The Stanley Parable is an odd narrative game, where you are effectively given instructions by the narrator. As an office worker, you suddenly realise that everyone else has disappeared, and it feels that the point of the game is to understand why. If it were a traditional game, that would be the case.
The game is most fun, or rather funny, when not following instructions. I didn't know that, of course, and my first play through I did what the narrator told me was going to happen, with one exception - I went down a corridor marked as certain death, and only turned around at the end when I realised they weren't joking.
I found the boss's office, I found the secret passageway, I went through and completed the game. That wasn't the end, though.
On my second game, I turned left when I was told right, and ended up backstage. I found myself eventually in some sort of museum with maps of the game and concept sketches. I tried again and the game was reset by the narrator. I found an odd subgame where I was pretending to be at home with a mannequin.
I saw a lot of office buildings and the central control room, many times.
I escaped a few times.
I got trapped in a room once, when the narrator decided that he was fed up with my excursions and told me that I had won the game.
I was given a helpful hint on where to go.
And I don't think I've seen it all yet, but it'll have to wait for another day. I suspect that I shall put this on the TV and show Justine at some point, and maybe she'll want to experiment as well.
I wonder which ending she'll get.
The game is most fun, or rather funny, when not following instructions. I didn't know that, of course, and my first play through I did what the narrator told me was going to happen, with one exception - I went down a corridor marked as certain death, and only turned around at the end when I realised they weren't joking.
I found the boss's office, I found the secret passageway, I went through and completed the game. That wasn't the end, though.
On my second game, I turned left when I was told right, and ended up backstage. I found myself eventually in some sort of museum with maps of the game and concept sketches. I tried again and the game was reset by the narrator. I found an odd subgame where I was pretending to be at home with a mannequin.
I saw a lot of office buildings and the central control room, many times.
I escaped a few times.
I got trapped in a room once, when the narrator decided that he was fed up with my excursions and told me that I had won the game.
I was given a helpful hint on where to go.
And I don't think I've seen it all yet, but it'll have to wait for another day. I suspect that I shall put this on the TV and show Justine at some point, and maybe she'll want to experiment as well.
I wonder which ending she'll get.
