Unreliable narrators - an IFDB Poll
by verityvirtue
RSS FeedI'm interested in games which hinge on the 'unreliable narrator', from amnesia to a plain distorted worldview. The more this distortion affects the storyline, the better.
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| Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin 10 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Sam Kabo Ashwell... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Edward Lacey... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Danielle... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Dannii... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --DJ... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Ismarus... "The narrator..." [+]"The narrator doesn't tell the whole truth up to a certain point." ( - Full review) --Simon Deimel... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --shornet... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol...  Vote for this game | |
| 9:05, by Adam Cadre 9 votes "Short, unconventional, perfect." [+]"Short, unconventional, perfect.: "The" unreliable narrator at his best. Another, small, masterpiece by Adam Cadre." --Marco Innocenti... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Danielle... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Molly... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --DJ... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --darint... (No comment) [+](No comment) --explorington... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --shornet... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Fail-Safe, by Jon Ingold 7 votes "The unreliable narrator is what makes this game." [+]"The unreliable narrator is what makes this game.: This game is presented as a conversation between you and a crew member of a damaged spaceship, who may panic, misunderstand you, or misinterpret things." ( ) --DJ... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Edward Lacey... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Fredrik... (No comment) [+](No comment) --shornet... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Kinetic Mouse Car... Vote for this game | |
| Shade, by Andrew Plotkin 6 votes "Possibly one of the classics- the reveal of the unreliability unfolds beautifully" [+]"Possibly one of the classics- the reveal of the unreliability unfolds beautifully" --verityvirtue... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Danielle... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --DJ... (No comment) [+](No comment) --shornet... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Śrquel, the black dragon, by David T. Marchand 3 votes "The viewpoint..." [+]"The viewpoint character is distinct from the character controlled by the player, and can misunderstand the latter's actions" ( ) --Edward Lacey... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --IFforL2... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Pinstripe... Vote for this game | |
| My Evil Twin, by Carl Muckenhoupt 3 votes "The narrator..." [+]"The narrator seems to be delusional in a way that's mostly transparent to the player." ( ) --Edward Lacey... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Molly... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| The Blind House, by Amanda Allen 3 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Danielle... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --E.K.... Vote for this game | |
| Bliss, by Cameron Wilkin 3 votes "I didn't like this, but it's worth a play if you're really into the unreliable narrator genre." [+]"I didn't like this, but it's worth a play if you're really into the unreliable narrator genre." ( ) --Molly... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| The Warbler's Nest, by Jason McIntosh 2 votes "The PC has..." [+]"The PC has specific beliefs about the core event of the game, and the player is very unlikely to agree with her." --Christina Nordlander... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Lux, by Agnieszka Trzaska 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --Edward Lacey... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Ecdysis, by Peter Nepstad 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --verityvirtue... Vote for this game | |
| we, the remainder, by Charm Cochran 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --OverThinking... Vote for this game | |
| And the Robot Horse You Rode in On, by Anna Anthropy 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Hulk Handsome... Vote for this game | |
| Broken Legs, by Sarah Morayati 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Emily Short... Vote for this game | |
| Heroes, by Sean Barrett 1 vote "Five different heroes deal with the same situation from different perspectives." [+]"Five different heroes deal with the same situation from different perspectives.: I might not quite call the narrators unreliable, but each notices things that the others miss. The adventurer's view of the shop- and his options for dealing with it- differ radically from the king's, or the thief's or (especially) the dragon's. So you see the "distortion" of each hero's point of view." ( ) --DJ... Vote for this game | |
| Little Blue Men, by Michael S. Gentry 1 vote "I probably should..." [+]"I probably should replay this one, but I *think* it fits." ( ) --Jonathan Blask... Vote for this game | |
| Escape From Summerland, by Joey Jones and Melvin Rangasamy 1 vote "Includes two..." [+]"Includes two player characters with distorted (or at least very eccentric) viewpoints." ( ) --Edward Lacey... Vote for this game | |
| Blue Chairs, by Chris Klimas 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Jonathan Blask... Vote for this game | |
| No Time To Squeal, by Mike Sousa and Robb Sherwin 1 vote "Maybe I'm wrong..." [+]"Maybe I'm wrong to include it, but I see the metaphor usage and dream imagery in something like this as another form of unreliable narration." --Jonathan Blask... Vote for this game | |