PieToast on 05 April 2015
If I compare most of these titles to their predecessors, I'd say they're more of an aesthetic experience than one that challenges the players dexterity.
For me it's MGS even if other games were mechanically superior. Yes, the stealth mechanics were just a reinterpretation of it's 2D predecessors. Also yes, the characters now look like potatoes bobbing their heads when they talk. But never have I seen a story with such complex three dimensional characters before (both figuratively and literally). The transition to 3D created a stylized "realism" that made the world's video gamey reality more believable for it's time.
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