The Power of Invisible Choices

🔴 Get bonus content by supporting Game Maker’s Toolkit - https://gamemakerstoolkit.com/support/ 🔴 Action games typically borrow from RPGs and adventure games when it comes to making choices. But there are significant advantages when using the normal verbs of the games. I call these “invisible choices”. === Before you watch === Content warning: Scenes of a violent nature Spoiler warning: Light Mass Effect 2, Spec Ops: The Line, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill 2 spoilers === Sources and Resources === - Sources [1] Do You Copy? Dialog System and Tools in 'Firewatch' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj-2vbiyHnI [2] 'Mooncrash': Resetting the Immersive Simulation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXm5zCdiNT0 - Additional resources The System Behind Hades' Astounding Dialogue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwdYL0KFA_U How the Nemesis System Creates Stories https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm_AzK27mZY Interactive Story Without Challenge Mechanics: The Design of Firewatch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVFyRV43Ei8 === Chapters === === Games Shown === The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015) 80 Days (2014) Tell Me Why (2020) Sorcery! 4 (2016) Dragon Age II (2011) Metro Exodus (2019) Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (2021) BioShock (2007) Detroit: Become Human (2018) Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (2020) Spec Ops: The Line (2012) BioShock Infinite (2013) Far Cry 4 (2014) Undertale (2015) Deus Ex: Human Revolution (2011) The Walking Dead: Season One (2012) This War of Mine (2014) Fallout 3 (2008) Life is Strange (2015) Middle-earth: Shadow of War (2017) Hades (2020) Deus Ex (2000) Mass Effect 2 (2010) Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014) Dishonored (2012) Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015) Splinter Cell: Blacklist (2013) Metal Gear Solid (1998) Demon's Souls (2020) Chrono Trigger (1995) Resident Evil 4 (2005) Firewatch (2016) DOOM Eternal (2020) inFamous Second Son (2014) Silent Hill 2 (2001) === Credits === Music provided by Epidemic Sound - https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/vtdu5y (Referral Link) Music by Lee Rosevere - https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com === Subtitles === Contribute translated subtitles - https://amara.org/en-gb/videos/uPEs32mi1pEA/