Story Telling in Games

Task 1

Top 10 Games


8)Plants Vs Zombies: Garden Warfare

This game's story isn't directly told to the player. It is fairly simple as the zombies are trying to invade and the plants have to stop them, this is the same as every other Plants vs Zombies game 

7)Pokemon Emerald

This game's story is a mixture of the stories in Pokemon ruby and sapphire which became something different enough to give it reason for being its own game. The two evil teams from the other two games both end up awakening their respective pokemon which causes complete chaos throughout the region
6)Team Fortress 2

TF2's story is revealed mainly through comics on their website instead of in the actual game however references to these comics can be heard in some of the characters quotes
5)Xenoblade Chronicles 3D

Xenoblade Chronicles follows a boy named Shulk as he sets out with his best friend Reyn to avenge the death of Fiora, Shulk's childhood friend, who was seemingly killed right in front of him by a Mechon, A species of living Machines who terrorize and kill Homs (Shulk's species). During Shulk's adventure aquires the Monado, a sword that can peirce Mechon armour and see visions of the future, usually warning him of a tragic event or death of a friend such as Fiora, he also meets many other people who have also had their lives changed by tragic events such as this who help him to get revenge on the Mechon usually after he saves their life due to the Monado's power.


4)The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD

Link's sister, Aryll, is kidnapped and Link has to save her and the world from Ganondorf with the help of the king of red lions, a talking boat that plays an important role later on.


3)Splatoon

Splatoon's story is simple, The Inkling's main source of power is stolen by the octarians and you have to get it back, because the game is mainly multiplayer the story isn't the focus
2)Sonic 3 & Knuckles

Sonic 3 & Knuckles tells the story of Dr Robotnik building the Death Egg  by using 7 Chaos Emeralds and the Master Emerald. To do this he tricks the Emerald's guardian, Knuckles, into thinking that Sonic is the villain. Eventually, Knuckles figures out who the real villain is and asks Sonic to help him get revenge

1)The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
The story of The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is based off of the bible story in which a man is told by God to sacrifice his son. In this game, Isaac lives a happy life with his mother until she is told to sacrifice him. Isaac sees his mother approach his room with a knife and tries to find a hiding place, he then uncovers a trapdoor under his rug which leads to the basement, then a network of caves and then the depths where he faces off against his mother. After this the games story gets darker and more messed up as Isaac goes into his mothers womb to kill his unborn self. After this the player is given two decisions, proceed to the cathedral in order to fight himself as a child and then fight his dead self inside of a chest in which he suffocates himself in order to escape his misery, or go to Sheol and fight Satan and then a demonic lamb, this branch of the story has Isaac accept his sins and become a demon. No matter which story you choose the game hints at Isaac taking his own life. The best part of this games story is that the more times you complete the game, the more endings you unlock, most of them are before you unlock the cathedral and Sheol and involve Isaac finding a new item that you can then find in-game. The endings for beating the final areas are very obscure and the creator of the game himself is unsure on the way the game ends and so left the storytelling to the community which is how this story became what it is.

Task 2

Games without stories
Tetris- a simple puzzle game that involves dropping shapes on top of each other
Minecraft- a sandbox game where you build what you want using the world's resources
Pong- a tennis simulator

These types of games(Usually mobile games) are played mainly by casual gamers who don't game often and just need something to pick up and play when bored

Task 3
The difference between game and film stories is that a game can have a more flexible story with multiple endings as opposed to films which have a fixed path. game stories are usually a lot more simple than film stories as there would be a focus on gameplay in most games.
Task 4
Linear stories are just composed of a beginning, middle and end in that order whilst non linear stories can use flashbacks or other techniques to switch up the order and also provide multiple paths for the story to take with good and bad endings