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b'With the release of the re-mastered Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, GamerDude got to thinking about his favorite games and game genres over the years. He talks about how he first loved simulation games, like Sid Meier\'s Railroad Tycoon, and Ports of Call, and the original Sim City.\\xa0 He talks about how much fun he had planning railroads, and shipping cargo, and designing cities back when these type of simulation games were all the rage.\\n\\nHe also talks about how his tastes evolved over the years, and how he came to love what he calls "story games."\\xa0 They could be RPG games, or action games, or action adventure games; the "story game," for GamerDude, has a good hero, a good story, and makes you want to keep playing.\\xa0 He talks about how much he enjoyed the Uncharted series, and how good a character Nathan Drake is.\\xa0 He talks about Red Dead Redemption (both 1 and 2), and how the open world, the moral choices in dialogue options, and the replayability, make\\xa0those games so appealing, and he discusses how John Marston and Arthur Morgan are two of the best characters in gaming of all time.\\xa0 He also talks about how much he enjoys the Mass Effect trilogy, and why Commander Shepard is such a great character.\\xa0 He talks about what makes Mass Effect unique as story game, and so replayable.\\n\\nGamerDude also talks about his time with World of Warcraft, and how he spent literally years playing almost nothing but that. He talks about how he enjoyed it, but how he realized you do get tired of playing a game after a while, and why replayability is an important factor in making a good game.'