The key here is "GOOD".
Good single player rpg's are much richer and deeper in terms of plot, character, setting, story arcs, etc., than any mmorpg could ever be, yet...
you're playing alone. The shared experience counts for much, yet...
I e…
Why Aren't MMOGs More Fun?
Because the no-talent half-wit Frauds that pass themselves off as high priced "Game Designers" these days couldn't design their way out of a paper bag.
2010 Game Designer Motto:
Form over Function,
Style over Subst…
Originally posted by Khalathwyr
Any RP minded table-top GM or DM could create a more "fantastic" and unique world that what's being pushed out today.
YES! ABSOLUTELY. I agree 100%.
Local Hobby GMs / DMs are FAR MORE SKILLED in creat…
Originally posted by Swoogie
Now if you pay $200 and get full raid gear and a maxed out char then we have a problem.
Why? What's the problem???
According to the sell-out / whore philosophy of current MMO gaming, =everything= should be…
I'm very very sad and disappointed to hear that Aion is just another fighting game.
Yet another fantasy shooter, a hollow shell filled with nothing. Epic fail.
Seems the last best hope for a realm of Wonder and Intrigue and Imagination l…
Originally posted by Jenneroflok
This article brought back many memories. Writing a history for a new character with it including the Black Ogre event that happen between Trinsic and Skara. Working with Friends trying to Clear the undead out of…
As someone on his blog suggested -
Given EA's history of raping devs, you must have known this would eventually happen when you signed with them,...
and Bioware will be the NEXT group to be stripped of it's executive level creative talent.
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" Christian Nutt " ??? is either a fake name or his parents had a weird sense of humor.
I spose he's lucky they didn't name him Busta.
Who else is on staff at Gamasutra? Jewish Looney ? Islamic Crazy ?
Ask any Star Trek fan to quote the opening to the TV show and you’ll hear the words
“…to boldly go where no one has gone before.”
Bah!!! Revisionist Heretic!!!
Here's the Original intro to the Original Star Trek, spoken by Capt. James T…
Thanx for the article, TomeNEt is a game i'll play.
For any who are fans of Rogue-alikes i HIGHLY recommend Dwarf Fortress - a free indy sandbox sim/game in development by Bay 12 Games www.bay12games.com/dwarves/
Your mmo history is nearly iden…
So I log in to a MMOG for 15 minutes with an older rig.
What do you propose I be able to do other than chat or check the status of inventory, bank or exchange prices?
Maybe MMOs should incorporate some kind of Facebook / Twitter access from wit…
Oh good, yet another 1st / 3rd person action fighting twitch game,
success depends on how fast you can jiggle a joystick.
And oh ya, they have Pee vee Pee. BFD.
Mile Wide, Inch Deep.
Yawn.
This guy is 100% corporate suit.
Hopefully R.A. Salvatore won't be too insulted, disappointed or embarrassed with what they do with his input.
By the by, Salvatore is best known for Drizzt Do'Urden.
Originally posted by badgerer
But would anyone have paid a monthly sub to play Neverwinter Nights?
*raises hand* - with professional quality content advancing the storylines each month, hell yes.
Eventually we're gonna come full circle a…
Originally posted by Karsk_Jagare
It's nice somebody still thinks about this stuff in game dev. These are the kinds of questions designers like Richard Garriott used to explore back in the pre-UO days, when IDEAS were still important, before mon…
Originally posted by khaelf
Let's talk about Korean F2P games.
Since the entire free to play category doesn't have good visibility in the game media, it's not surprising that many people, even within the industry, know little about what's going o…