Best video game settings & locations

09/14/21 • 42 min

On this episode of Gaming: The Podcast we discuss and put forward the best video game settings and locations.

Are there any concepts for settings that make us more interested in a game even if we know nothing more about it? What is it about some settings and locations that make them immediately more attractive and worthy of intrigue than others?

Games mentioned include Batman: Arkham Asylum, the Yakuza series, Resident Evil 1, Dead Space, Persona 5, Catherine, Final Fantasy 7, Ghost of Tsushima, NEO: The World Ends With You and more.

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On this episode of Gaming: The Podcast we discuss and put forward the best video game settings and locations.

Games mentioned include Batman: Arkham Asylum, the Yakuza series, Resident Evil 1, Dead Space, Persona 5, Catherine, Final Fantasy 7, Ghost of Tsushima, NEO: The World Ends With You and more.

A video version of this podcast is available on YouTube.

Visit us at IndieByDesign.net

Twitter: @IndieByDesign

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The very best roleplaying-games manage to grab and hold our attention for tens, if not hundreds, of hours and they stick with us for years after their credits roll. What, though, is it about them that gives them this incredible ability to court us and keep us for so long?

Games and franchises mentioned in this episode include Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Fallout 3, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, The Witcher 3, Pokemon, Yakuza, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Baldur's Gate 3, Divinity Original Sin 2, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous and more.

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