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Even the so called "walking simulators" have grown to be a powerful genre with games such as Firewatch, or even more extreme story games such as Her Story.

Dismissing these games just because they're not conventional "games" is insanely stupid. Video game are an insanely powerful medium for story telling, and limiting yourself to one narrow subset is just a shame.

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Personally these type of games have lately revived my identity as a gamer.

Soma, Talos Principle, The Valley, Kona, Firewatch, To the Moon, Everybody Has Gone to the Rapture. Have all been extremely enjoyable experiences.

Really hoping for more to discover in this genre.

The worst thing about video game culture is that idea that only some kind of games count. It is not enough to say "I don't like it", the games one does not find enjoyable are abominations and wrong for just existing.

Anyway, there is no innovation without mistakes. If you want new kind of high quality experience, you need to accept a lot of failures will happen in the process.

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