Storytelling in video games will only be enhanced as time marches on, so while we wait for the next
great video game narrative, let's break down five of the best video game studios that have successfully become storytellers.
Not exact matches
Tilton demonstrates in this
video game score that he has all the hallmarks of someone who would be a
great film composer — not just the composition itself (which is beyond reproach — the orchestration in particular is so impressive) but also his dramatic sense, which is honed to provide a gripping
narrative here.
That said, I do think this
game is fantastic and that anybody interested in mobile
games with depth, SRPGs, or
video games with
great narratives should buy The Banner Saga.
«Genital Jousting's story mode is the
greatest narrative ever created for the medium of
video games.
A Profound Waste of Time is a new magazine from the UK, focusing on — says its successful Kickstarter campaign blurb — «a bold new
video game culture magazine, a lovingly produced home to
great writing on the medium and its accompanying
narratives».
In an era of
video games when developers often supplement
narrative for
great graphics, Naughty Dog prove with the Uncharted series that both can live in perfect harmony.
It deserves it as well, because The Walking Dead is a
great game, one that truly pushes what can be done with a
video game narrative that can not be done in film or TV.
Nuanced
narrative, one of the last frontiers in
video games, is the welcome backdrop for «Where The Water Tastes Like Wine,» a new offering about the
Great Depression from a small group of independent
game makers.
For a
game that takes a meagre two hours to complete, the short but emotive stories of What Remains of Edith Finch boast both
greater depth and
narrative potency than most +20 hour
video game sagas to date.