They really are different things, specially since games are interactive in ways that other media cant be, and mostly still try to be "fun" first and anything else later... when i think about movies or books the ones that i cherish the most are those that stayed with me in some manner, pulling my thoughts towards them in unexpected ways long after i experienced them, even if it was a difficult watch/read that simply warrants a second run, it adds to the allure of the artwork.
If i think about it though, my two top games of all time are quite different, and are in that position because of quite different things:
Age of empires II is, undoubtly, the game i've played the most in my life, i played at least three or four hours daily during a couple years. The best RTS game ever in my book, i learned every nuance of every civilization, i developed my build orders according to which civ and map i was playing. Mechanically, this is the most engaged i have ever being by a game, and probably the most fun i've had with anything ever.
On the other hand, The Wticher 3 took over almost any other game or activity when it launched for me. I had it installed in my computer since it launched till february this year. I will concede that gameplay wise its not amazing (even though i enjoy the combat and roleplay hard as Geralt, serching for ingredients and preparing oils, etc), however the world was so beautifully realized and the characters that i knew since the first game where so loved by me at this point that i just couldn't uninstall it, i recieved every expansion with a ridiculous ammount of joy, i just simply didn't want it to end. I often opened the game after i finsished it just to ride roach through Velen, Skellige or Toussaint.
So i'm not sure, this is a long non answer. I still kind of miss Geralt and Ciri though, i miss them, like old firends.
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