Ori and The Blind Forest (Top Pick)
This is my first choice because I enjoyed every aspect of the game. The advantages of this choice are not having to provide historical context but could be expanded in a way that I feel fits well with the theme. The game features a variety of mixed emotions in which the characters go through and commit to the actions they do. Such examples of these are sorrow we get from the death of a loved one, self-sacrificing love, or blind revenge. However, even though this is something I believe I can write about, I’m not exactly sure what I can connect this to.
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
I selected this as one of my potential choices because there is no right way to complete the game. When playing, we have the liberty to skip side quests and aim for the completion of the game, or we could take our time casually and explore the beautiful sceneries that the game offers. Like in Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, we can take our own route to reach completion. We may decide its necessary to prepare ourselves for harder tasks ahead or to step up and take on responsibilities and duty that allows us to define ourselves as successful. Although this is a very easy connection to make according to the choices we make in life, I cannot think of anything else I’m able to write about.
Don’t Starve Together
This is another game that has much social interaction in gameplay or in lore. Wilson, the protagonist of the game, is entrapped in another world by Maxwell, who controls the world freely as he likes. However, Maxwell unexpectedly loses rulership of the world and loses that power, and ends up in the same situation as Wilson; who is struggling to survive in the harsh environment created by himself. Even though Wilson and Maxwell hold bitter relationships, they utilize game theory to increase their chances of survival. The interaction of these two characters can be related to cooperation that we may partake in. I have a few ideas of what I can analyze in this game, so this could potentially be another choice I can choose from. However, the disadvantages to this text are the lack of context I can present to the audience and choosing an idea that can potentially be written to fulfill the writing criteria.
Questions
How am I going to analyze the text I have chosen?
How do I correlate my sources to analysis?