Mass Effect 1 and 2, Dragon Age Origins (and I'm going to assume Awakenings here) Fallout 3, Gears of War 1 and 2 (pretty much 2 very solid games on all fronts here)

From the ff series I'd disagree with the writing of VII maybe the Japanese comes of better but the english version I felt was a let down in comparison to some of the other titles, I think that FFIX had an excelently written story however it did take a player to actually sit down, relax and take their time to truly enjoy the story.