I Ranked Video Game Houses By How Much I’d Actually Want To Live In Them
I've spent years judging games on things like combat, story, graphics, or how satisfying their open worlds are. But something occurred to me recently--I've not put enough thought into where exactly I would live if I had to move into one of these games. Sure, legendary weapons are nice, and okay, fine, maybe I should be concerned about the fate of the world. If there's an ancient evil force trying to destroy civilization, I guess I could take a look at it. But I'm an adult, and so I have adult concerns. When retiring to my quarters among all of the chaos, do I have enough storage? Is the bathroom a reasonable enough distance from where I sleep? Is there enough natural light? For this highly specific and scientific experiment, I've decided to judge games based purely on how nice--or how practical--it would be to live there. There are no additional points for graphics, narrative, or combat. A lovely house in a terrible location still counts as a terrible house. A vast mansion with a shitty kitchen is just going to rack up my Uber Eats bill. I've judged each property on its layout, facilities, location, storage, outdoor space, and a mysterious parameter that I'm just going to refer to…