S.E.E.S.

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (2003) became oddly relevant in June 2020, when fans compared the game’s introductory tutorial, presented in the guise of a snowball fight, to the opening of The Last of Us Part II. The contrarian in me usually resists takes like this; the tendency for online commenters to fit square pegs into round holes to generate clicks is often too great to resist. But in this case I can’t—it’s an astute observation. FFTA and TLOU2 use a snowball fight to marry mechanics and world-building, running players through the basic gameplay beats while introducing the setting and characters. It’s seamless and effective. 

Justice for Dina.