Blog: "What videogames lack: Deeper intent"

[CD Set]

System Shock 2, Deus Ex are classic games, as well as Thief. Not sure if I actually enjoyed the story as much as everyone else did with DE, but it's still a favourite of mine.

I guess Pathologic could qualify as a game focused on "deeper intent". I mean, the game isn't very known, it's very flawed gameplay-wise and not even the overall experience can really be described as fun or pleasant. The game is gloomy, the story is depressing and fatalistic, and at times you almost feel like part of the infected townspeople the game revolves around. But that's the beauty of it, I can't think of any other game that actually tosses away any trace of "pure fun" or shallow gameplay tricks in favour of actually pulling you into the narrative. It's not so much a game as it is an experience.