The Stanley Parable - Game Commentary

I saw the title of this game a few years ago and memes were booming across the Internet at that time. You might also have seen some of these too.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/375346950173139499/

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/the-stanley-parable

I don't really played the game myself, but there is a lot of Twitch or Youtube videos out there. I watched Lowko's. I usually watched his Starcraft II commentary, but here we are.

The game focused on an employee named Stanley whose work is just pressing a button on his computer's keyboard, everyday. As many of games, or movies, the narrator have the story presented to us. Where Stanley began to question his surrounding. He couldn't find any of his coworkers and he was trying to have it answered by looking around the office. Yet, the narrator keeps on talking and it seems that the game was under the narrator's control.

The first twist was when two of the door come into view. The narrator told Stanley to go through the left door, but as the player, we can choose to do as the narrator narrate, or go right and alter the story. Or that's what we, as the player thinks. In fact

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=186737430

as you can see from the chart above, this game has so many path that you can explore. You can have one ending less than 10 minutes and then the game just simply restart. When you choose to do something, the narrator just go on with what you choose and sometimes get angry for that.

Lowko plays with his chat on, so some people direct him with what to do next. It wasn't impossible, but it will take time to discover that many ending for we might walk to the same ending some of the times.

This game is beautiful in its way. I didn't get to play it and unravel the multiple storyline myself but that was for me to choose, wasn't it?