What was the first game that made you realize videogames were capable of telling a captivating story and immerse you in its world?
The older I got the more I've come to enjoy the game more when I'm invested into the world and its characters. The why were doing what were doing and finding out more about the world we are exploring. Sure gameplay can "at times" carry a game with a lackluster story but nothing beats a great story with gameplay to match.
For me, the first game that made me realize that was Bioshock. From Andrew Ryan's ideology, the city of rapture and its inhabitants, the downfall of this underwater utopia and overall themes of the world we find ourselves in. I was truly invested and wished to find every audio log or look around the environments to understand/learn about the rapture more. Voice acting, environmental storytelling and writing is almost unmatched to me.