Finding True Freedom In Videogames

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Is there anything better in videogames than that feeling of total freedom? Where you can go wherever you like, do whatever you want and become whoever you want to be - probably not. However, as much as the gaming community loves to feel like they're finding their own fun, the reality is a little more complicated.

See, when playing a game, we're never truly making our own decisions, and game designers must strike a constant balance between letting the player off the leash and making sure that their freedom actually means something. After a long trek through the desert and across the world, The Architect has managed to discover how the best, most liberating games of all manage to pull this trick off, and surprisingly, it's often by restricting players that the most empowering games work so well.


You Saw:
Outer Wilds - 2019
Final Fantasy 14 - 2010
Animal Crossing New Horizons - 2020
The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild - 2017
Starcraft 2 - 2010
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim - 2011
The Legend of Zelda - 1986
Planescape Torment - 1999
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - 2017
Passpartout: The Starving Artist - 2017
Monster Hunter: World - 2018
Minecraft - 2011
Half Life: Alyx - 2020
Genshin Impact - 2020
Prey - 2017
Far Cry 5 - 2018
Grand Theft Auto 5 - 2013
Destiny 2 - 2017
Borderlands 3 - 2019
Cyberpunk 2077 - 2077 am i rite??? (it was 2020 in case you forgot)
The Stanley Parable - 2013
Deltarune Chapter 1 - 2018
Mass Effect 3 - 2012
Psychonauts 2 - 2021
Deathloop - 2021
Undertale - 2015
Sable - 2021
TOEM - 2021
Before Your Eyes - 2021
Accounting Plus - 2018
Art Sqool - 2019
Umurangi Generation - 2020
No Man's Sky - 2016
Gears Tactics - 2020
X-COM: UFO Defence - 1994
XCOM - 2012
XCOM 2 - 2016
Offworld Trading Company - 2016
Dota 2 - 2013
Magic Arena - 2018
Yu Gi Oh: Legacy of The Duelists - 2020
Teardown - Not Out Yet
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - 2016
Dishonored - 2012
Hitman 3 - 2021
Dishonored 2 - 2017
Disco Elysium - 2019
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - 2019
Dark Souls 3 - 2016
Telltale Game of thrones - 2014
Mario Maker - 2015
Pokemon Ultra Moon - 2017
Warcraft 3 Remastered - 2020
Legion TD 2 - 2021