The Influence of Narrative Agency on Player Experience
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In this paper, the use of narrative agency, the control a user has over the story, within narrative games is explored. User response to two version of the same game was tested and compared; one game containing narrative agency and the other game containing a linear story. Through this experiment, it is shown that the addition of narrative agency, while it does increase the player's enjoyment of the storyline, does not lead to an increased enjoyment of the game as a whole.
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