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Opinion: Why sequels are sometimes good for gamers — and how they can be better

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[Time Published October 26, 2013 at 12:11AM]

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Which is not to dismiss the satisfaction to be had from fighting off a grizzly bear attack with an 8-hit sequence.That minor dose of achievement — of having used a specialized skill to overcome an obstacle — may well be the fuel that drives us back to a game time after time.

It may also help explain why the medium sometimes seems so repetitious. The biggest game of the year so far — Grand Theft Auto 5 — is the 5th installment of a franchise that's been around since 1997. But that's just counting the series' core titles. All told, there have been fifteen Grand Theft Auto releases over the span of sixteen years, including major expansions, mission packs and portable incarnations.

Achievement may be the fuel that drives us back to...

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