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What doAnimal Crossing: New LeafandCyberpunk 2077have in common?

The answer is obvious, you might reply: they are both video games.

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The painter who first coined this expression was Gustave Courbet.

He presented paintings that shocked the artistic elite of the time.

Nonetheless, Realism elements can also be found in video games that are not celebrated for any photorealistic qualities.

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The answer is that they both share the characteristics of Realism.

Some of the game endings are dependent on incidental conversations whereas others are the result of conversational choices.

Realism for many people, however, is purely visual as experienced in Photorealism.

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However, the phenomenon of Realism in video games is not exclusive to Triple-A titles.

Video games are, at their very core, about new experiences.

The possibility of experiencing a new story; a new environment; a new way of thinking.

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Video games that offer a story will leave the player with both a real-life and an out-of-this-world experience.

Something new, challenging and invigorating.