Some video games are so beautiful you can't help stopping to spin the camera every once in a while. The sun-baked vistas of Firewatch, the gorgeous sunsets of Sea of Thieves, the weather-responsive horse balls of Red Dead Redemption 2.
You get these arrestingly beautiful games in tabletop, too, only rather than stopping to spin the camera you find yourself gawping at bits of cardboard. Opening a good-looking board game for the first time, you find yourself suddenly slowing down - handling each piece gently, as though it might break. It's a strange, fetishistic way to show appreciation for something, but it's every bit as potent as a breathtaking tableau in a video game.
Opening Parks for the first time was a surprisingly poignant experience. Every bit of this game is a delight to look at, from the genuinely exquisite card art to the enamelled First Hiker token. The design is lavish almost to the point of obscenity and it's no exaggeration to say my colleague Wheels and I cooed over it for about five minutes.
from Eurogamer.net
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