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“VALUE FOR MONEY IS GREAT, BUT IS REPLAYABILITY BETTER THAN MORE CONTENT?”

“A huge, beautiful world can turn to white noise.”

Why are there so many huge open-world games with tons of map markers to tick off like a checklist? We all know the answer: to create value for money. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing, especially as big-budget games keep impacting our own economy-constricted small budgets. £70

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