No matter what day of the week, you will find me playing games the moment I finish my work. 

While most movies these days turn out to be disappointing and have predictable plots, video games, on the other hand, offer more value and entertainment than ever before. 

Two years ago, I wrote a feature on how video games are already bigger than movies, today the industry has become bigger even in India. 

Games have also become a better medium for storytelling than movies right now. Here are 4 reasons why I prefer playing video games over watching movies:

1.     Itâs More Immersive  

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Games are known for having awesome character development and plot details that are not possible in movies. Since many games can run for over 20 hours, you get enough time to experience the story. 

In some games, you can even tell your own story by making key decisions or by developing a certain type of character. You can be evil in games or the good old hero trying to save the world, itâs your choice really especially in role-playing games. 

In movies and TV shows, you simply watch the main character do things while in games, YOU get to be the main character and experience the story for yourself. 

You can create how your character looks and what kind of clothes it can wear. You can even choose your characterâs voice and style of playing. 

Sure, not all games have the best plot but there are plenty of games out there with better storylines than most movies today.  

2. You Live In a Whole Different World 

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When playing open-world games, you donât only get to experience great characters but an entirely different world from your own as well. 

Some games feature a world with different islands, fauna and animals that you can interact with. We recently played Final Fantasy 7 Remake and the city of Midgar looks better than most cities in the world. 

Similarly, if you like a fantasy setting, you can check out the world of The Witcher series. If you ever wondered what Tokyo feels and looks like, you can check out games like the Yakuza series. 

There are so many different worlds to check out in games that can never be accurately represented in movies and TV shows.  

3. I Donât Have To Deal With Bad Acting  

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Many movies feature actors that canât really act to save their lives. While iconic movies like The Godfather and other drama movies will always live-on; most movies today feature at least one bad actor that doesnât effectively suspend reality. 

However, while playing games, you can easily get lost in the world, narrative and gameplay for hours. Games now feature great voice-actors that make cut-scenes believable. 

Games like The Last of Us have a profound impact on players because of its great voice-acting and motion-captured cutscenes. It is also needed to point out that there are plenty of games that feature bad acting, animations and voice acting as well. 

Just like movies, we have bad games too and are not immune to bad actors either.  

4. Video Games are Global  

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Whether you play PUBG or Rainbow Six Siege, you are bound to make friends from different regions to play the game together. Thatâs the beauty of video games, it connects people with each other from all over the world which isnât necessarily true for movies and TV shows. 

Games are developed all over the world and thereâs a high chance youâve played some of them. Ever played Mario or Contra? Both these games were developed in Japan. 

Played PUBG recently? It was developed by BlueHole based in South Korea. 

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