Comments on That's a Terrible Idea: Terrible Idea: “It gets good at level 25!”

Amen! If you want to build a game that involves f...

2009-11-04T21:55:00.690-05:00

Amen!

If you want to build a game that involves four hundred hours of killing aroused mushrooms.. then killing said mushrooms better be as much fun as tearing through packs of enemies in Diablo 2. Or dealing out the headshots in Counterstrike. Or careening through pedestrians in Carmageddon. Or any other activity in any other game which was designed from the start to be a fun game for people who want to have fun, not as an addiction trap for Achiever-type personalities.

I value my time highly. That's why I don'...

2009-10-22T15:06:16.471-04:00

I value my time highly. That's why I don't play subscription games. ;)

As for the topic at hand, Shamus has a great article on the same topic:

Give Me Dessert First

I wholeheartedly agree with both of you.

In the comments for Shamus' article over at The Escapist, someone suggested that MMOs are work where you have to qualify for the fun stuff.

They were serious.

This is mindblowing and utterly idiotic. I qualified for "the fun stuff" when I *bought the freakin' game*. If devs don't get that, neither do they get my money. It's pretty simple.

Long past are the days when I prostrate at the altar of the game devs, flagellating myself in the vain hope of catching a few crumbs of fun at the feet of my Liege.

I wholeheartedly agree. No matter how good the end...

2009-10-21T19:27:14.432-04:00

I wholeheartedly agree. No matter how good the endgame might be, it's not worth putting up with a bad game that leads up to it.