Video Game Dogs Aren’t Always Delightful

While video games dogs are, more often than not, a delight to be around. Very few of them feel like real dogs. Every digital doggo deserves to be its best. We take a look at what developers can improve about video game dogs.

Dogs in movies seem to always illicit an emotional reaction from audiences – so much so that the dying dog has become something of a cliché. Video game dogs are often nothing more than tools to be used for a specific purpose. As a result, their dog-ness becomes lost to their utilitarian development.

The Last Guardian and Legend Of Zelda: Breath of The Wild are two games that, in different respects, nail what makes dogs so wonderful in games.