I see a lot of hype about being able to pet dogs in video games. Why?

    • DrNeurohax@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      It goes way further back than Wikipedia claims (2019). Hell, CoD: Ghosts made a huge deal about your canine companion’s interaction when they announced it, and I remember petting the dog was a meme back then (2013).

      It’s on the timeline around amusing 4th wall breaking idle animations and attacking a neutral character invoking a deadly/game-ending response tropes. I’m sure there were even text based games where animals just served as a way to waste a player’s turn. The main one I remember is Black & White because it actually had some learning algorithms that trained your pet to be good or evil. Interesting game for the time.