Postcolonial Fantasy Island.
Even though it sounds like the subject of an interminably boring college lecture course, political geography is the “special sauce” that makes good open-world games tick. In titles like Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Assassin’s Creed, and Far Cry 2, competing factions are divided by region as well as by socioeconomics…
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Stupid fun
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Smart setting
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Grappling hook + parachute = love
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Big on content
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Low on mission variety
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Stiff vehicles
