Support the channel on Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/ArchitectofGames Follow me on twitter!: https://twitter.com/Thefearalcarrot Check out Guess The Game: https://guessthe.game/ Tears of the Kingdom is a compulsively playable game, with many people losing hundreds of hours to its impossible-to-resist charms - but what distinguishes Link's latest outing from the many many games stuck languishing in our backlogs that we intended to keep playing, but could never quite find the enthusiasm to go back to? After diving into the depths and ascending to the skies, The Architect has gotten a few ideas - maybe the secret to a game that keeps us playing, and stops us from burning out is one that doesn't just distract us, but makes us care about what's going on? And just maybe, could it be that the secret to creating a sense of investment lies not in the work of developers, but our own minds? You Saw: Redfall - 2023 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 2023 Gone Home Fallout 4 Divinity Original Sin 2 From Dust Super Mario 3D World Hades The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 2017 Resident Evil 4 Remake - 2023 The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe - 2022 Vampire Survivors - 2021 Persona 5 Royale - 2019 Star Wars Jedi Survivor - 2023 Psychonauts 2 - 2021 The Legend of Zelda - Twilight Princess - 2006 Forza Horizon 5 - 2021 Final Fantasy 7 Remake - 2020 Cassette Beasts - 2023 Fortnite - 2017 Marvel Snap - 2022 Dark Souls 3 - 2016 Far Cry 5 - 2018 Metroid Prime - 2002 Metroid Prime 2: Echoes - 2004 Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - 1997 Xenoblade Chronicles - 2020 Dredge - 2023 Journey - 2012 Yume Nikki - 2004 Doom Eternal - 2020 Terra Invicta - EARLY ACCESS Sid Meir's Civilization 6 - 2016 Wildfrost - 2023 Elden Ring - 2022 Lonely Mountain Downhill - 2019 Nier Automata - 2017 The Pathless - 2020 Half Life Alyx - 2020 DOOM - 2016 Fallout New Vegas - 2010 The Witness - 2016 Dishonored - 2012 Super Mario Odyssey - 2017 Terra Nil - 2023 Celeste - 2018 Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - 2016 Mass Effect 3 - 2012 Minecraft - 2011 Metal Gear Rising: Revengance - 2013 Hi-Fi Rush - 2023 Undertale - 2015 Chrono Trigger - 1995 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - 2000 It Takes Two - 2021 Death Stranding - 2019 Mario Kart 8 - 2014 Kirby and the Forgotten Land - 2022 Genshin Impact - 2020 God of War: Ragnarok - 2022 Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - 2017 Atomic Heart - 2023