The Video Games That Changed Storytelling

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What are the greatest achievements in Video Game Storytelling? What are the most influential works of Game Writing? Here we explore some of those topics.

0:00 Introduction

I - ILLUSION OF CHOICE
8:37 Mass Effect
11:34 Telltale's 'The Walking Dead'
13:22 Bioshock/Bioshock Infinite

II - COMMENTARY ON THE MEDIUM
19:19 Call of Duty/Battlefield Series
22:17 Spec Ops: The Line

III - ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PLAYER AND ARTIFICE
30:19 Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
31:50 Metal Gear Solid
32:55 Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

IV - THE DISJOINTED NATURE OF GAMES
44:30 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
46:37 I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
47:55 Killer 7

V - THE AMBIGUITY OF THEMATICS
56:20 Metroid Prime
57:11 Silent Hill 2
57:58 Dark Souls

VI - HOW A GAME ENDS
1:05:54 Nier: Automata