Top 10 Video Games that Blend Gameplay with Storytelling in the Most Genius Ways

The Top Ten
1 Portal

GLaDOS lying to you, the writing on the walls, even the ACHIEVEMENTS, every corner of this game is perfected to go with the storytelling.

2 Bioshock
3 Half-Life 2
4 Metroid Prime Trilogy
5 Dark Souls

Every aspect of this game is designed to troll and kill you without remorse. The tagline was literally You Will Die Edition.

6 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
7 Super Metroid
8 Half-Life

The first game to use physics based combat the entire way through and the first to show that the zombie premise could be implemented into science fiction fluidly, it is a true masterpiece.

9 Luigi's Mansion

The mansion having fake doors, rooms entered through only a mouse hole, and of course the vine covered doors all point to this mansion being fake, beyond what is told to you and the fact it is infested with ghosts.

10 Papers, Please

For a game that's essentially a passport simulator, this has some of the best storytelling I've seen in gaming. Every story choice that occurs for the characters, both the one that you control and those that he interacts with, all come down to your ability to take care of immigrants in the quickest and most efficient way possible. The story of the immigrants that you police is in your hands, and the well-being of your family is in your hands as well. There's all sorts of little stories and a subtle comparison between the life we have at home and the life we have at work. It's an intelligently constructed plot for a game that's essentially a stamp simulator.

Passport simulator that is incredibly in depth story wise with you starting to gain attachment ot these random people you have to deny entrance to the great land of Arstotzka.

The Contenders
11 Undertale
12 Super Paper Mario

While the gameplay is average, it's the story that makes this game so legendary. As you traverse the realm, you form connections with characters that lend themselves towards the backstory of the villain. Super Paper Mario is a saga in and of itself because of the depth it creates. And by the end of the story, you'll have journeyed to the highest and lowest points of emotion. That's what makes this game special.

13 Chrono Trigger
14 The Last of Us
15 Mass Effect

Doesn't really count as the story is the game, but they still blend it amazingly.

16 Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
17 God of War
18 Portal 2
19 Team Fortress 2
20 God of War: Ascension
21 Mother 3
22 Metroid Fusion
23 Axiom Verge
24 Mass Effect 2
25 Hotline Miami
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