- They don't have to have under-age fan service in them, but all the top-rated ones do.
- They don't have to be extremely wordy, with characters over-explaining and belaboring their points, or with other people asking prompting questions that simply repeat the same words ("Metal Gear?"), but many of the best games do.
- They don't have to have a divergence into dodgy pseudo-science late in the game, but many of the best games do.
- There's always another game out there that's like this game, but not as good as this game, so this game is better by comparison.



