"The more you get rid of that line between gameplay and story, the closer you get to creating a separate universe."
"The theme of consequences is one that is far closer to the heart of the game's overall plot."
"Origins, like Mob of the Dead, is a master class in gameplay and storytelling combined."
"It’s the fact that the game’s core themes are so perfectly represented and conveyed through gameplay."
"Their bond develops primarily through gameplay, and the development of that bond underlies every aspect of this game."
"Bonnie's story and conflict may be the perfect organic fit with where the straw hats are right now."
"Once again FromSoftware and the desire to make sure that fabric is there to tell you about everything that's going on in the game."
"Adding combat doesn't mean there won't be any story. It doesn't mean that they won't update the teapot."
"Magic as a character stitches together the places in this movie."
"We're all about weaving that narrative and that experience into every aspect of our game design."
"Jiraiya's backstory brings together the hopes of himself, Minato, and Nagato."
"I just love exploring the city, getting to engage with all the other shopkeepers, how the narrative is just woven into the game."
"Rogue One tied the universe together in a very satisfying way."
"I love the idea of these two films being woven together."
"The theme of Death Stranding is connections... deeply ingrained throughout its narrative and gameplay."
"Narrative is gameplay and gameplay is narrative."
"Show a complex story behind them, make the details nuanced and integrated into character."
"Back talk is difficulty woven perfectly into Life is Strange's dialogue."
"Exodus just oozes design, and a design with a methodology of informing the gamer that every location, item, person, and monster exists here together in a world with a past."
"Cameos are cheap gimmicks unless they are integrated into the story and help move it forward."
"Paradise Killer somehow manages to make this work incredibly well."
"The movie successfully integrates elements into a narrative that keeps audiences thinking long after it ends."
"Bak is a brilliantly crafted character fitting so perfectly into the game's world, story, and gameplay."
"Gear fifth, despite an uncharacteristically rough introduction to the story, is undeniably a stroke of Genius."
"A long hallway towards an orange target symbol on your mini map, and that target was usually just a cut scene, a boss fight, or both."
"That's how you do fanservice and still it fits."
"Cutscenes are the easy way out, but it takes true talent to let the playing mechanics themselves involve the player in the emotion or message."
"Thematic transformation is critical to understanding how leitmotif works."
"Music isn't an object to be thrown around; it's organic, it lives and breathes within the world of the narrative."
"The characters are really well written into the overall narrative."
"All of the side quests and the main quests in this game tie into the main story."
"I think my favorite thing that this mod kind of resurrects is reducing the gap between the gameplay and the narrative."
"It's definitely one of the most unique games ever made... juggling the narrative with the gameplay."
"It's the pinnacle of mixing hype at storyline with S-tier animation."
"It's always a new story element being introduced... it's all so cohesive."
"Player input is critical. If you incorporate the players and their feedback into the story correctly, it should be pretty easy for the DM and player to wrap up their character stories."
"It's a more kind of descriptive experience to consume not only the artwork but to pair it with the written description and narrative."
"The action scenes are as brutal as the story."
"Giving players a weapon that ties their backstory to the actual mechanics of gameplay is a next-level DM move."
"For once, the campaign feels like an immersive adventure rather than just a series of levels slapped together."
"The romance in Cyberpunk 2077 should have been treated the same way that V's backstory is."
"The rewind feature... ended up becoming a staple of the game’s identity, and served as the linchpin that tied the gameplay and the story together."
"So we wanted that it was a mix of gameplay and story and narrative that you meet these wonderful characters."
"An incredibly underrated part of multiplayer level design is storytelling."
"But Gotham Knights will live and die on how these things string together and how those smaller moments make its larger structure."
"Homer turning into The Hulk is the only way this thing could possibly end, it’s this perfect melding of the story topic and the sheer force of personality put into it."
"Hades combines a one-more-run mentality with a game story, offering pristinely crafted combat, visuals, and level design, all evolving with the story and character relationships."
"Jasper as a villain... can incorporate all of the crystal gems into the story."
"It's all just one epic yarn in your brain pretty much."
"Characters that felt like they belonged in the universe."
"Beast shows up to look for Belle during the sequence where Sora has lost the Keyblade to Riku, which is extremely appropriate."
"Connects the entirety of Spider-Man media together... pulling it off beautifully."
"Death features so prominently in his games, it's only natural that funerary rites play a large role in the narrative too."
"The game is more than a series of unrelated design ideas; it's a story, scenarios, and mechanics."
"The plot, the ideas, the combat, the mechanics, the lore, it should all be there at the same time, seamlessly woven together."
"I love how naturally they weave Tony Stark's legacy into everything Peter experiences."
"Bioshock 2 does a much better job with merging the narrative and the gameplay on this relationship."
"This is still SKT's match to lose as they've got advantages in every single metric we track."
"Both new God of War games have plenty of jaw-dropping moments but this one remains one of our favorites for how it combines so many things into a single reveal."
"They understood how to mix in the gameplay and the actual fiction into something that we don't see a lot of times..."
"Pokemon Legends Arceus has a lot of its main story beats happen within the world on top of world events like mass spawning of a certain pokemon."
"Action without narrative purpose is just visual noise. Every bit of action in this movie was anchored in narrative purpose."
"We were able to combine that impact and agency of a single player story with the fun of teaming up with your friends to play co-op in combat."
"I love it when video games tie the narrative into the gameplay."
"As he gained skill and experience in integrating the personalities of his characters with his narratives, Tolkien grew more and more interested in these psychological crisis points."
"It ties together the evidence, research, storytelling, the how to, the when to beautifully."
"Man, I love that the Wings play into this story."
"That's why I think it succeeds as an anthology because the way it weaves every story together."