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If the game was designed for it, I could see the advantage of having a synchronous day/night cycle in game for a few reasons.

For instance, an RPG where your time of day combined with in game locations could change what enemies spawn, or characters that get sleepy and less capable after so long, but it should also be able to cause unique time events to happen, and not just spooky Halloween season or Xmas spectacular, either.



Indeed. Pokémon gold/silver is the first instance I can recall that did this. It was mind blowing at the time (I was maybe 10 years old).




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