We Love a Good Villain
Triple Click
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What if That Had Just Been a Dream She Had?
Some types of games just don't need villains. There isn't a villain in the outer wilds, for example. And that's why the story resonates any rate. It doesn't have a villain, but because it has that kind of classic conflict that is driving etire story, it really works well as a story. I would actually say that the conflict in a game like matserun is man versus self, because you're fighting against your own kind of instincts. But even though marvel movies always have bad villains, i think video games can be more character-based than they are with good ones. This article was amended to make clear that while monster hunter and long dark both feature
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