It forever changed: How much gameplay and familiarity with a genre can impact narrative delivery. This may anger a few people, but regardless of what you look for in a game, the very fact that Fullbright Studios' indie-budget masterpiece uses minimal hand-holding to tell an emotionally affecting story that plays on the very expectation you've built up as a gamer is a masterstroke. Topping critics' lists last year thanks to its entire approach being something that's so completely out of left field, it's a tale of one student returning to find a deserted family home, only a note on the door from her sister alluding to what's happened - before you play out whatever happens next. The house you're investigating has a history of its own, and with some spectacularly subtle audio cues along the way you'll be on edge of your seat for the entirety. The relationships you'll unfurl by picking apart the various items left behind by family members gives way to a far more interesting tale in relation to what your sister has been up while you were away too, and it's only in the final moments when everything is laid out in front of you that you'll join up with either the lovers or haters of this incredibly memorable title.
