Top 10 Games with Best Plot The story in a video game is one of the most important parts to make the players engaged into the game. In this article we take a look at the top 10 games with the best stories. 10. StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void StarCraft 2 was released back in 2010 and has finally come to an end with StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void. Legacy of the Void is a stand-alone expansion and while StarCraft is one of the most competitive games in the world, there's also a terrific story attached to this game. The campaign concludes the StarCraft 2 trilogy and focuses on the Protoss, more specifically on Artanis as the protagonist. The game deliveries a fitting end to the story and it leaves fans of the series fulfilled. Even if you have no desire to ever play the competitive multiplayer StarCraft 2, it is still a game worth playing for its quality …show more content…
In Soma, you play as Simon Jared, a man involved in a car accident. Due to the lingering effects of the accident, Simon agrees to a brain scan in a lab. He blacks out during the scan and wakes up in PATHOS 2, an underwater remote research facility. Soma is a very unique story and thrives on a psychological narrative. Frictional Games did a terrific job of telling the story in Soma and Soma is the evolution of horror games. For fans of horror games and unique storytelling, this is a must play. 5. Until Dawn Supermassive Games created one of the surprise releases of 2015 that no one saw coming in Until Dawn and a big reason for the game's success was due to its impressive story. It’s an 80's horror movie in a game. It's not a game where you'll get emotionally invested but for the bit of time that you will play it, you will be totally engaged in the story. The choice-making in the game adds a layer of depth to the story as there are more than a hundred endings, depending on which of the seven characters make it out alive. 4. Silent Hill
Fans of the novel found that the way the novel is written, you never want to put it down and the action keeps things moving and is quite entertaining. The novel pulls you in and makes you love each of the main characters in it. This is a great series for anyone to read, and it is audience friendly for whoever reads them. There is quite a bit of suspense that will make the novel exceed readers 's expectations, and the twists and turns keeps you guessing and lets nothing be predictable. Some like the way this group of people bands together when they really need to and keep things together so they can all stop the
Pleasure, sorrow, and Curiosity are what these characters made you feel at the end. Each character had their own taste and style, it was like I was at a restaurant and each character was a choice on the menu, topped off with their own unique way. All these characters added their own twists and turn onto the ride and at the end Jane, John, Mustapha, and Edgar left me wanting more.
Analysis of Halloween by John Carpenter and Evil Dead by Sam Raimi The horror genre is characterized by the attempt to make the viewer experience dread, fear and terror. Some of the most common elements include vampires, zombies and werewolves. One of the films which I am going to analyze is “Halloween” by John Carpenter which starred Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasence. This film was made in 1978; this was considered the film which started the “slasher film” genre. This genre was continued in dozens of violent movies throughout the 1980s.
The Hero’s Journey (Vogler 2007, p. 8) is a 12 stage narrative pattern refined by Christopher Vogler from Joseph Campbell’s book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Campbell 2008). This theory can be related to a multitude of different mediums which involve narrative. The pattern is generally easy to identify within a story, but can sometimes be harder to decipher as is the case with the narrative in Bioshock Infinite (Irrational Games, 2013) (Infinite), and for this reason, not all stages are mentioned. On a psychological and cultural level, Bioshock Infinite draws the player in, making them connect on a deep level with the main characters, involving them in the story and convincing them to continue playing.
Vampyr doesn't play like a horror, or even a suspense film, though there are a few scenes of each. Instead it is a mystery, with information gradually given to the audience. The plot follows an aimless young man, a devotee of the occult, who visits an inn where numerous odd people are about.
... reinstatement of an already excellent game. In the beginning, I cited that I was always looking for a contemporary Cthulhu-like horror game…I have not found it in Esoterrorists 2.0, instead, I have found something better. It is a nice game. It gives me the inspiration to try to run something with the game milieu. Otherwise, it is an excellent resource for any modern horror game.
In the movie A Beautiful Mind, the description of schizophrenia is shown in many accurate ways. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) states that the symptoms of this disease are delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, or unorganized or catatonic behavior. People with schizophrenia are also socially withdrawn and awkward when in contact with other people. These traits of the sickness are shown in detail throughout the movie by way of the character John Nash’s struggle with the disease. Nash is a very intelligent professor but believes he is working with the government to foil a Soviet attack plot. Nash eventually goes onto win a Nobel Prize for one of his theories. The movie shows the effects of schizophrenia on not only one man, but also on the friends and family of the ill individual. Treatment is discussed but not to any great length due to him ignoring the doctor’s orders on medication. Overall the movie shows some very prevalent traits of the disease in great detail during certain parts of the film.
The first stage of the genre cycle is called the primitive stage. During this stage of the cycle, the genre of horror is very new. Filmmakers are trying to decide what makes a horror film a horror film, while audience are figuring out what they should expect every time they see this kind of film. For example, Todd Browning’s Dracula is the basic, stripped down blueprint for many monster-horror films today. It features the “bad guy” accompanied by the “good guy”. After several horrifying events, Van Helsing kills the vampire, Dracula, and good prevails, again. Thus, establishing that in horror films no matter how grue...
In “The Fish” by Elizabeth Bishop, the narrator attempts to understand the relationship between humans and nature and finds herself concluding that they are intertwined due to humans’ underlying need to take away from nature, whether through the act of poetic imagination or through the exploitation and contamination of nature. Bishop’s view of nature changes from one where it is an unknown, mysterious, and fearful presence that is antagonistic, to one that characterizes nature as being resilient when faced against harm and often victimized by people. Mary Oliver’s poem also titled “The Fish” offers a response to Bishop’s idea that people are harming nature, by providing another reason as to why people are harming nature, which is due to how people are unable to view nature as something that exists and goes beyond the purpose of serving human needs and offers a different interpretation of the relationship between man and nature. Oliver believes that nature serves as subsidence for humans, both physically and spiritually. Unlike Bishop who finds peace through understanding her role in nature’s plight and acceptance at the merging between the natural and human worlds, Oliver finds that through the literal act of consuming nature can she obtain a form of empowerment that allows her to become one with nature.
What would you give to rid yourself of acne? What would you do? The bane of every adolescent’s existence, these red spots develop to some degree in 85% of the population between ages 12 and 25 (Lamberg). Teenagers wake up every morning, look at the mirror, and sigh at the acne on their faces and often other places on their bodies. They dread these awful things that are absolutely ugly. They get desperate and eventually, if the acne grows worse than ever before, they resort to Accutane. Accutane, also known as isotretinoin, is a medication for acne. However, despite isotretinoin’s helpfulness in controlling acne that is unresponsive to other treatments, this medication should not be used because of its harmful physical side effects, its association with psychiatric adverse effects, and its effects on reproduction.
A Nightmare on Elm Street and all of the following six sequels fall into its own sub-genre of the teen slasher/stalker sub-genre as well, know as the Nightmare on Elm Street Series. This series of films adds a new dimension to the typical teen slasher/stalker film, depth of character and story.
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I usually do not watch horror films, however, it is mainly because they just do not appeal to me as much as other genres do. Furthermore, I normally do not watch many movies. However, in the past, I played a horror game called Outlast which was much scarier than I am comfortable with.
Havenhurst has all the right ingredients to make a pretty good horror film. It has a wonderful gothic setting, some pretty actresses with Julie Benz as the main star and Danielle Harris showing up for a bit. It also has some really good gore scenes that come out of nowhere. Nevertheless, all of these ingredients don't seem to want to mix properly, resulting in a horror film that feels like it's lacking something. It isn't all bad, though, so read on to see what is what... PLOT SUMMARY MOVIE REVIEW
Until Dawn caters to the thrill seekers of the world and, as a video game, can be largely compared to the film industry of its shared genre. The fact that the idea of horror is being encompassed inside a game that is interacted with, instead of a film which is just viewed, adds to the effectiveness of the game. Given the film techniques and hands on aspects, Until Dawn successfully brings thrills to its audience just as a traditional horror film would, but amplifies the effects by an added twist which gives the person interacting the sole responsibility of the character’s survival within the