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Fair enough I suppose. I mean I don't entirely disagree but also I have no stakes in the original since I never played it.

The more I think about the less "best narrative" makes sense as a category. The description on the web site is "for outstanding story telling and narrative development in a game." Vague. Also wouldn't that include how a story is told? So they usually go to ones with lots of dialogue and cut scenes.
But I just finished Neva which has a stupid-simple plot but a definite narrative development in the journey of saving nature with a sentient magical animal, with death and loss and friendship, but the only word in the whole game is the game's title, and it's all music and art direction. That is "story telling," too. UFO 50 has the narrative development of a fictional game company. Indika came out this year, freakin' Indika!
Eh...
UFO 50 doesn't have a 'narrative,' it has a premise.
 

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UFO 50 doesn't have a 'narrative,' it has a premise.
At the risk of semantic piss-taking- yes it does have a narrative. The narrative is of the game company UFOsoft which made 50 games, and it is explicitly relayed in the descriptions of each game. That is a meta-narrative, but it's still a narrative.
And then of course individual games have narratives.
 
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At the risk of semantic piss-taking- yes it does have a narrative. The narrative is of the game company UFOsoft which made 50 games, and it is explicitly relayed in the descriptions of each game. That is a meta-narrative, but it's still a narrative.
And then of course individual games have narratives.
Narrative comes from narrate, as in telling a story, what's the story in a company making 50 games given in dry 30 word descriptions. It's a list.
 

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Guess folks really want that free celebration gacha summon.

Chinese players now got a bit of a dilemma tho: choose patriotism? Or a free waifu?
 
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The good stuff so far:

New Ninja Gaiden from the Blasphemous studio
New Elden Ring thing
New Fumito Ueda game
 

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Alright, here we go with the list of annoucements. And right from the start of the show we have a few new announcement

We are starting off with a new Ninja Gaiden! It's a 16-bit side scroller. I think it's supposed to be a remake of the classic NES games?

One move away, a cozy VR game, where you are just packing yout stuff for the move and unpacking it at your new place. ehh...

Dave the Diver is getting a new update; Apparently a riverwater by the jungle

Thick as Thieves; A new stealth game from the guy who did Deus Ex. AANNNDDD it's a pvpve heist game. FFS, I love the art style and gameplay looks nice, but the fact that there's gonna be a pvp element killed the hype for me.

Shadown Labyrinth. A metroidvania from Bandai Namco. Looks really cool

Steel Paws. It's a mobile game. Pass

Tales from the Shire. Look, it's an art choice and I get that. In fact, I think environment looks pretty and colorful. But character models....ugh

Stalcraft Operations. I think it's a co-op shooter for kids? ehh

Midnight Murder club, a pvp shooter set in a classic murder-mystery setting. Everything is dark and you must flash your light and set up traps to get the other team. Unique concept!

Kyora, A 2d sandbox game, like Terraria. I mean they gotta do something to do something different from Terraria

Rematch, A soccer game, but each player controls the athlete in the field. I think this is a proper way to make a soccer game, and not have one player control the whole team (cough EA cough)

Solasta 2. Never played the original, so I can't comment. But it looks like a decent CRPG.

Witcher 4! And it's starring witcheress Ciri! meaning her witcher ending in W3 is canon

AND We're getting a new Elden Ring game? Holy moly....

A new, untitled game in the Ico series. I thought they were done after The Last Guardian, But this looks fucking amazing. The only downside is that Epic Game studio is backing this project, meaning it's likely gonna be EGS exclusive. sigh...

We also got a piece of soundtrack for Civ 7. Yeah this is something the series has always nailed. It's sooo fucking good! Just hoping the game itself will be great.

Outer Worlds 2. Looks amazing, and hilariously self-aware. Not gonna be EGS-exclusive this time. Thank god.
 
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Continuing......

Split fiction. The next 2-player co-op from the guy who made It takes two. The unique take is that you will be jumping between fantasy and sci-fi worlds. And only one person needs to buy the game and invite the other player. That is such an amazing treament to the player base!

Fragpunk. Hard PASS!!!

Steel Hunters. A mecha battle royale? If it's BR, why now, after the pupularity has died down

Blackfrost, a survival co-op game set in winter. Ehh.

Randy Pitchford is here to showcase gameplay of Borderlands 4. And wow it looks great! And it's not gonna be EGS-exclusive.

Splitgate 2. Pass

Virtual Fighter Reboot. Looks Solid.

Project Centry, Ryu Ga studio's in-development game set in 1915 Japan. And like all their past work, the city looks amazing.
 
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But there's MORE!!!!

Turok reboot. Holy shit.....

Helldiver 2 ad guy is here physically. His diver cosplay looks amazing. Also, Illumiante are back! We're also getting a working four-wheeler vehicle It's out now!

Onimusha, a new ninja game from Capcom! Yessir!

First Berserker Khazan! It looks really good

Arad is supposed to be a co-op open-world set in DNF universe, but I swear it doesn't look in-universe at all.

Dying Light: The Beast. We are playing as Kyle Crane again. And it looks like we'll have dense forest area as well as Kyle being a jacked-up supersoldier

Squid Game: The Game. Oh ffs, it should be violent, not cartoony.

Stage Fright, the next co-op game from the guys who made overcooked. Cool

A Game of Thrones RPG. I think this is the second time such a thing was attempted? But this one actually looks good.

Double Dragon Revive! @BrawlMan I am happy for you!

Solo-leveling the game... A mobile game.... sigh....
 
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Double Dragon Revive! @BrawlMan I am happy for you!
Thank you! The game was already announced earlier this year, but we got a release date for next year now. It's weird they didn't show any gameplay, when they got plenty of gameplay videos on YouTube. I am still happy though.
 
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