing >< id rather do instances and raid but alas you need to be level cap in order to do the hard fun stuff right?

leveling in wow wasnt so bad for me, and mind you i reaaaaally hate questing heh xD

Do you mean QUESTS? Or chores? Because most games have chores for you to do.  Not really quests. GW2 Personal story is one of the better quest systems I have seen. EQ1 had quests that took time and you actually attempted to achieve something. Most games are filled with go out and kill chores to fill your time and speed up xp.

I wouldnt mind checking out STOR, but I really just never had an interest in the gameplay elements I have seen.

AoC had some of the better written dialogue I have seen for their chores.

Originally posted by cybertrucker

Do you mean QUESTS? Or chores? Because most games have chores for you to do. 

This is very true.

to my SWToR I'll also add TSW. Those are the only two games I've ever really enjoyed the quests in abundance.

City of Villains had my favorite questing, because almost all the quests were part of story arcs. The Secret World does this as well.

I really don't like the random one-shot "Could you bring me some X?" quests. Lord of the Rings Online was looking good, until random "Could you bring my some pies?" quests happened. Guild Wars 2 is even worse in this regard.

SWG pre cu.

There wasn't any.

You just logged in and you were on your own.

Brilliant.

Old school: EQ1, the epic weapons quests were truly epic.

Newer System: Rift Storm Legion, Love the carnage quests and not having to go from hub to hub to level. Just start killing things and bam oh that was a quest awesome.

Out of all the MMOs I've played, WoW has the best system imho.  That's why everyone tries to copy it.  There's serious quests that you have to save a town, zone, or even the world.  Then there's hilarious quests, like the numerous poo quests, which is expected now days with every release lol.  The problem I have with many games is they take thier world too seriously.  It's always "We're all gonna die unless you do this" quests.  In WoW, you help people who's fel hound ate thier keys.  Or gather spy film from wolves that ate it...ect.

P.S. Someone at blizzard has a poo fetish me thinks XD

By large measure: SWTOR. Never ever enjoyed so much questing with superb voice acting and incredible twists in story. For starting areas and for same reason loved also Aoc.

Now i actually can not any longer enjoy any other kind of questing, but I'm still ok with wow, gw2, ...

Originally posted by daltanious

By large measure: SWTOR. Never ever enjoyed so much questing with superb voice acting and incredible twists in story. For starting areas and for same reason loved also Aoc.

Now i actually can not any longer enjoy any other kind of questing, but I'm still ok with wow, gw2, ...

The story is good. Too bad the combat is not fun to me. If they have better combat, i would still be playing that game.

Originally posted by nariusseldon

Originally posted by daltanious

By large measure: SWTOR. Never ever enjoyed so much questing with superb voice acting and incredible twists in story. For starting areas and for same reason loved also Aoc.

Now i actually can not any longer enjoy any other kind of questing, but I'm still ok with wow, gw2, ...

The story is good. Too bad the combat is not fun to me. If they have better combat, i would still be playing that game.

As usually people have very different tastes. Actually combat was also very beloved by myself. :-) The only thing I never enjoyed, but is not fault of swtor, is space combat as i do not like that kind of fight.

Going by the thread title it would be Planescape: Torment.

For mmos my favorite quest systems are brought to you by Guild Wars 2 and The Secret World followed by STO.  While STO quests themselves are fairly standard it's the combination of space, ground, foundry, event, and DOFF quests/missions that make it cool for me.

Questing isn't the end all and be all of gaming for me though.  Tera has horrible questing and I love the hell out of that game.

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Originally posted by Jimmydean
Everquest. When the quests were optional, and if you did one it actually meant something.

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EQ of old was my favorite, too. First you had to figure out if an NPC had any quests. If you managed to find one, you had to determine what the quest required. Then you had to usually spend a lot of time completing it. Often, compelting the quest was its own reward since the xp and loot wasn't worth the effort lol.

Sure beats question marks and click-through quests that get insta-added to your task list. B O R I N G !! Oh and the bulk of your xp and gear comes from completing these mindless items.

Originally posted by daltanious

By large measure: SWTOR. Never ever enjoyed so much questing with superb voice acting and incredible twists in story. For starting areas and for same reason loved also Aoc.

Now i actually can not any longer enjoy any other kind of questing, but I'm still ok with wow, gw2, ...

Same here. I don't think I can ever play any game which has walls of text  withough voiceover. The only other MMO I can play right now  is TSW, but I don't like that my character is mute. And I got tired of zombies /grin