Want a successful game? Just add a giant tree! (Valheim – Elden Ring – Palworld)
Want a successful game? Just add a giant tree! (Valheim – Elden Ring – Palworld)
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I am currently writing my Masters Thesis on the significance of trees in modern storytelling: Games.
I already wrote a paper on elden rings trees which also got presented during a lecture, which I am rather proud of 🙂
I appreciate every Suggestion, which games have some Kind of tree lore! Maybe I can incorporate them Into my Work.
Oak tree from grounded got snubbed
Breath of the wild too
or named after trees like the the pokemon professors
WoW
Original Dark Souls as well
They are all copying The Mana Tree !
Im making my own game, and guess what im gonna add next day.
Only bad part is, its level by level game, not an open world like these games. Sadge
Where’s my collectathon Prince of Persia 2008?
/s I actually like the game.
Was that tree in Palworld on launch? I played a lot and never saw it. I know a “DLC” came out but if that tree is from extra content added after the game was already popular it kinda defeats the point.
How can you not bring up ocarina of time
TW3 also has a big tree.
Trails from Zero, Trails to Azure
*Ys VIII has entered the chat* What about me? Where’s my success?!
That’s wild.. I didn’t like any of those games.. maybe deep down it’s giant tree’s I don’t like
Biomutant
Wukong had a giant tree. (First hidden dragon boss fight)
Gravity Rush has bigger trees than any of these games and it wasn’t that successful
In God of War Ragnarok, your home base is literally the multidimensional spanning World Tree.
No Zelda? One of the OG big tree games
Avatar the Last Airbender has one in show, too bad the game did not!
There’s a giant tree in the final scene of A Plague Tale: Requiem.
Saga of Ryzom did it furst
Actraiser, Northwall-2
Tree or other big object is just a good “im gonna go over there” feeling that works pretty well I assume
final fantasy 9 has it too. release year 2000. no wonder tho, it comes from the nordic culture and that has inspired many many games
Didn’t worked with AC Valhalla
Subnautica have big “trees” too!
Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare 2 plant base
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – Great Deku Tree
World of Warcraft – Teldrassil and Nordrassil
God of War (2018) – Yggdrasil
NieR: Automata – Forest Kingdom Tree
Ori and the Blind Forest – Spirit Tree
Final Fantasy IX – Iifa Tree
Okami – Konohana
Secret of Mana – Mana Tree
Terraria – Tree of Life (in some versions/mods)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Whispering Hillock
Dragon Quest XI – Yggdrasil
Tales of Symphonia – Great Kharlan Tree
It’s a common theme in both games and movies (Avatar for example). It’s a theme that runs through mythology and history. Symbols of being connected, the earth, community.
I know that some of these aren’t giant trees, but the symbolism of importance is achieved through size/lore.
Genshin Impact: 1 massive three (at least) in almost every region
Ocarina of Time.
Warcraft.
I mean… genshin has Irminsul… that’s technically a tree?
It’s likely derived from the concept of axis mundi, a stem that connects the heaven and earth which is often depicted as a “world tree.” Yggdrasil from Norse Mythology is probably the most popular example of this concept.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2…
Always have been since Warcraft 3