Video games today are a whole new way to tell a story. Originally, video games were simple with simple premises and stories, such as rescue the princess by avoiding obstacles and defeating the villain. Today, however, they're much more complex and can tell full and complete stories both through gameplay, which is defined as the player directly controlling the actions of the main character or characters to interact with the environment around them, or through the same cinematic techniques that films use today. In fact, games now are getting closer to playable movies, where the gameplay is almost as cinematic as the cutscenes (breaks in gameplay, mostly using CGI to convey plot points using cinematic techniques). Enemies can carry on full conversations without stopping gameplay, making it easier to move the story along and keeping the player engaged. A great example of this is The Last Of Us, a game widely accepted as one of the best video game stories. Ive posted a video of the first sixteen minutes. The scene is very emotional and very violent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgHeUdIS-eQ
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