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Introduction
Will Wright is one of the most influential game designers in the history of the biz. He’s the brains behind such games as “SimCity,” “The Sims,” and most recently, “Spore.” What does a visionary designer like to play when he’s not coming up with new, genre-bending titles? Here’s what he told us in a recent interview.
Check out the list of his Top 5 games, then \">tell us what you think.
\">Tell us: What do you think of Will Wright's list of favorite games?
-- Kristin Kalning
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The 'Civilization' series
“I think the strategic diversity of ‘Civilization’ always interested me. There’s just so many different strategic approaches to playing the game.” ";
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'Grand Theft Auto' series
“It’s such an open-ended world ... you can actually be very nice in the world and drive an ambulance around saving people, or you can be very mean. The game doesn’t really force you down one path or the other unless you’re playing the missions. For me, it’s not really about the missions, it’s about the open-endedness ... going out and living a life in this little simulated city. It’s like a big playground.”";
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'Battlefield' series
“I really liked the first one the best – ‘Battlefield 1942.’ I’m a big World War II history buff. It’s a team-based shooter but it’s about the only team-based shooter that I can remember where half the time I’m playing, I’m laughing. It’s humorous because of the weird things that happen. It very much feels like kids playing in the backyard, cowboys-and-Indians-type thing. It’s not so much gritty reality as it is a bunch people just having fun in a multiplayer environment.”";
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'Advance Wars' on the DS
“This is a turn-based strategy game on the DS. I used to play these board games as a kid – these elaborate, real board games, so it’s kind nostalgic for me, for that reason.” ";
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'Flight Simulator' series
“Even though this isn’t a game, one of my very first introductions to computer games was the original ‘Flight Simulator.’ The original one was black-and-white, with wireframe graphics and before Microsoft bought it, Bruce Artwick designed it. It was this little micro world inside the computer that always fascinated me.”
\">Tell us: What do you think of Will Wright's list of favorite games?
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