Of course, there are some other great games like According to Cain and the aforementioned The Wizard Sniffer, but those have already (and justly!) got their accolades.
A game that is really fit for this thread (i.e. that it’s not a very good GAME but it was emotionally touching,) and accordingly hasn’t got that many accolades, is Voices. If you are at all interested in being surprised by this 15 minute game, don’t click the spoiler yet. It’s a very good surprise.
Once I realized from Jhenette’s responses who I really was, I was shocked. And especially knowing who Jhenette would grow up to be. For most people, we insult them when they say they’re hearing voices, but for Joan of Arc, we glorify her. The ultimate irony, of course, is that we do that because the voices she heard told her to save France, but this caused the English to kill her before she even turned twenty. God saved French independence, but not without cost. If you were God, what would be the smallest thing that you’d be willing to sacrifice a human life for?
[spoiler]It’s a minor thing, but I love how Satan not only poses an impossible question to God, but becomes the narrator for a part. >LOOK AT SATAN: “I’m always myself and always your enemy. There’s a pride in that that you could never understand, omniscient or no.”
And, of course, this contrasts nicely with Michael’s complete obedience, to the point where he doesn’t rebel against you/God even if you reject his request to be besides Jhenette in body as well as in spirit.[/spoiler]
After you’ve played it, you can have some fun using some of the various Inform standard verbs in the various scenes, SORRY, especially.
>GIVE
(myself to you)
Never again.