10 Incredible Video Game Stories That Got Everybody Talking
8. Hotline Miami
2012s Hotline Miami burst onto the gaming scene seemingly out of nowhere, and while its deep mechanical gameplay and bloody graphic violence attracted most of the media attention, the most intriguing part of the experience itself was the game's hauntingly surreal and avant-garde story. Blending a sense of non-linearity with one of the most unreliable narrators in gaming history, Hotline Miami left players wondering about the implications of the plot to the point where it wasn't clear if the whole thing even happened at all. Questions popped up around every single part of the story, and with a superb dose of fourth-wall breaking, Hotline Miami pulsed with a unique postmodern wink rarely ever found in the super-serious big-budget po-faced military shooters that dominate most of triple A gaming. While unanswered questions can be infuriating, Hotline Miamis refusal to spell-out its narrative actually worked within the context of the game; it was exactly what the hazy, psychedelic gameplay demanded - and players loved every second of it.
