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69. Stories Untold (16.5 points)
Nominated by: PumpkinCoach (1/3 remaining)

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Importance: 2.5
Fear: 6
Snake: 8

Stories Untold is an experimental horror narrative game, which is played through short anthology-type segments. A prominent hook of the game is its throwback technology each of the protagonists use, in fact, nearly all facets of the game invoke classic 80s imagery and music as is very common in horror nowadays. Stories Untold uses this method of nostalgic to create an immersive experience that feels accurate to the era as far as I can tell, but its otherwise post-modern method of storytelling and narrative clashes with this to intriguing effect.

For better illustration, let's take the first segment, "The House Abandon". It starts off as a simple emulation of a Commodore 64 style horror text adventure, complete with era-appropriate wooden paneling and CRT TV screen, completely immersing you in mood and tone as thunder and lightning crashes around you. It's cozy and spooky all at once, and if you're old enough to remember playing games like that, an instant nostalgia boost. However, when the meta aspects start kicking in, such as when the in-game text adventure starts mimicking events happening in your very house, all sense of safety and good memories quickly melt away, breaking the 80s nostalgia spell and delivering new sensations of dread and horror.

Each of the following segments ramps up the tension until the plot starts to come around in a very satisfying and mind-bending way that echoes films like Triangle or Wes Craven's New Nightmare. It's a perfect execution of horror and meta elements and well, I'm just a sucker for this kind of stuff. It's easily my favorite type of horror, and Stories Untold is a rare video game example to pull it off with this level of quality.
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