/lit/ - Literature

>>15516406
The only games I've ever played that came close to having original literary merit are Pathologic and Suda51's earlier stuff. The problem is that the former is either broken or unfinished, depending on which version you're talking about, and the latter are intentionally obtuse and incoherent. None of them are that entertaining, either.
Everything else is essentially genre fiction, and I'm not saying that to bash them. There are some very well-written games out there, but none of them are all that original. The same goes for games focused on "meta" elements that assume the audience is already familiar with video game tropes/mechanics/culture/etc.
Most game devs don't care that much about the writing, and personally I'm not convinced that "interactive electronic storytelling" has that much potential. The games I mentioned above could easily be turned into books without losing anything that important.