Let's see, first thing that comes to mind: Nier Replicant/Gestalt (2010) puts this idea to shame in my opinon.

But I know we can go further back. Let's try something like Shadow of the Colossus (2005). Let's go back further. And I'll go more normie/mainstream this time with Final Fantasy 7 (1997). In fact, we could include most of the RPG genre, both western and japanese. But let's go back further yet again and include a majority of point and click adventure games. Let's pick one, let's say Harvester (1996), gory, provocative, satirical, it's the kind of game that should be ripe for a pretentious journo to wank himself silly over. Or why not go with Myst (1993). There we go, we've gone back 20 years prior to their precious The Last of Us with a myriad of games showing just how absolutely fucking retarded their bullshit is. And I know, if we want we can probably push further with plenty of text based adventure games that were based on or inspired by novels, but we don't need a complete history of gaming.