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advent.exe, otherwise known as the "colossal caves adventure." The first thing resembling a commercial product. But I didn't buy it, Bradley University did, circa 1979-81. One of exactly two games available on the CDC mainframe, the other being a m…
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How can a game that has no expectations "flop"?
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What's crazy is that people still care. "If mah game does not win the localized and bizarrely disproportional unscientific popularity award, I will flip out!!1!!one" Ah must seek herd approval. If the herd disapproves, ah simply cannot enjoy tha g…
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MUDs have unlimited scope and are exactly as good as the writers creating them. Why would you want to limit them to graphical formats?
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CoX had selectable difficulty, on the fly. Most NCSoft games scale. Marvel Heroes does, too (after a fashion)--the Diablo scheme of tiered replays--play regular, then harder, then raid, etc.
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Every game producer in the universe wants that 'superior product' lightning to strike. I suspect it's largely a function of Brand Loyalty. "That last game they did was so cool, this next one has got to be terrific!" Problem lies in getting that b…
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Dullahan said: Antiquated said: Dullahan said: Yes, people like bragging rights and stroking their ego. However, when games fail to provide this, players feel unfulfilled. Poor babies. Posit: perhaps recreation shouldn't be us…
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Too many PnP titles to count. After the dawn of computer gaming, I'd have to go with Advent (or Zork) and (most of) the Ultima series.
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Dullahan said: Yes, people like bragging rights and stroking their ego. However, when games fail to provide this, players feel unfulfilled. Poor babies. Posit: perhaps recreation shouldn't be used for this purpose. Perhaps misusing it for ego s…
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In the meantime, gamers will never tire of stroking their own egos in threads like this one. "Most gamers are dumber than glue (of course not me)"--"Games need to be harder (cause I'm mad skilled)" Regardless of how you assume your individual mant…
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blueturtle13 said: For me the only meaningful way to increase challenge in gaming is by improving the A.I. in gaming. The A.I. is much more "challenging" than what's being delivered. There are elements of creature A.I. being held in ch…
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Theocritus said: It seems to come down to when people started playing MMOs....People that started before WoW find todays games too easy, and people that started with WoW or later play them more for entertainment than for challenge. Playe…
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FlyByKnight said: Bad design is bad design. So which vision of design is bad? "We r hardc0re yo, facegrinding masochism--n00bs need not create accounts." "We include everyone, so everything as ezmode as possible." Obviously, both design app…
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Let's go back to a nice Win95 early internet web design. Something like memepool? Dole/Kemp '96?
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Like many others, you muddle "don't understand" and "don't agree."
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Seems to me that "exclusive" is only a problem when "game breaking" comes attached to it. When "$$$" price tag is attached, it ain't really exclusive. If "only a few ever made" and "unfair advantage" are combined, players (rightly) raise a stink.
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Your experience is a product of the people you play with more than the mechanics and systems. Like every other title out there.
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Dragon43591 said: The most UNIQUE mmo I've ever played would have to be, Star Wars Galaxies. No other game has come close. You kind of lose your "most unique" cred when using a 10 billion dollar franchise as your setting. Just sayin'.
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Alverant said: Kyleran said: Too easy..... EVE. Which copied Earth and Beyond. Naw, it copied Tradewars :P
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cameltosis said: There was even a short amount of time when vast amounts of content were locked behind dailies in LotRO. If I remember rightly, when Moria was first released you couldn't access quest hubs until you had enough reputation, but you co…
