What are the most beautiful video games ever made? Not just visually, but the overall experience?
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All of my top picks have already been mentioned in this (excellent) thread, so I’ll add a few I don’t see:
- Papers, Please is unsettling in a way I find beautiful
- Thomas Was Alone brings geometric shapes to life
- Rollercoaster Tycoon gave me a beautiful connection to kinetics
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But alas, no title has competed with Journey in emotional incandescence for me as an adult, except for a few moments in The Witness. When I was a kid, FF and other “epic” games often did, but now the same moves usually feel false or shallow. Wonder what’s going on there.
Re: FF, etc; I’ve wondered the same and figured it was just a matter of which game gave me an experience first. The memories of playing those games are now better than the games themselves.
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