The industry has recently and rapidly been seeing an increase in games where players have the creative control and are able to craft their own story. Games like No Man’s Sky, Wild and Dreams are all games where the creative control and story lays in the hands of the player, but is this trend really for the better?
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Eh.. the DE guy was wrong imo.. not every game has to have different endings..
For example Super Mario bros has different levels that you can go to but the ending is always the same... you beat bowser and toad will flip you off and say "The princess is in another castle". And we still love the game. Because it's what it's.
I think there's a place for both types of games. We may have seen WiLD, No Man's Sky and Dreams at PGW, but we also saw Detroit which is at the opposite end of the spectrum.
Here's the popular trend going on in n4g atm...
Ask a stupid question regarding a game, put a picture of a Sony exclusive as a thumbnail.
I'm okay as long as we still get these games where an experience has been crafted for us beforehand. Both types of games are great and I wouldn't want one to become popular at the expense of another.