"Playable Story"-Interactive Narrative Of Electronic Game

Nowadays, the rapid development of electronic gameis not only a way of entertainment, but also an art form. The electronic game has become a hugeculture industry. With the development of technology,electronic game has a stronger narrative and emotional function. However, the studies about the relationship between new media and narrative video game are veryscarce.Some scholars even believe that electronic game cannot be analyzed by the narrative theory.By combining previous studies about game narrative, this paper organizes and summarizes the new narrative features ofelectronic game and the relationship between game’s interactivity and narrative. This paper also analyzes the narrative elements in video game by theexample of "The Last of Us". By comparing different cases to discuss how to get a balance between the narrative and interactivity in electronic game.The interactive narrative of electronic game will undoubtedly bring players special immersed and aesthetic experience and enrich people’s spiritual life. Emphasis and proper use on game narrative methods will be the development trend of electronic game in the future.