@crimsonjester: Blizzard specifically answered that question last Blizzcon, it's a totally new thing, perhaps story bits have been recycled but most if not the entirety of it is unrelated to whatever was supposed to happen in Ghost.
I have a read my share of pieces discussing Star Wars, none seem to have nailed quite as you just did in this piece. Everything I had thought about watching the movie (twice now) you have mentioned.
To me, the strongest part about your piece is the paragraph that ends with :
There will always be a Luke and a Leia and a Darth Vader, even when they're a Rey and a Finn and a Kylo Ren.
Exactly! There is something so great about the structure that they decided to take for this movie and it engrossed me so much, as I was watching the movie the first time I could see the cycle happening, in a way it showed what the force is and how it has "awoken", that is that things are repeating but this time with a balance to the other side, the light. Ironically, so many critics and fans (voicing on reddit and blogs) took issue with it, I don't understand why though, because it is so perfect of an homage while at the same time making the force so mythical!
As for your question! Sadly, I don't play a lot of games by lack of time and keep up to date on gaming vicariously through the bomb and beast casts.
Although I am a Blizzard fan boy all the way so I take time to play D3, SC2, HotS and OW. The last time I was so roused by story telling was in this cinematic of SC2:LotV :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0kcHS0Tcu0
Thanks Austin for the great, no wait, AWESOME, read!
EDIT : I know SC2's story goes downhill fast in the epilogue, but the cinematic I linked is a high point in the franchise for me
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