I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to review The Stanley Parable. The thing is, it’s best to go into The Stanley Parable completely blind, so I want to reveal as little as possible here.

It’s a first person game, but it’s not a shooter. Is it a narrative-based experience of the kind you would often hear derisively referred to as a’walking simulator’?

Well, kind of. That would definitely do it a disservice though. You begin the game as office worker Stanley, with narration being provided by a mysterious voiceover. The voiceover seems to be narrating exactly what you do in the game, to a degree that quickly becomes a bit weird.

You soon discover that it can get even weirder, when you realise you don’t have to follow what the voice is telling you. Of course, curiosity will get the better of you, and you will find yourself trying stuff further and further away from what you’re told, to see if the voice reacts, or just what might happen.

And things can get incredibly strange in The Stanley Parable.

I fear I’ve said too much. You should play it; it’s an absolutely fascinating, frequently hilarious and occasionally unsettling experience, and it’s available on PC, and on just about all modern consoles, even as a more recent Ultra Deluxe Edition too.

There’s never been a game like The Stanley Parable, before or since it was released. So do give it a go. Or don’t, you don’t have to follow my direction of course…

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