Summary

Console exclusives can be a good thing.

Of course, that isn’t always the most profitable or logical decisions.

More games for more people is just as important.

Split image of Venom Snake, Naked Snake and Old Snake.

These games took that lesson to heart, giving each platform a unique experience.

Orignally having started on the PS4 though, it still retains many of those unique features.

BioWare is known for creating some incredible stories, and with them comes brilliant villains.

A collage of Summoners from Final Fantasy. From left to right the Summoners of Final Fantasy 3, Final Fantasy Tactics and Rydia from Final Fantasy 4.

Dragon Age Inquistion brings back a version of this camera, which is graciously available on console as well.

This improved with the Wii version, letting you use motion controls to paint.

On the Switch, the Celestial Brush finally feels like it’s found a proper home.

Senua in Hellblade 2 with her eyes above the water, bayonetta blowing a kiss, and the character in ico stood before a shadowy picture and the princess

You’re not the main character, you’re just doing your job.

There’s no hero here, no mystery to solve.

It’s a quaint little adventure.

A character in elden ring performing a gesture, a cg render of the dragonborn shouting in skyrim, and a character in monster hunter rise playing with a red filter, left to right.

On the Switch however, it has a fascinating little extra.

This lets you play a unique 3D minigame where you run about the forest in third-person collecting emblems.

It’s a lot of effort just for one secret.

Phantom Blade 0, Where Winds Meet and Sword Of The Sea.

Metal Gear is a series full of intrigue and betrayal.

The Psycho Mantis battle has him reading all your inputs, forcing you to change the controller port.

This has been recreated in various forms though.

sam holding bb in his tank in death stranding.

What has remained exclusive is the ability to read your save files.

It was by all means janky, but something you just couldn’t get anywhere else.

Mobile games and their massive UI with locked framerates and lack of keyboard support.

Alistair in the clutches of the Ogre in the Tower of Ishal in Dragon Age: Origins.

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And amongst all of that, it is the PC version that held on to a single unique feature.

A point in a certain direction, a little dance, squatting in pride.

From left to right: Solas from Dragon Age, Darth Malak from Star Wars and the Illusive Man from Mass Effect. All villains created by game developer BioWare

And it is a way most players may not even be aware of.

It is the most ineffectual system for gestures, though you might treat it as a form of roulette.

You never know what gesture you’ll get.

Scroll depicting the use of the galestorm technique

You won’t be able to take your eyes off the stunning animations found in each of these games.

Firewatch: Henry holding the Forrest 64 Cart

Psycho Mantis before boss battle in metal gear solid 1

The Dragonborn shouting into the air

Tidus overlooking a devastated city in Final Fantasy 10.

Monster Hunter Rise PC- showing the Warring Lands visual filter

Resident Evil 4: Remake VR - Reloading the TMP by hand whilst an El Gigante closes in.

My Lord Elden Ring Gesture

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