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1. • • Calling something a “walking simulator” reduces a game to its simplest components, blatantly ignoring those broader elements of exploration, discovery, and unfolding the narrative.
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   Is walking simulator a reductive game?

   • The pejorative 'walking simulator' is incredibly reductive and dismissive. Linear, narrative-driven games with unobtrusive gameplay are no more about walking than multiplayer military shooters are about furthering the political aims of the nations the player characters are serving.

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   Is walking Sim reductive?

   • And the term “walking sim” began appearing on forums, as an insult, in the late 2000s. While all genre classification is, in some way, reductive, “walking sim” is reductive in a profoundly annoying way. Pretty much all games are basically walking sims, right? You literally walk from place to place and then do a thing.

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   What is a walking simulator?

   • Considering walking simulators are short they rely so heavily on visuals, soundtrack, and writing. The term also boils down the perception of these games and portrays them as mundane point A to point B games when that isn't the case.

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   Are walking simulators militaristic?

   • Walking simulators aren’t the first games to buck these militaristic conventions, but their mechanics vary furthest from the video game’s original design. And while walking simulators may vary wildly in execution, they tend to have a few key similarities.

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   Which walking simulator would you recommend?

   • Other favorites include "Firewatch", "The Unfinished Swan", "Everybody's Gone to the Rapture" and "Dear Esther". But if I had to recommend just one Walking Simulator to anyone curious it would be "What Remains of Edith Finch" hands down. I found it to almost be a spiritual experience. Like I walked away changed from that game.

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   Should walking Sims be considered a game?

   • Critics resisted the inclusion of walking sims in the greater gaming oeuvre. Though the label has become nearly neutralized as a descriptor—“walking sim” is a searchable genre on the game distribution platform Steam, along with “adventure” or “narrative” game—people still get stuck on the idea of these games as subtractive, rather than additive.

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3. www.gamedeveloper.com › design › devs-discuss-theDevs discuss the history and the future of so-called 'walking ...

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   Feb 17, 2017 · "It’s inherently a reductive description. It’s silly. But it is useful in the sense that if someone describes a game as a walking simulator, it’s immediately of interest to me."

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   The pejorative 'walking simulator' is incredibly reductive and dismissive. Linear, narrative-driven games with unobtrusive gameplay are no more about walking than multiplayer military shooters are about furthering the political aims of the nations the player characters are serving.

5. www.vice.com › en › articleThe Walking Sim Is a Genuinely New Genre, And No One Fully ...

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   Dec 23, 2019 · In 2020, a game about walking, exploring, and reflecting on that exploration is no longer revolutionary. What’s more, the term ‘walking sim’ might be the only thing rescued from the dumpster...

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7. www.salon.com › 2017/11/11 › a-brief-history-of-theA brief history of the “walking simulator,” gaming's most ...

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   Nov 11, 2017 · While all genre classification is, in some way, reductive, “walking sim” is reductive in a profoundly annoying way. Pretty much all games are basically walking sims, right? You literally...

8. www.resetera.com › threads › hideo-kojima-addressesHideo Kojima addresses 'walking simulator' criticisms levied ...

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   Sep 16, 2019 · “Walking simulator” is a reductive criticism and has been for years. That said, that Kojima is struggling to get across the point of this game to the extent that he keeps having to publicly justify it and make 50 minute gameplay demonstrations, isn’t a great sign either.

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   Mar 26, 2023 · Walking simulators are a video game genre emphasizing exploration, atmosphere, and storytelling over traditional challenges, such as combat or hand-to-hand fighting.

10. www.ft.com › content › dec053d9/9772/4369-991e-ab3ea‘Walking simulators’ offer a thoughtful alternative to combat ...

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    Jan 5, 2021 · Most walking simulators are even more passive experiences than Call of the Sea, simply asking players to walk through linear virtual environments and watch a narrative unspool.