12 Best Video Game Storylines Ever
Proving that gaming can sometimes tell stories better than the rest.
Long gone are the days when games used to be enjoyed purely for their mechanics and the simple pleasure of guiding a generic avatar from point A to point B. Sure, a thriving indie scene has ensured that those games continue to flourish today, but the medium itself has proven to be as adept as any at telling one hell of a story. In most cases, the best game stories don't simply try to mimic cinema, but use the unique tools at their disposal to engage the player through all sorts of unique interactions along the way. Cutscenes and well-written dialogue play their part, but it's often those little details in the environment or gameplay that help build a story for the player; the hacked computer terminals or secret diaries revealing a character's true intentions, or the difficult moral dilemmas you have to make snap-decisions in, for example. Yes, video games are capable of telling stories in truly unique ways, and over the years weve been treated to profound, powerful and memorable stories that stand tall among all storytelling forms (which absolutely does not mean that they should actually be made into films, by the way).