Stepping into the shoes of a vulnerable, small or endangered character can help us understand for a short while some of what it is like to be someone else. This is not only an enjoyable way to escape the reality of daily life but a chance to reflect on and understand ourselves, and our bodies, better. Whether we step into the powerful frame of a trained marksman or brave adventurer, while we play we have a different sense of our physicality. Video games offer an opportunity to inhabit another body. Games like A Short Hike, Alba A Wildlife Adventure or even No Man's Sky. Other games, like Everything and Proteus, offer a huge world to poke and prod without getting embroiled with progression.Д®ven games that do offer a strong sense of story and development often include post-game play or side-quest distractions that are simply there for you to spend time fiddling with rather than winning or losing. Then there are other games, like Townscaper and Pok Pok Playroom, that let you craft your own structures but with none of the usual video game emphasis on score and winning. Some games, like The Longing, Animal Crossing and Adopt Me, simple slow down the need to progress, so all you do is check-in, fiddle around with the game world and then leave. It's no surprise that there are a number of video games that have picked up on this style of play. The enjoyment comes from doing something that isn't learning or achieving anything. While that initial trend subsided, the interest and enjoyment of tactile objects to fiddle with are very much with us.ДЇidget toys are like the yo-yo or Rubik's cube but without the focus on skill. These games all have in common, a complex control system that can be put to use in imaginative and creative ways to get the edge over your opponents.ДЇidget spinners burst into the hands of children a number of years ago. Or it could be learning the complex move lists in a game like Street Fighter. Maybe itвЂ™s learning the perfect combination of angles and trajectories in Videoball. Or, perhaps, itвЂ™s using the limited running and jumping slightly better than other players to get a win in Fall Guys. This might be understanding how the propulsion of your car lets you take to the air and hit a perfect shot in Rocket League. Whether you rise through the league tables, or just improve compared to your family, the satisfaction or getting to grips with something so monumentally challenging is really satisfying. Rather than offering assistance, these games leave you to it.

Rather than relying on the stats of your character or player, you have to execute the moves yourself with timing proficiency and instinct.

Whereas many games simplify getting around, these games make the complexity and depth of their movement systems part of the joy of playing them. There are a small group of games that hone this challenge down to the mechanics of moving around the environment. It takes time to understand their systems, mechanics, objectives and worlds. When someone plays a game too much itвЂ™s easy to think they are taking an easy route to something entertaining, like junk food. Games offer us challenges on many levels.

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