The theme or backdrop of any title plays a vital role in setting up an enigma for an exhilarating journey. Then comes the story that holds the gamer on to his seat making it a gripping one!
Video game stories range from the extremely simplistic to a staggering complex one. While early games and many contemporary ones focused on gameplay treating the plot as a loose outline filled in by action or puzzles, some games have tried to push the boundaries and tell emotionally drilled, cinematic stories with elements of interactive control and player choices that forward the storyline.
Let’s go through a list of few such notable titles with the most vibrant and compelling storylines:
The Last of Us 2
Developer: Naughty Dog
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Platforms: PS4
Release: June 19, 2020
It’s a game that follows a deep narrative just as before with our focus around Ellie. Grown-up and living in a town that she calls her home, a tragic event occurs turning Ellie’s world upside down. Just as she did as a child, Ellie will have to put her life in danger in what would seem to be overbearing odds. However, this new journey is fuelled by rage and it’s a brutal one to endure. This is a game you’ll be gripping your controller and sitting on the edge of your seat all the way through. After the amount of time you spend playing this game, it’ll be hard not to get attached to the various characters. But one needs to have a go through the previous edition as well to get the depth!
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
Developer: Naughty Dog
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Platforms: PS4
Release: May 10, 2016
Another absorbing storytelling by Naughty Dog! A Thief’s End takes place several years after the events of Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, where Nathan Drake has been retired from fortune hunting. That is until he is reunited with his older brother Sam and partner Sully where the trio must search for clues to the location of Captain Henry Avery’s long-lost treasure in order to save Sam’s life.
God of War
Developer: SIE Santa Monica Studio
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Platforms: PS2 (initially), PS3, PS4
Release: 2005
It began in 2005 on the PlayStation 2 (PS2) video game console, and has become a flagship title for the PlayStation brand. Based in ancient mythology, the story follows Kratos, a Spartan warrior who was tricked into killing his family by his former master, the Greek God of War Ares. This sets off a series of events that leads to wars with the mythological pantheons. The Greek mythology era of the series sees Kratos follow a path of vengeance due to the machinations of the Olympian gods, while the Norse mythology era, which introduces his son Atreus as a secondary protagonist, shows an older Kratos on a path of redemption, which inadvertently brings the two into conflict with the Norse gods.
Red Dead Redemption 2
Developer: Rockstar Studios
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Platforms: PS4, XBO
Release: October 26, 2018
The game is the third entry in the Red Dead series and is a prequel to the 2010 game Red Dead Redemption. The story is set in 1899 in a fictionalized representation of the Western, Midwestern, and Southern United States and follows outlaw Arthur Morgan, a member of the Van der Linde gang. Arthur must deal with the decline of the Wild West whilst attempting to survive against government forces, rival gangs, and other adversaries.
Persona 5
Developer: P-Studio
Publisher: Atlus
Platforms: PS3, PS4
Release: April 4, 2017
Persona 5 is the sixth instalment to the Persona series which is connected to the Megami Tensei franchise. The video game takes place in modern-day Tokyo which follows the protagonist who transfers into an academy known as Shujin. Soon into the school year, the protagonist along with a number of other students awaken with unique powers along with the ability to explore the Metaverse.
If anyone is bored of watching similar type movies without a decent storyline then these are the titles that might put an end to their thirst of excellence in storytelling!
