Along with reading, one of my other favorite hobbies is gaming. While I thoroughly enjoy fast-paced games, I'll find myself craving more story directed games like Detroit: Become Human, Until Dawn, and Outer Worlds. Okay, for those of you familiar with the last one then you know that it's a LITTLE more intense than the first two vut I think it still counts.
I'll be talking more in-depth about these games and why I, as a reader, think that fellow booknerds will enjoy the stories behind these them. I'll also be including the links to the official rating of the games and a link to each game on Amazon if you're interested in purchasing it.
Detroit: Become Human Developed by Quantic Dream (published by Sony)
Detroit shows us a world where droids are a lot more common than anyone could ever imagine. They have taken over menial jobs like painters, drivers, caretakers, and many more. While many people relished in the ease that droids brought to them, other saw them as job-thieves and a danger to society.
This game follows the story of three droids who have something off with their programming. They have started to think more and more for themselves. They've started to form their own opinions and beliefs. Kara, a housekeeper/nanny droid, escapes from her abusive master with his abused daughter in order to find a safer place for the both of them. Conner, a droid specifically built to capture rogue droids, finds himself doubting his orders and his programmed sense of right and wrong. With the help of a human detective, Connor realizes that there's more to humans and life than simple logic and programs. Finally, there's Markus who was owned by a kind old man, Carl, whom bought Markus to take care of him in his old age. Always encouraged to have opinions by his owner, Markus set out after Carl's death and started liberating droids who were deemed dangerous for thinking outside their programming.
While these are different stories, they all mean something in the long run of a changing society. The droids will do anything to make their voices heard and they will do anything to survive.
This is a choice-based game. The ending of the game is based solely on the choices you make in the story. It follows all three of the characters and it really just brings their individual tales to life. This is rated M for mature because of some sexual themes and violence. There is also some language in the game as well so be prepared for that. While the sexual themes aren't shown directly, they are implied. Here is the full ESRB rating: ESRB Rating
Here's the Amazon link to the game:
Until Dawn Developed by Supermassive Games (published by Sony)
Until Dawn is an interactive, horror game that submerges you into the world of a group of teenagers that return to their friends cabin in the mountains. They're returning one year after the deaths of that same friend's younger sisters. Their deaths even took place in that very same cabin. Let's just say, the teens were already on edge. To top it all off, this cabin is located on the history-rich, Blackwood Mountain, that is said to be haunted.
It's up to you, the player, to decide which of these characters survive and which of them die while they navigate through the horrific events that take place when they arrive. Everything in the game is about the Butterfly Effect. You make one choice and it may just haunt you later on...
Okay, I honestly loved this game! This was the first horror game that I just sat down and played. Let me just say that there were a couple times that I jumped about a foot in the air while playing. The fact that this is a choice-based game (very similar to Detroit) really contributes to you getting attached to the characters and the story. I wouldn't recommend playing this with younger kids around because of the very horror theme to it. This game is also rated M for mature due to sexual themes, graphic violence, and really creepy, startling scenes. Here's the link to the official ESRB rating: ESRB Rating
Here's the Amazon link:
Outer Worlds Developed by Obsidian Entertainment (published by Private Division)
Outer Worlds brings you to a point in the future where Earth has colonized many different planets in the Halcyon galaxy. Here, the politics and societies are a little skewed but it's nothing that you can't handle! You play as someone who has been in hibernation for 90 years and you've just been awoken by a mad scientist who wants to save others like you who are stuck in hibernation.
You meet interesting characters and get to know the galaxy you're exploring. You also level up attributes like the run of the mill ones like strength, perception and dexterity, but you also get addition attributes to level such as persuasion, intelligence, and engineering. There are multiple character archetypes that you can create and play with in this very story-driven, first-person shooter game.
There is so much more to this game than I can describe so I really hope you check it out and see for yourself why I find it so amazing. The space travel aspect of it really drove me to the game but the interactive part of it made me stay. You can somewhat control how the game ends with how you interact with characters and how you influence them. It is a truly amazing game!
This game may be very different in gameplay compared to the other games I mentioned, but I still feel that it falls under the "story-driven" category based on it's interactivity alone. It's also slightly more violent than the other games due to the fact that it's a first-person shooter game. It's also rated M for mature due to the strong language throughout the game and the violence that takes place. There are also some minor sexual themes in the story but it's most jokes and off-hand comments. Here's the link for the official ESRB rating: ESRB Rating
Here's the Amazon link:
I hope that I persuaded some of you readers that may not play a lot of games that there are some video games that immerse you in a story almost as much as a book can. While I'm definitely not saying that they replace books, they can sometimes be a good substitute for when you're wanting something more interactive. Hope you enjoyed!
Sincerely,
CatNip
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