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Re: Tempting players to do "Evil"

LingMac — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:38:13 GMT

... Well, I think it might result in a very compelling game. Imagine the procedural "plots" that might emerge, from just the various entities going about their

Re: Tempting players to do "Evil"

LingMac — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:06:18 GMT

... I believe I'm personally that type of player. I try to roleplay a generally decent, somewhat brave (but not too much) character, who happens to be no

Re: Tempting players to do "Evil"

Brandon Van Every — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:16:56 GMT

... What does that kind of success mean exactly? Sure they survive as an open source genre, among seriously tweaky hackerheads, half of whom think ASCII

Re: Tempting players to do "Evil"

David Lamb — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:39:27 GMT

... So perhaps the only way to survive is to join some sort of gang, and they have initiation rituals requiring particular evil acts? Plausible. Various

Re: Tempting players to do "Evil"

Gerry Quinn — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:59:30 GMT

From: "LingMac" ... And Torchlight is currently taking the gaming world by storm! ... But why would someone be interested in playing a

Re: Tempting players to do "Evil"

Gerry Quinn — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:49:59 GMT

From: "LingMac" ... Perhaps. A significantly relevant factor is that it's easier to do a game with one plot thread, series of

Re: Tempting players to do "Evil"

Wayne Imlach — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:02:28 GMT

The pressure to do evil things would have to be situational, and could be massaged by the games designer depending on how the victims of such acts where

Re: Tempting players to do "Evil"

Rainer Deyke — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:37:30 GMT

... I don't think that's going to make evil more tempting. There are basically three kinds of player. Let's call them "moral", "amoral", and "immoral". (This

Re: Tempting players to do "Evil"

LingMac — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:06:10 GMT

... Spelunky and countless "rogue-likes" have done it, and they're quite successful. ... What does that have to do with anything? All people can relate to the

Re: Tempting players to do "Evil"

Brandon Van Every — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:47:37 GMT

... Is the gameplay going to be interesting enough for me to be willing to retread old ground over and over again? Civ games "sorta" meet that bar, but I

Tempting players to do "Evil"

LingMac — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:48:24 GMT

Ok... I think that in 99% of the systems of game morality nowadays, it's way too easy to be "good". I think these systems do not accurately capture the essence

Re: X-COM rumors, again...

TAZ — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:19:22 GMT

Aye, to add to that, a co-op mode would be nice either in campaign or as part of a multi-player team game. I've been pondering the UI question. I think a

Re: X-COM rumors, again...

Wayne Imlach — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:04:36 GMT

UFO: Enemy Unknown (X-Com) is one of my all-time favourite games. As far as remake, I'd keep the same basic format and upgrade the following: General UI - both

X-COM rumors, again...

TAZ — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:52:44 GMT

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6238162.html?tag=other-user-related-content;3 *sigh* Back in the day everyone made a tank game, after X-COM, it seems that every

Re: Stealth, Melee Combat and Dialogue Trees

Brandon Van Every — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:29:13 GMT

... But how agile is the player supposed to be? Consider Luke Skywalker, who did fight various vicious beasts. It's only unrealistic / against expectations