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The life of an action/adventure protagonist really seems like a blast doesn’t it? That’s what it seems like to me at least. Adventure games all seem to have a escapist angle to them in least some measure. We’re not ourselves in these games, but instead these improbably powerful and capable people; people who can take any situation they’re faced with and not only confront it, but overcome it. It’s probably safe to say that many of would like to be more like the heroes we play as. I mean who wouldn’t want to be able to travel the world like Lara Croft or luck their way through everything like Nathan Drake? Perhaps, none of us, provided that we were willing to pay the price that is.
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