I find this to be an extremely puzzling and often frustrating occurrence among games. At one point you will be playing a certain game, and as time goes on maybe the sequel. Before you know it years have passed and you are on game number 4 or 5 in the series and somehow it’s gone [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Game Design’
MMO Movement
May 9th, 2013
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This might sound petty, but if a MMO’s movement sucks then my interest in the game is immediately diminished. My first, and coincidentally clearest, memory of LotRO is the wonky movement. GW2 has wonky movement too. When characters ‘slide’ across the ground or don’t appear to be making connection and reaction to the ground, I [...]
Players Naturally Seek Out Shortcuts
May 5th, 2013
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I just dinged level 40 in Neverwinter. That might not be anything special, except a few hours ago I was level 16. How did I jumped 24 levels in one evening of playing? I used the Foundry. Players can make their own content using the Foundry. I wrote before how much I love this feature, [...]
Leveling Isn’t Necessary
May 4th, 2013
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Just like PvP, leveling isn’t necessary. In fact, I think leveling and designing leveling is not only a waste of time for developers, and as a result a direct waste of money, but its also detrimental to game design when it isn’t necessary but included anyway. In World of Warcraft, I find most of my [...]
