Posted by Johnny B on Tue, 29 Jan 2013 06:23:00 EST in
Design
It seems almost dogmatic; don't limit the players choices, present him with a wealth of options at his disposal to give him a richer experience. The issue with non-linearity is that if a little is good, then more is better... right?
I generally agree with what this article is trying to get across, of course games should have peaks and valleys in difficulty and casual and hardcore labels are overly dogmatic. I can 't but feel that the statements made are just too broad and vague. All games should have casual ...
Things like choosing different fighting styles and choosing branching paths are both non-linear in the sense that two different players can have two different experiences based on their choices. I didn 't really draw that parallel in the article, I admit it was pretty vague how the two where connected. ...
Some very good points I 'll rebut and leave the floor to you r n r nIn essence, a game shouldn 't conform to a weak players skills, but instead sculpt that weak player into a strong one and make it fun in the process. Hardship shouldn 't be avoided, ...
