However You Choose to Play It

Map of Skyrim

"I’ve almost begun to think of these games like I think of my beloved Skyrim. There is a strong, enjoyable and lengthy core play experience, but there is also a nigh inexhaustible amount of secondary material that you can explore or ignore as you see fit – and I’m not just talking about going back after completing the story to catch ‘em all!"

Z of WIRED reviewed the recently North American released "Pokemon Black/White 2" What caught my eye most about this review was its title which stated that this game is great however you choose to play it.  Z expands on this idea in the quote  above in which he says that like Skyrim the Pokemon games have this vast world for the player to explore and doesn't tell hem how they should play their game. The player is free to play the game how he/she wishes their is no right or wrong way to play;their is a story which the player can go through or put on hold for a while. Each game cartridge may contain the same data sequence but for these and many other games the experience is different for each player. Each player has their own tales of victory and defeat as well as those of secrets/hidden treasures uncovered. The game developers may have crafted a story for the players to go through but the players each craft their own individual stories such as those of self imposed challenges and what they chose to do and not do in the game world.

Artwork of the Unova region from Black 2 and White 2