Why We Play Our Favorite Games
This is a pretty cool little graphic from the folks over at Kotaku that breaks down the reasons as to why we play the top 100 games of all time. What are the top 100? Eh, imagine practically every classic franchise ever, and it’s bound to have at least one game on there.
I thought it was strange that “salvation” was one of the primary reasons for fighting behind many games, but then I realized they mean “saving the [kingdom, world, universe] rather than a spiritual awakening or sin absolution. I guess that makes more sense. I also find it funny that “goo” and “tentacles” need rescuing some time.
technically you do save the planet in that one… just like every other final fantasy game…. except ones that take place in Ivalice…. in those cases you just save a squabbling group of super powers from annihilating themselves using ancient weapons.
And I always thought I played them because they were fun.
Dugg for my capturing of Green Tentacle and being mentioned in the to-save list.
Interesting read. I never thought that about games that way! They never meant anything more than a pass time.
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