The Council «Review» - Your decisions truly matter in
this narrative game like no other.
Not exact matches
Liverpool and Manchester United are still probably the two biggest clubs in England in terms of history and tradition as well as trophies, Manchester City are now serious players at the European level, Everton possess
narrative in spades including not a few national titles and even the
likes of Preston North End (The Invincibles, Tom Finney), Blackpool (Stanley Matthews, Jimmy Armfield), Blackburn Rovers (Alan Shearer et al.) and
others have a position in the upper consciousness of the
game.
The Quantic Dream
games have always been divisive, some finding them epic
narratives telling complex tales,
others complaining that they would
like some gameplay in their video
games.
It combines tense stealth and best - in - class cutscene direction, and these aspects stand above any
other game in the series, but naturally, the
narrative ultimately concludes sooner than you'd
like.
As a result, the film feels less
like a
narrative and more
like a very thinly cast parlor
game: cast your votes as to which of the only two
other main characters had something to do with Christine's accident.
The Detail falls within the same category of
other narrative - driven, interactive stories
like the classic adventures
games from Westwood and Lucas Arts, and the Telltale Series's The Walking Dead.
Games like Gone Home and Brothers: a Tale of Two Sons have showed players that
games can provide emotional, mature
narratives, while Kentucky Route Zero and
others have continued in the tradition of Limbo, showing players that an affordable indie
game can have world - class production values.
I could definitely see what they meant, and I'm looking forward to seeing how Life of Lon compares to
other VR
narrative games,
like Fated.
Then explains that he didn't
like the
games narrative because it wasn't presented
like every
other game.
Murdered: Soul Suspect is a supernatural tale that strives to be
like other, more successful story - driven
games, but fails to achieve this by simply being an interactive movie with no consequences and a forgettable
narrative.
We're making use of techniques
like performance capturing - so we get really good physical performances from actors along with their facial expressions and voices and their interaction with
other actors - to build a
game that has a really strong
narrative component that isn't just a highly replayable shooter.
A title
like Digimon Story is likely to give you the impression that this
game offers more of a
narrative focus than
other takes on the digital monsters — and while that's sort of true, it's perfectly in keeping with the spirit of the series.
Like any
other single - player,
narrative driven title, the
game has little replay value once the campaign is complete.
It's actually a little difficult to review a
game like Danganronpa 1 • 2 Reload; the main selling point of both of the included
games is the
narrative, how it unfolds, and how the player interacts with it, yet it's the one thing that I really don't want to spoil for
other players.
While missing some of the polish
other games might have, The Council feels
like it could be the next step in the genre thanks to branching
narratives that feel much weightier than before and a mystery you can't help but be drawn into.