The Yakuza series premiered on the PlayStation 2 in 2005 and introduced players to characters such as Kazuma Kiryu, Goro Majima, and many more. Yes, there’s plenty of Double Fine’s trademark ridiculousness and exaggerated art style, but in the end, Psychonauts 2 manages to tell a more emotional story than many grounded games that trade in similar themes.
There’s plenty in Psychonauts 2 for fans of the original (including even better illustrations of various mental health conditions), but Psychonauts 2 also features a surprisingly heartfelt story about the power of family. We assigned a panel of Den of Geek contributors the impossible task of voting on the best video game stories ever not as a way to say that there are only 35 great ones but to celebrate the fact that even the best of the best only tell such a small part of the story. Yet, there are times when it feels necessary to stop and really appreciate what diverse, essential, and, more often than not, unique stories gaming has granted us over the years If you are reading this, there is a good chance you don’t need to be told that great video game stories have existed for nearly as long as video games themselves. Yet, you sometimes get the feeling that more people are coming around to the idea that video game stories can be great rather than the realization that there are countless video game stories that are already definitively great. Obviously, the idea that games don’t (or can’t) tell compelling stories is an antiquated notion that is slowly fading from the public consciousness. Of the many reasons we play video games, the idea of playing one to experience its story is still probably the strangest motivation for those still largely unfamiliar with the medium.
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