THE PULL OF ETERNAL STRANDS

My hottest take is that Action-Adventure video game is the wrong place to have an elaborate universe with never-ending lore and dialogues.

- Anusha Ganapathi

My hottest take is that Action-Adventure video game is the wrong place to have an elaborate universe with never-ending lore and dialogues. Why? It is because I am simply here for action and adventure. I am here to rescue the prince, to slay a dragon, and/or to save the nation from a cruel dictator. Give me only the most heroic quests, no more. Spare me the whining from the common folk, who bore me with their daily to-dos. I am not here to find your missing cat, source an ingredient for your lunch meal, or do your laundry. Tasks of this variety are all okay in a narrative-based game, or a cosy farming simulator. But there is really no place for a hero in an action-adventure game to be bothered with the inconveniences of daily life and the politics of the land. I say all this to explain how I surprisingly did enjoy world-building in the latest action-adventure game, 'Ete