"Magic" in Gaming

[Vampyr]

I think just more intelligent software at this point. I get this feeling sometimes when a game picks up on something I did that I really didn't expect it to, like a character choice. Other times there are just tiny little nuances in games that surprise me with the level of detail that developers put into it.

Pokemon is a good example of this. Those games are filled to the brim with little goodies that makes you wonder how they had time to program them all.

Another example is Portal 2. Such an insane commitment to detail. There's one scene with a turret assembly line that is just so well thought out. Another is the turret singing group.

For me that's what makes games still feel magical - when someone pulls off something really impressive from the software end.