8 Video Games That Changed The World

2. Metal Gear Solid - Making Voice Acting & Cinematography Matter In Gaming

Remember the first time you saw Metal Gear Solid in-action? It was jaw-dropping. It didn't matter that the bodies barely animated and the faces themselves were mushed-together messes of pixels that nodded sporadically to simulate mouth movements... this was a playable movie, dammit.

Creator Hideo Kojima would then suitably disappear up his own hole with a fantastically ludicrous plot involving clones, lifelike A.I.s and cancer-preventing blood cell-computers in the sequels, with a devoted fanbase forming in tow.

Since then, the very act of 'directing' your game's story beats like a movie or TV show became commonplace, with titles like the Devil May Cry series or Platinum Games' many releases employing heavily-stylised camerawork.

By twinning immaculately produced cutscenes with real-world locales and awesome voice acting, this completely changed everything we thought we knew about video game storytelling.