14 Incredible Video Game Stories You'll Never Stop Discussing

By Scott Tailford /

13. Hotline Miami

Hotline's blur of neon-lit slaughter and lightning-fast reaction times has produced one of the most beloved titles of the modern age, mainly down to the perfect marriage of old school 2D graphical style and a more modern approach to storytelling. That is to say Hotline has such a unique feel permeating every pixel of it's programming, with a pulsating 80's soundtrack that provides thumping bass rhythms as you combo together disgusting kills and brutal dismemberments. The big twists actually come in the back third when everything starts to unwind as to exactly why you're dispatching foes after answering a handful of phone calls - but it doesn't stop there. In a fantastic twist that's rarely mentioned, post-credits you'll actually take up the mantle of a completely different character, delving further into the game's bevy of criminality to provide some more answers, fleshing out the world and connecting both the new and old heroes together in a way that's pretty mind-blowing.