Boss Rush Banter: What Visual Detail in Games Do You Most Appreciate?

At about 100 hours in on Elden Ring, I realized I hadn’t bothered to look at all the different gloves and gauntlets I’d collected in half that time. Nah, the Warrior Gauntlets are just perfect, thanks. That evergreen style of worn leather with an easy-to-miss bit of flair below the wrist? When I floss my look in The Lands Between, my camera will inevitably drift to those gauntlets. The stats? Who cares. I’m sure they’re fine. In Dark Souls III it was the Dark Sword. In Horizon: Forbidden West, anything Oseram. What I’m saying is: I love the minutiae of these bits of kit. They heighten a game’s personality. I enjoy simply wondering why the Oseram’s colors are white and yellow. Or why – among all swords that have it – the flare at the base of the Dark Sword’s blade is the best. Hypothetical and…