Too Long; Didn't Read
Nier: Automata has a reputation for being really, really weird with some of the strangest sequences to prove a point. The thing that sells it though, is the true ending. Naughty Dog uses games as a way to their story with game mechanics really well. Stellaris uses its game mechanics for the player to create their own story. It's another way video games are can tell stories, just the other way they do it, but it's not the same way they tell stories.