8 Iconic Moments From Each Era Of Games
1. We Sing - Alan Wake 2
And finally, though there are many who feel that the current generation of gaming is the most beige and character-devoid of the lot, trust Sam Lake and the fine folk at Remedy Entertainment to come along and slap us in the face with a wet, singing, scary fish.
We're talking of course about Alan Wake 2 and its 20-minute musical recap of the first game's story, where Alan and the player are forced to sit through an elaborate live-action musical song-and-dance sequence scored by in-universe metal band The Old Gods of Asgard.
What follows is a mini-rock opera that increasingly descends into chaos and, eventually, combat, serving as the ultimate realisation of Lake's ambitions to fuse the world of video games with that of cinema.
Just when you think it's going to end it keeps going, and though something so fundamentally daft could easily backfire in a dead-atmospheric survival horror romp like this, it only left players even more bewildered and unsure of what to expect for the remainder.
In an era where so many glossy AAA games are competent but creatively uninspired, Alan Wake 2's delirious tribute to letting your freak flag fly is the moment to beat this gen.