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A littleunorthodox,butI havetostartwiththe
Xboxcontroller [1].They’vebeensogoodthat
they’veplayeda majorrolein mydecisionto
acquireanXboxconsoleoverothers.Usually,if I
playedfortoolongwitha controllerI endupwith
long-lastingpainallovermyhands.OnceI picked
upanXbox 360 controller,I lovedtheergonomic
designandstartedusingit ona dailybasis.The
TombRaiderserieshasalwaysbeenclosetomy
heart.Theseriesis oneof thereasonsI make
videogamestoday. RiseOfTheTombRaider [2]is
myfavourite.I wasinspiredbythejaw-dropping
helicopterchasesequencethroughthecanyons.
Theenvironmenttransitionis breathtaking.The
ambience,thelighting– it’ssowellorchestrated.
Despitethewerehogmechanics, SonicUnleashed
[3]is thebestSonicin myopinion.TothisdayI
stillenjoyplayingit. EvenaftertenyearsI stillhave
greatmusclememory,easilyavoidingobstaclesat
thespeedof lightin Apotos.ThefirsttimeI played
The Witcher 3 I thought to myself, ‘Who would get
DLCfora gamethatis alreadysocaptivatingand
time-consuming?’I atemywordswhenI hitthe 90
percentcompletionmark.I hadtogetthe Blood
AndWine [4]expansion.I’mstillplayingit between
othergames,it’sjustthatgood.Lastbutnotleast
is Halo3: ODST[5],it’smyfavouriteHalo. It hasa
deepsenseof melancholy,whichI’veyettofindin
anothergame.It movedmeandis a largepartof
whyI thinkit standsoutin theHalofranchise.Sébastien
LeTouze
Studiomanagerand
gamedesigner
Sebstartedin the
industryin 2005
alongsidetheweb
gamestrend.From
therehemovedto
mobilegamesand
hassincemadehis
owncompany,eXiin,
tocreatelarger-
scaleprojects,such
astheindiedarling,
AryAndTheSecret
OfSeasons.[2][3][4][5]114 THE OFFICIAL XBOX MAGAZINE
OXM OUT
the disc slot
They make the games we love, but what do they play
for fun? We ask developers to pick their faves from
Xbox history. This month: Sébastien Le Touze
[1]