10 Incredible Video Game Stories That Got Everybody Talking
7. Gone Home
What makes Gone Homes story so special is how the title uses subversive video game tropes to make you think its going to be a completely different experience to what it actually ends up as. See, it plays and is presented like a horror game, but the only thing scary about it is your own imagination. When it comes down to it, Gone Home is an inherently human and personal story about the trials and tribulations of growing up. Less of a horror title and more of a coming of age tale, it allows developers Fullbright to delve into themes rarely touched by video games, and it's all the better for it. Throughout you're thrown all the classic indie-horror game clichés; an abandoned house, a mystery to solve and even a potential delve into occult-like rituals - all making for a genuinely unsettling gaming experience. Although that makes it even better when the game pulls the rug out from under you in the final few minutes.
Josh has over 11 years of experience as a published writer, having worked nine of those years as a full-time content producer at WhatCulture. In that period he has created hundreds of articles, videos and podcast episodes for multiple WhatCulture channels, specialising in gaming, horror and film & TV. He now primarily works as a senior content producer and presenter on WhatCulture Gaming where he co-hosts the WhatCulture Gaming Podcast, a top 3 UK most listened to gaming podcast that he co-created in 2018. Over the years he has reviewed several high-profile gaming releases, covered industry events with on-site reporting, opined on breaking news, and even kicked off his interviewing career by chatting to childhood hero, Tommy Wiseau.
