18 Essential Xbox One Games Every Owner Must Play

9. Gone Home

When I did the essential games list for PS4 owners, I included Firewatch as one of the finest examples of this first-person 'narrative adventure game' trend we're experiencing. However, away from that exclusivity, you have to look to Gone Home, the 2012 game that started the movement in the first place.

The entire genre's appeal is routed in telling you stories in a method that no other game could do effectively, and for that, GH puts you in the shoes of a returning gap year student, Kaitlin Greenbriar, who approaches her family home to find everyone missing. A note is attached to the door from her sister, and from here on in you must figure out what's happened, discovering through items in the environment and audio logs precisely what your loved ones have been up to in the time you were away.

Whilst this is enough of a narrative pull, Gone Home actually benefits entirely from being a video game. It plays with your expectations, upends them at every turn, knows what you're thinking at any given moment and ultimately, knows how to make you reflect on gaming as a medium in a way that enhances the experience tenfold.