Collective consciousness
Creatures theme
31
games
14platforms
The player is not in control of a single character, but the collective consciousness of a group, nation or species.
Notable people involved: Ron Carmel, Peter Molyneux, Will Wright, Kyle Gabler and Glenn Corpes
Alternate names: Hive mind, Group consciousness
WIN 2008-10-13
WII 2008-10-13
WIN 2018-10-17
WIN 2014-02-18
OSX 2008-10-13
MAC 1994
WIN 2009-10-20
WIN 2011-08-17
ST 1992
OCS 1989
SWTC 2017
WIN 2008-09-05
In case the player encounters an entity described by this, use hive mind instead.
Since "protagonist" implies a single character, this group does not therefore have it in its name despite being related to the other protagonist tags.
Regardless, this serves the same purpose as other protagonist tags.
Often the player is in control of a director, commander, monarch or some other character in control of large numbers of creatures, but some completely omit having a protagonist of any kind, and therefore the only possibility that remains is that the player is instead the collective consciousness of the group.
Regardless, this serves the same purpose as other protagonist tags.
Often the player is in control of a director, commander, monarch or some other character in control of large numbers of creatures, but some completely omit having a protagonist of any kind, and therefore the only possibility that remains is that the player is instead the collective consciousness of the group.
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The first Collective consciousness video game was released in 1989.
Electronic Arts and EA Games published most of these games.