Weekly /r/Games Discussion - What have you been playing, and what are your thoughts? - July 21, 2019
Use this thread to discuss whatever game you've been playing lately: old or new, AAA or indie, on any platform between Atari and XBox. Please don't just list off the games you're playing in your comment. Elaborate with your thoughts on the games and make it easier for other users to find what game you're talking about by putting the title in bold.
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WEEKLY: What have you been playing?
MONDAY: Thematic Monday
WEDNESDAY: Suggest request free-for-all
This thread is devoted to a single topic, which changes every week, allowing for more focused discussion. We will either rotate through a previous discussion topic or establish special topics for discussion to match the occasion. If you have a topic you'd like to suggest for a future Thematic discussion, please modmail us!
Today's topic is Survival Games. Survival games refer to games that often set you in a hostile, open-world environment, and you gather resources in order to construct tools, weaponary, and shelter in an effort to survive as long as possible or achieve goals that you establish. Some popular examples include Day Z, Subnautica, Rust, and The Long Dark.
What games exemplify the survival genre? What makes the survival genre so attractive to players? Given last's week topic pertaining to emergent narratives, do you think this is also important for survival games?
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For further discussion, check out /r/survivalgaming, /r/dayz, /r/subnautica, /r/playrust, and /r/thelongdark.
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WEEKLY: What have you been playing?
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