The Stanley Parable Single Play Review Branching Narratives and Choices

The Stanley parable was a groundbreaking title providing the player with a series of seemingly simple choices, most importantly whether to follow the narrator who is telling a story and effectively telling you where to go in order to progress his story, or choosing to go off the beaten path and explore the other door where the narrator is distinctly trying to steer you away from, and through these series of choices the game twists and turns down a series of alternating narratives, however it’s never quite as simple as choice A or choice B, because there are sometimes hidden alternatives and often the game will not quite reload in exactly the same state as you might expect, so you won’t always simply begin the game at the start of the game.

Through these intertwining and branching narratives the game is found, choosing to obey or break the narrators heart and even potentially ending up in twisted alternative realities with some easter eggs for other games hidden within, this game changed perceptions for a lot of people on what could and couldn’t be done in games as well as breaking perceptions over what would be well received and sell well, and as a result this broke ground allowing for games to push the boundaries further than expectations had been before.

With the number of choices and branchings paths it’d take a few hours to try and find them all within the game, and you won’t get bored whilst you’re messing around with the narrator and exploring the options despite the limited realm of the gameworld as even with the same small ara’s being re-explored over and over again things will seem fresh and different (and often be twisted different realities perhaps with fresh options and maybe even an unexpected third door)

I would recommend everyone gives this game a try as it is a very unique experience and a lot of fun.

Get The Stanley parable on steam now at https://store.steampowered.com/app/221910/The_Stanley_Parable/?snr=1_1056_ajaxgetfilteredrecommendations_&curator_clanid=6860437

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