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What have been the games whose writing really got into you? (lemmy.world)
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I just finished playing Triangle strategy and sometimes that games writing gets so good but feel what the very characters are feeling. What about you? What have been those games that have gripped your hand and made you feel every turn of the page?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A lot of games are written pretty 'middle of the road' to get as much of a broad base as possible. A few stand out though.

The Last of Us really hit hard when I played it. I came to the end of that game feeling a little bit like I had an adoptive daughter, and feeling guilty that I had, to my mind, let her down.

There wasn't much 'writing' in it but Shadow of the Colossus also hit me pretty squarely in the chest.

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice was another that had some real power to the writing. Go listen to this setup (stop at 2:47)and tell me that isn't made to give goosebumps.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, game writing gets thrown out the window 90% of the time because the writers far out pace the development team so it's commendable seeing the game writing being given some priority