Weekend Hot Topic: Favourite video game universes
Readers discuss their favourite fictional video game worlds, from the land of Hyrule to the infinite space of Mass Effect.
The subject for this week’s Hot Topic was suggested by reader Scooter, who asked which fictional world do you enjoy coming back to the most and why? How much does the backstory and lore matter to you and what else would you like to see done in the same universe?
Unsurprisingly, most of the suggestions came from long-running franchises, but interestingly a lot of the choices were ones with attractive landscapes that would be perfect for holidaying in – as well as just fighting bad guys.
Don’t mind the pirates The Uncharted universe is my favourite place to escape to in gaming. It’s virtual tourism with the added bonus of going to long lost legendary locations like Shambahla.
Granted it’s a pretty dangerous hang out with plenty of pirates and mercenaries ready to kill you, but at least you can say things are never dull!
My favourite part of it is the company as I love spending time with Nate and co. Uncharted’s creator Amy Henning herself referred to the series as ‘adventure comfort food’, which is the perfect description of it for me, as the games are my happy place.LastYearsModel
Political world Favourite game universe? A shout out needs to go to the Legend Of Heroes franchise. I’ve only played the three Trails In The Sky games and yet their lore could fill an encyclopaedia.
What I liked about Trails In The Sky was that even though the story is pretty epic, you don’t feel like it’s the only thing going on in the world. You feel like you’re just part of one kingdom and that there are plenty of other political events happening across the borders. If you pay enough attention, you can stitch all the stories
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