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- I appreciate games that I can drop at a moment’s notice and pick up again some other time, without losing lots of progress1.
- And if the game can remind me what it was I was trying to achieve when I come back… perhaps weeks or months later… that’s a bonus!
- I’ve a reduced tolerance for dynamically-generated content (oh, you want me to fetch you another five nirnroot do you? – hard pass2): if I might only get to throw 20 hours total at a game, I’d much prefer to spend that time exploring content deliberately and thoughtfully authored by a human.
- And, y’know, it has to be fun. I rarely buy games on impulse anymore, and usually wait weeks or months after release dates even for titles I’ve been anticipating, to see what the reviewers make of it.
That said, I’ve played three excellent videogames this year that I’d like to recommend to you (no spoilers):