Someone spent a lot of time putting it together
There’s something to be said for giving more of your attention due to the time that whomever developed it spent on the object. This translates directly into finding all of a certain object in a game.
Important backstory is in objects
If you’re not collecting every journal entry or artifact, you’re bound to miss out on the finer details of a game’s world. Backstory for characters and the universe’s history are embedded into these objects.
A perfect example of these types of items is in the Square Enix reboot of Tomb Raider. Without reading through the writings of your fellow survivors or past island inhabitants, big reveals would have a much smaller impact.
The locations of items are strategic
Making sure that collectables are evenly spaced throughout a game’s world can be tricky business. When it’s not done right, those collectables stick out like a sore thumb.
It takes a lot of time and effort to make sure that rare objects in-game still feel rare. While it’s something many wouldn’t think twice of, we’re sure that countless hours go into game development and play testers to find the perfect balance with this.
The design of these objects took a lot of work
If players ignore objects that took developers a long time to conceptualize, this is nothing short of a travesty. For example, when a journal entry is handwritten, there’s no doubt that a lot of thought went into crafting the perfect writing style for a given character.
Take Naughty Dogs’ The Last of Us for example. Characters sending their last ditch effort toward telling humanity what they kept secret for years will have shaky penmanship, while those writing drawn out love letters will have beautiful curly q’s and s’s.
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