The Stanley Parable.... The Stanley Parable... The Stanley Parable....

The Stanley Parable is a rather different experience from your usual game. This particular mod for Half-Life 2 isn't your usual mod, in fact, it's got quite a unique gameplay. You aren't given any guns to obliterate everything in your path nor there are any enemies to escape from. There's nothing like that.

How can a game be interesting with a premise like that? The lack of violence is one of the things that makes this mod stand out in a sea of others but also it's storytelling elements. Without making any spoilers, you play as a man named Stanley who works by doing what he's told to do that his, until he stops receiving orders and decides to check what happened. This is when the Narrator (voiced by Stephen Fry, who also narrates in LittleBigPlanet and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) comes in.

All the story is told thought the voice of the Narrator (who does an outstanding voice acting) and this is leads us to one of the main gameplay elements of the game. You can either follow his story to the letter or do the complete opposite, resulting in some very humorous dialogues and different endings of course.

There isn't much gameplay apart from walking thought different areas and pushing buttons but the excellent Narrator's dialogues make up for it.

I can't tell you much more about the story, you'll have to play it by yourself. The Stanley Parable is a truly unique experience with solid voice acting and a simple story. Those who are looking to try something different will certainly enjoy playing this mod . I'll let you find all the endings.