Rejoice!

Nytehauq · 2006-09-28T05:14:29

The first page is no longer completely dominated by "rate my MMORPG medival-fantasy game idea" posts! Perhaps now we can get back to some more...design discussions? I'll start: If you were a designer, and your goal was to create a fun game (As opposed to say, a commercial game just for profit, etc.), would you use ahievement based reward systems in your games, or systems meant to be enjoyed simply through the use of them, or both? An achievement based reward system would expect players to feel reward through gaining some more or less material thing - a "level up," a new item, a bigger gun. The other kind of system would be one where players are meant to enjoy the gameplay directly, regardless of what they may or may not get for completing a task. The other other system would be one where players complete an enjoyable task and get something for it. Here are some good (I hope so!) mesh analogies: Yet another system would add in elements of exploring as opposed to doing fun things and/or getting stuff. Exploring in this case would be getting to places in the game world or finding things by wit as opposed to luck. Devil May Cry meets Dungeons and Dragons Halo meets World of Warcraft Counter Strike meets Diablo II. Ideas? [Edited by - Nytehauq on September 21, 2006 12:41:29 PM]