God of War (2018) has an extremely potent and meaningful story. Last year, I wrote an essay analyzing the game's narrative elements and submitted it to GDC Game Narrative Review Competition. It won a Gold award for excellence in analyzing game narrative.

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The essay analyzes God of War (2018)'s continuous camera, its thorough fusion of mechanics and character, and its extensive use of literary parallels to solidify the themes of its story. The essay can be read in-browser, or downloaded below!