Visiting and exploring new, carefully made locations is one of the best parts about playing video games.
Sometimes these places arehazy, grey dystopiasortowering, bustling cities, rendered in glorious detail.
This entry (and a couple others) comes with a caveat.
The development team no doubt laboured at length to recreate the period with detail and beauty in mind.
The warm dining halls, piled with food, have intricate wood-carved designs covering the beams and trusses.
Outside, foxes, deer, and wild pigs roam among the flowering plant life.
With a little stealth, you’re free to take it all in without being noticed.
They also have the same art director and composer, if you were wondering.
These twins are fantasy adventures that make an excellent double feature of sweet, wistful exploration.
Beyond that, the games soundtrack (Miles Davisandthe Flaming Lips?)
and soothing, fully-voiced narrative are excellent.
As a whole, studying marine biology and swimming amongst the oceans depths has never been so light-hearted.
That, or climbing the Lanaryu mountain range to roast pork and bake apples by the campfire.
Each design choice seems to have been made with a chill experience in mind.
Each safari is filled with Pokemon vibrating with personality and charm.
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