Comments on: Keen’s Regrets of 2009 and Resolutions for Next Year

By: End of Year Reads « Procrastination Amplification

End of Year Reads « Procrastination Amplification — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:28:19 +0000

[...] the year coming to an end, people seem to start talking about regrets. Keen (again) has some blog related ones, Carra talks about how Steam sales make people regret buying decisions. Me, I try not to regret [...]

By: Beleg Firebreath

Beleg Firebreath — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:27:43 +0000

It seems like you answered my comment from last post. Best of luck in the New Year!

By: Werit

Werit — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:21:50 +0000

I too have neglected my console… I have 2 new games I have not even tried yet. In the old days, I would have been playing them as soon as I got home.

By: Salaryn

Salaryn — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:38:51 +0000

Very thoughtful post as always. I like your idea of doing more console gaming. I think they’ve gotten a bit deeper and richer gameplay wise that they were a few years ago so its worth a look.

I think I’m temporarily jaded by mmos as well, but I’m going to continue to try new ones anyway. You never know what might turn out to be appealing and fun, at least for a bit. I’ve fallen back to my original mmo roots, and I now think that the only possibility for something similar or in depth world wise lies with Zenimax’s unnamed title which I partly hope is Elder Scrolls, and partly hope is *not*, just in case they would somehow mess it up. Me of little faith.

Happy gaming in 2010, guys.

By: Roshkar

Roshkar — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:38:17 +0000

Keen, I hear you about the Console Gaming. I have and always will be a PC Gamer. But….. There are times, such as now, where I have found the PC Gaming stagnant and my console has come to the rescue. Borderlands is fun, DAO is awesome, Left 4 Dead 2 … well I suck with shooters anyway.

Keep to your resolution and take that breather from the PC. I know it has kept me sane enough to continue with “That Blizzard Game”.

By: Jeromai

Jeromai — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:54:35 +0000

Quite a number of those console games you mentioned are also out on PC. Stick in a gamepad, and voila. And you get the benefit of swapping to keyboard/mouse controls for games that work better with those. One of those three you’re intending to play has to be Batman. All the frickin’ awesome should stop the jadedness from fossilizing over.

I’d love to hear you share and dissect your feelings and game experiences and analysis more when next year rolls around, those make up some of your best posts as long as they’re not colored a depressed jade green.

By: Gankatron

Gankatron — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:31:55 +0000

@Nollind: There are some appealing ideas in that article, but establishment of an addictive token economy is what level grinding and gearing up is all about. I for one like gear, I just wish all gear had a predictable shelf life; so let someone score the unique vorpal blade of destruction, but after 4 weeks poof, time to find something new. I also agree with the idea of completely random drops, so beasts aren’t “farmed”, I hate the idea of farming it somehow dispels the magical unpredictable nature of a fantasy realm. I would like to see devs address basic illogicalities in game design, like how is it I can see an entire field of ogres, cherry pick attack and kill the lower level ones, but all of the surrounding ones walk about as if nothing was amiss. I want tactical alertness. Of course having sensible gamers try to design hardcore skill based games doesn’t always work out so well; wasn’t that the big hyped up selling point for DF? Also here is another article address the latter issue: http://www.mmorpg.com/showFeature.cfm/loadFeature/3838/PvP-Fail-How-PvP-Can-Break-Your-Game.

By: Brian Inman

Brian Inman — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:09:56 +0000

I agree with you that 2009 leaves a bad taste in my mouth with all the lackluster MMO’s that hit the market. At least 2010 seems a little more promising with GW2, SWTOR, and Cataclysm.

By: Sentack

Sentack — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:07:31 +0000

I think Aion was a great example of how the old days of long grinds and weak content is GONE. You need to give players something in a zone. Just populating it with monsters isn’t enough anymore.

By: Nollind Whachell

Nollind Whachell — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:00:24 +0000

"One thing I have learned is that I really don’t like the process of LEVELING a character." Lonewind: I know what you mean. Check out this MMORPG.com post below which kind of hints at this as well. Am I the only player....