Games With Fake Choices

Videogames are nothing if not vehicles for making choices, and nothing feels better than the sense that we're capable of making them all on our own - of being able to chart our own course through a game and decide our own destiny... but how many games actually give us free will? The Architect has followed every path, explored every timeline branch and even invented a whole new form of communication all to come to the conclusion that the number of games that TRULY give us the autonomy we seek is much, MUCH lower than we may have anticipated... Check out Jason Schreier: https://www.youtube.com/@jason-schreier Support the channel on Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/ArchitectofGames/ Follow me on bluesky!: https://bsky.app/profile/architectofgames.bsky.social You Saw: 007 First Light - 2026 The Outer Worlds 2 - 2025 Far Cry 6 - 2021 Fallout 4 - 2015 Splinter Cell: Blacklist - 2013 Assassin's Creed Shadows - 2025 Prey - 2017 Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - 2016 Bioshock - 2007 Deathloop - 2021 Dishonored 2 - 2016 Hitman: World of Assassination - 2022 Metal Gear Solid 5 - 2015 Shadows of Doubt - 2024 Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim - 2011 Cyberpunk 2077 - 2020 The Sims 4 - 2014 #Lego Fortnite - 2023 Grand Theft Auto 5 - 2013 The Legend of Zelda: BOTW - 2017 Genshin Impact - 2020 Halo: Infinite - 2021 Path of Exile 2 - Not Out Yet StarCraft 2 - 2010 Magic THe Gathering Arena: 2019 Deadlock - Not Out Yet Tales from the Borderlands - 2014 The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe - 2022 Life is Strange - 2017 Psychonauts 2 - 2021 Psychonauts - 2005 Deus Ex: Human Revolution - 2011 Red Dead Redemption 2 - 2018 Sid Meir's Civilization 7 - 2025 Slay The Princess - 2023 Pokémon Scarlet - 2022 Frostpunk -2018 Elden Ring - 2022 Mass Effect: LE - 2021 Control - 2019 Resident Evil: Requiem - 2026 Vampire Survivors - 2022 FF7 REBIRTH - 2024 Saints Row 4 - 2013 Marvel's Avengers - 2020 Baldur's Gate 3 - 2023 Starfield - 2023 Bioshock Infinite - 2013 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth - 2014 Sunset Overdrive - 2014 Metroid Prime 4 - 2025 The Message From Deep Space - 2026 The Witcher 3 - 2015 Undertale - 2015 Zero Parades For Dead Spies - 2026 Fable 2 - 2008 Outer Wilds - 2017 Mosa Lina - 2023 Another Door - NOT OUT YET Fallout New Vegas - 2010 The Unfinished Swan - 2014 Portal 2 - 2011 Esoteric Ebb - 2026 Frostpunk 2 - 2025 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - 2005 Palworld - 2026 DOOM: The Dark Ages - 2025 Roboquest - 2023 Stardew Valley - 2016 Across the Obelisk - 2021 The Bazaar - 2025 Slay The Spire - 2019 Slay The Spire 2 - Not Out Yet Resident Evil 2 Remake - 2019 Fright Train - Not Out Yet Resident Evil 4 Remake - 2023 Dead Space Remake - 2023 Hollow Knight: Silksong - 2015 Hollow KNight - 2017 Half Life 2 - 2004 Batman Arkham City - 2009 Batman Arkham Knight - 2013 Katamari Reroll - 2018 Dark Souls - 2011 Mina The Hollower - 2026 Subanutica - 2018 Subnautica 2 - Not Out Yet Hades - 2020 Hades 2 - 2025 World of Warcraft - 2004 Antichamber - 2013 Animal Well - 2024 Fez - 2012 Tunic - 2022 Her Story - 2015 Outer Wilds - 2019 Guacamelee 2 - 2018 Ori and the will of the Wisps - 2020 Metroid Dread - 2021 Super Metroid - 1994 Pokémon Sword - 2019 Iron Nest - 2026 The Message From Deep Space - 2026 Sonic Mania - 2017 Until Dawn - 2015 Dispatch - 2025 Wolfenstein: The New Order - 2014 Demon Tides - 2026 Banjo Kazooie - 1998 Super Mario Odyssey - 2017 Far Cry 3 - 2012 Forza Horizons 6 - 2026 Far Cry 5 -2018 Surviving Mars - 2018 Anno 1800 - 2019 Pokémon Ultra Moon - 2017 Street Fighter 6 -2023 Chrono Trigger - 1995 Disco Elysium - 2019 Mortal Shell 2 - Not Out Yet Super Mario 64 - 1996 The Legend of Zelda: TOTK - 2023 Soverign Tower - 2026 Spiderman 2 - 2023 Hitman Blood Money - 2006 Lego Star Wars The Skywalker Saga - 2022 Crushed in Time - 2026 Denshattack! - 2026