Façade
Façade is an Interactive Drama and Fiction video game by PlayABL. The game revolves around the characters of Grace and Trip and allows the players to be their Long term Friend. The players can select any gender they want and act accordingly to the story. According to the storyline, the player character gets invited to an Evening get together at Grace and Trip’s place. Everything seems going smooth until it all gets rough and ugly and the player’s character gets involved into a sudden conflict in the marriage of Grace and Trip. As accusations start to fly, everybody takes sides and the conflict gets more destructive and the player character gets shoulders deep into it. Now the course changes as the player character makes decisions and it all relies on the player character to either resolve the issue or make it worse. With a One-Act gameplay style, beautifully created visuals, a great story and all the deep drama, Façade is one of the most twisted and groovy story to enjoy. Characters other than the player’s, are all controlled by the Computer AI (Artificial Intelligence) and they act as they are programmed to, but the player character is given choice that he/she can select and change the course of events that take place in the game. With a very interesting and easy to understand narrative, Façade would definitely let the players enjoy this game. Do give it a try for an awesome Interactive Fiction and Drama type video game experience.
#1 The Wolf Among Us
The Wolf Among Us is an Interactive Drama, Episodic and Graphic Adventure video game developed by “Telltale Game”. The story of the game is based on “Bill Willingham” Comic Book Series named as “Fables”. The game takes you back to the past in the year 1986 and fits you right into the character of “Bigby Wolf” a law enforcing officer. “The Wolf Among Us” starts off with you as the protagonist saving a fable girl from the attack of a woodsman. You take her to your place where she heals her wounds and leaves saying that “You are not as bad as People think you are”. Chapter ends and in next chapter someone gives you the news of the fable girl’s head resting at a Woodsman doorstep. Sherrif “Ichabod Crane” orders you to investigate and solve the case and take “Snow White” with you as your assistant. “The Wolf Among Us” is a super thrilling and exciting case solving and detective video game that lets you solve murder cases by investigating and collecting the clues/evidences and by interacting with objects and NPCs. The game has a twisted and strange story that literally makes you dive deep into imagination and curiosity. Wolf Among Us offers a brilliant Episodic, Interactive and Story Driven gameplay and beautiful visuals to enjoy.
#2 Tales from the Borderlands
Tales from the Borderlands based on the original Borderlands is an Episodic, Interactive Drama and Graphic Action-Adventure video game developed by Telltale Games. Set in the Borderlands universe, this point and click graphic adventure video game lets you be anyone of the two main protagonists Rhys and Fiona, Explore the game world, interact with game objects, engage yourself into conversations with NPCs and make choices that will eventually effect the story and will set the course of events. Tales from the Borderlands provides with some gun-play elements too and features the same mechanics that were previously used with Borderlands and provides with procedurally generated guns and ammunition. Tales from the Borderlands have some more episodes yet to come out and will definitely amaze you with what it has to offer. For a great Adventure and interactive Drama experience, you should totally play this game.
#3 The Walking Dead: Season Two
The Walking Dead: Season Two, based on the Comic Book named The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman is an Episodic, Graphic Point-and-Click Action-Adventure and Interactive Drama video game. The game follows the story-line of the first season and continues from where it was ended previously. You can set yourself up into the character of Clementine (Previously the companion of Protagonist) and get into the play by exploring the world around you, interacting with the objects, engage yourself in the conversations with AI and NPCs, and by reacting to the replies given by the NPCs and change the course of events and endings of the game. Season Two of the game provides with a 400 Days game play in an apocalyptic world filled with Zombies and allows you to amaze yourself with a super thrilling and survival based game-play. The Walking Dead: Season Two is no doubt a great Graphic-Adventure and Interactive Drama video game to play and enjoy. You must play it.
#4 Jurassic Park: The Game
Jurassic Park: The Game, presented by Telltale Games is an Episodic, Interactive Drama and Graphic Action-Adventure video game based on the Jurassic Park Movie Franchise. The game takes place in the time between the first and the second Jurassic park movies. The game is heavily influenced by the Mechanics used in the Blockbuster Heavy Rain by Quantic Dreams and lets you investigate different matters by exploring the game world, collecting the clues and evidences, Interacting with the AIs (Artificial Intelligence) and NPCs and by solving different complex puzzles. The game has four Episodes named as The Intruder, The Cavalry, The Depths and The Survivors and lets you follow the story-line strictly and act accordingly. With swiftly changing environments, amazing graphics, story-line, and a great Action-Adventure, Interactive Drama and thrill filled game-play, Jurassic Park: The Game is a super exciting and a brilliant game to play and enjoy.
#5 Murdered: Soul Suspect
Murdered: Soul Suspect is and adventure game developed by Alright Games and Published by Square Enix. The story of the game kick starts from an American town named Salem. With a third person perspective, the player controls the main character of the game Ronan (formerly and agent) and explores the town walking and running through different places and buildings like churches, apartments, graveyards etc. Ronan is bound to collect different collectibles scattered around the town. Ronan being a ghost gets the advantage to use a lot of ghostly powers and benefits himself along the way and the story continues. The game comes with a lot of amazing and special characters like a ruthless serial killer Bell, Julia the wife of Ronan, Abigail a Puritan era girl, Cassandra Ronan’s mother and Joy the only witness to the murder of Ronan. Ronan is back to finish what he started and wows to kill his killer. Amazing graphics, details and gameplay forces you to stick to your chair and play till you get tired. Packed with all the action and drama, Murdered: Soul Suspect is worth giving a try. You can play this game on PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Xbox 360.
#6 Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey
Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey is an episodic Puzzle Point and Click and Adventure video game. This 3D game surrounds the interacting characters, game world exploration and a lot of puzzles to solve. Developed and published by Red Thread Games, this is the most favorite and highest ranking game in the whole series. The futuristic story of the game is set in 2220 and represents two parallel universes named Stark and Arcedia. The protagonist of the game Zoe Castillo breaks the news that the Dreams of the residents of both universes are being stolen by the conspirators and she sets out to ruin their intentions. Betrayed badly and left for dead previously in Dreamfall, Zoe thinks this is the chance to find the purpose of her life. The game features a non-open world environment but several freely roaming levels like Europolis and Marcuria and repays the players with power-ups on collecting every secret and clearing the level. Graphically rich gaming environment and game-play with a third person perspective enhances the charm of playing this awesomely amazing and addicting game to play.