MegaPhilX
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MegaPhilX
@MegaPhilX
Game designer, illustrator, animator, Youtuber, Snupster. I designed and developed Mega Man Unlimited. Shampoo (from Ranma 1/2) is my favorite character.
Canada Katılım Ekim 2009
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There’s a pattern we should talk about that has quietly killed a lot of great games over the years.
It usually pans out like so:
1) Developers listen to players and think they do them a favor by giving them exactly what they asked for.
2) Players love it - at first.
3) After that, for some 'mysterious' reason, players lose interest and the game slowly dies and nobody is quite sure why that happened.
The truth is that players will always push for fewer restrictions. They'll always argue for endless farming, easy power creep, never getting locked out of any content, making things more convenient, removing any sort of gates, etc. etc.
And usually, even if you give in to things that will hurt a game in the long run, you get applause, at first.
But you also just removed some of the very things that made the game special.
Magic in games often comes from limitations.
Scarcity, anticipation, effort, friction... all of these things have meaning. And if you remove those out of the equation, you logically remove meaning.
Christmas is magical exactly because it happens once a year. If you had Christmas every day, you wouldn’t make it better - you’d destroy what made it special.
As a parent, I know how excited my boys are when December hits and they start dreaming about how amazing Christmas will be.
They start talking about which awesome presents they'll receive and every day they come up with new things.
The parents challenge is then to intently listen and to understand what your kid really wishes for - and after thoughtful deliberation, you turn THAT into their present.
You don't give them everything they wanted, you give them what they deep down truly wished for. And that's what makes it magical for them, because you actually spent the time and were thoughtful enough to truly understand who they are.
And the same is true for games.
When everything is always available, then:
- Nothing feels special
- Nothing is worth planning for
- Nothing creates stories anymore
You’ve optimized the fun out of the system.
We’ve seen this over and over:
You remove keys, costs, or gates and players gleefully cheer you on.
But suddenly:
- The gameplay loop breaks
- The economy collapses
- The sense of progression disappears
Another example: social friction.
The magic of early World of Warcraft was that it was basically the first social network.
You had to actively talk to people, organize raids, build relationships and in the process a lot of people created life-long friends.
Then players kept asking for features like LFG and developers caved in with the argument that removing friction is good.
But suddenly, your friends didn't need you anymore. You weren't seen as an important part of their group anymore, you became an annoying obstacle that could be side-tracked. And losing your friends is a horrible feeling, as it should be.
Here’s the uncomfortable truth:
Players are very good at optimizing for short-term satisfaction. But they are incredibly bad at protecting long-term fun.
THAT is the developer’s job.
Sometimes you have to stand your ground and say no. Not to frustrate players, but to protect their experience.
Because if you give players everything they want…
You might be taking away the reason they loved your game in the first place.
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@MainEventTV_AKA I've said it for years that AAA is supposed to mean high quality. But the industry keeps insisting that it just means high budgets.
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It's not hard to believe. It's called a different take on games, hard work, and it was handsomely rewarded. Triple A isn't the be-all end-all.
GameRant@GameRant
It's hard to believe that these indie games were made by smaller teams when they showcase AAA quality. gamerant.com/indie-games-be…
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It's a good way to teach her how what she does affects others.
Isabella@Isabella_700
POV: Your 2-year-old just discovered the concept of ‘what goes around comes around’ and decided it's a war crime. 💀On the serious note do you think its right way to discipline a child🌚
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At first the intro makes you think enemies are smarter. But then you realize you can still funnel them up a ladder and shoot them all from up there one by one. Enemies are still just as dumb as they were in the original and it gets less and less interesting.
ARKLAY MOUNTAINS@ArklayMountains
What’s one thing you dislike about the Resident Evil 4 Remake?
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#t_shf #らんまアニメ #ranma



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Anything you get is out of the kindness of someone's heart, be it the loser @JaiHaze, jayde or even OMM. these people are giving you things they dont have to. Making real money for playing your favorite franchise should be a dream come true for anyone. this is why we troll you.
Khatspergers@Khatspergers
Listen to this ungrateful piece of shit giving the dents the whip! Better step up that support!
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@FF8_Garden It's interesting how they actually deformed geometry in these PS1 Final Fantasy games. We don't really see this nowadays
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The Sorceress battles during Time Compression felt quite epic going from one location to another throughout the battle... It was like a trip down memory lane.
#FinalFantasy #FF8 #FinalFantasy8 #FFVIII #FinalFantasyVIII




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@Sebbywebz No cool fight transition
No battle theme
No cool camera movement showing your cool attack/spell animations, giving personality to your character.
No victory animation
I understand building your own little AI to fight the enemies is supposed to be the appeal but to me it's not.
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