Why so many video games include tabletop games, from Gwent to Orlog

All of these tabletop games provide players an opportunity for turn-based strategy, which is naturally a slower, more methodical style of gameplay than open-world combat. In "Horizon Forbidden West," each totem for Machine Strike is modeled off the robotic animals you fight against in the wilds of Horizon's world. To defeat a glinthawk in "Forbidden West," you need to aim and strike the sack of chillwater in its breastbone, all while dodging to avoid the creature's incoming attacks. To win against a glinthawk totem in Machine Strike, you need to methodically outmanuever your opponent in a step-by-step process across tiles on the game board. You're allowed the time to step back and think.