Translating the choose-your-own-adventure format into a game has been a fascinating idea fraught with the risk of turning real choice into an illusion. Branching dialogue
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Tag: Story-Rich
Syberia: The World Before Review – You Can Never Go Home Again
Some games have an uncanny ability to transport me to a different time. Not because they’re always brilliantly authored and have revolutionary game design, but
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Outlast (2013): Story Summary
This post is quite different from the ones I’ve written so far. Originally a story recap I penned down in a rush in the middle
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Disco Elysium Analysis: Politics, Free Will and a Haunting Past
Video games have been historically written off when it comes to the quality of writing. Sure, having an interesting idea is one thing, but how
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God of War (2018) Story Analysis
Originally, this was going to be another review. I scrapped the whole piece seconds after I finished reading this. While I don’t agree with many
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Martha is Dead Story Analysis
Despite my vocal objections to the overall gaming experience that is Martha is Dead, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it for the
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Martha is Dead – gorgeous visuals a good game do not make
Martha is dead, and so is my capacity to game for a while. Now those are harsh words to start off my first review in
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What Open-World Games Can Learn From Horizon: Zero Dawn’s Collectibles
Despite its gorgeous world, creative monster designs, and an epic sci-fi tale, what I’ll remember Zero Dawn most for is its side-story of a recovering
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