Intricate environment art and design allow us to connect deeper to the story of TALOS 1. It allows us to connect to it’s inhabitants stories. And it allows us to create stories of our own, by getting us to think about the station as place first, and a level, second.
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Undead Burg is one of the most interesting levels in Dark Souls. It serves as a ‘tutorial level’ while also having some of the tightest cohesion between level design, environment art, and storytelling in the game. Let’s talk about that.
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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night feels like a game that an advanced A.I. concocted, after consulting the YouTube comment sections of ‘Metroidvania’ videos for nine years. The issue is that A.I. can’t tell interesting stories. . .
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One thing that’s super interesting about Trails in the Sky is how important money is for progression, what you do to get said money, and what it means to be a part of society in a JRPG.
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The ‘orbment’ system in The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky is seriously fun to play around with and makes us feel good when we actually decide to use our brains once a while. More importantly though, it allows us to ‘roleplay’ better. Seeing how Trails is a Role-Playing Game, I’d say that’s a pretty good thing.
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One of my favorite things about The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky is how deeply linked the sidequests are with the rest of the game. I don’t just mean the plot either. Let me explain.
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One thing that I appreciate about Invisible Inc. is that it serves as a really good entry point into the Rogue-Like genre. I say this because I suck at Rogue-Likes.
No, I’m not saying that Invisible Inc. is just an easy game, but it legitimately possesses some qualities that let new people appreciate what only Rogue-Likes have the potential to offer, without some of the things that absolutely crush our spirits into pancakes. While I agree that the feeling of loss is an important part of the experience, I don’t think it’s necessary for someone who’s just starting out. Would you let your three-year old ride an adult-sized mountain bike with no training wheels?
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Have you ever been bored to tears moving all of your units, over multiple grueling turns, across the screen in your favorite Grid-Based, Turn-Based Tactical RPG before you actually get to the fun part: the killing?
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What happens when you do the same thing over and over again? Well, you get really good at it. Then it gets kinda boring.
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Terraria is a fantastic sandbox game; most people can agree with that. There are members of society that have been addicted to it like cocaine for almost a decade. I mean, we’re talking about a community of people that have played this game for thousands of hours.
Now, I’m no idiot (debatable). I’m not going to act like I know every single reason why the game is so successful. Someone could literally write, and probably has written, a book about it. But one of the reasons is definitely because it allows you to tell your own story . . .
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Slickaria! 