This game suffers primarily from a preoccupation with ~~C L E V E R N E S S~~. It actually aligns pretty closely to some of my personal game beliefs, such as not having any actual characters are story to speak of, but finds itself trapped in the very generic world of “Middle American Office Life Is Bad” sorts of cleverness that has not only been hack since 2004, but also limits dramatically the turf that the game is going to be free to explore. At some point, the game stops being an engaging work to revisit, which is rough when the primary mechanic of the game is revisiting.

This game is not so fun if you are expecting full action game instead you get philosophical walking simulator the game where you play as Stanley in limited office environment. The game deals with existentialism to the core of how you are as a person or game understand the narrative with guiding from voice narrator. Its simple fun walking simulator but it will teach you some points of perspective. It has quirky moments and also mildly interesting stuff that you can ponder. 7/10

Pretty funny and unique game. It started off really strong but after about 1.5 hours of game play it quickly grew repetitive and began to feel a little tedious. I might go back and try to get all the endings at some point, but I grew tired of it before the end of the day. I would recommend this game, but feel free to wait for a sale.

A quirky game about Stanley and a Narrator that’s sometimes irritating but funny it’s really good.

Buy it you will be satisfied.

This is the story of Stanley, a person trapped in a surreal world, the world of narrative videogames clichés, with the mysterious narrator as his only ally and adversary .

Stanley Parable deals a lot with the issue of freedom, in games and in real life. We do have the options that we believe to have? To have many choices makes any difference? What if the world is determined in such a way that every choice is actually irrelevant? What if destiny cannot be changed, regardless of how much freedom we have?

These distressing questions are presented in a comic and tragic way during the game. The gameplay is quite different from the conventional first person games, although it uses the same engine as Half-Life 2. There are several possible endings, and at each new end you found out, the meaning behind the game becomes clearer.

You WILL try to do things to assert your freedom, only to to realize it was predicted all along. There’s really nothing that the player can do to get rid of this nightmare, all supposed freedom is only an illusion created to keep you playing. With this, the question remains: Why do we continue playing? The great merit of this game is to consider all these questions and making it sound fun. Turn the criticism of games into a game, and continue playing.

Conclusion: The Stanley Parable uses a type of meta-narrative, “meta-gaming”, to expand the scope of its approach to games. What is the result? An invitation to reflection, in the form of interactive work.

This game will make fun of you for being a gamer, of itself for being a game and of every little thing about what we expect in a game after many years of playing them. Hillarious writing and awesome voice-acting. A must play.

PS. Pretty short though. Like 4 minutes to beat it ;D