Her Story offers a unique narrative experience where players unravel a complex story through a series of video interviews. This interactive movie game blurs the line between cinema and gaming, creating an engaging and unique form of detective work.
Her Story is an interactive movie video game released in 2015, developed and written by Sam Barlow. It utilizes live-action footage and a non-linear storytelling structure to engage players in a deep mystery. The game is centered around a database of video clips from fictional police interviews, and players must search and sort through the clips to solve the case of a missing man. The gameplay is investigative, with players inputting keywords into a database search tool to uncover various video segments, piecing together the narrative in their own way. The game's unique approach to storytelling, allowing the player to form their own interpretation of the events based on the clips they choose to view, creates a personal experience that can end differently depending on the player's investigative choices.
As players delve into the interviews of the missing man's wife, portrayed by Viva Seifert, they are challenged to distinguish truth from deception. The innovative use of live-action footage and the interactive narrative has been praised for its originality and the compelling performance by Seifert. Her Story blurs the line between cinema and gaming, providing a unique experience that has contributed to discussions about the definition and boundaries of video games.