NJ5 said:
Pellefant said:
richardhutnik said:
Pellefant said:
Yes, but do you loose the feeling og achievement on the way?
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One can play a game, not only for ego stroking (feeling of achievement), but a bunch of other reasons. Things like having something for social gathering, or having it so you can see how the game unfolds, and see the story or level design. A key is people get what THEY want to get out of the game, not presume that what you want is what everyone else wants.
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You got all that from this question?
What I'm saying, and as I've mentioned earlier is that I consider a feeling of achievement, or ego stroking as you call it, as PART of the fun. I don't think developers should take this away in games. Everyone has weaker moments one might regret later.
Making games more accessible to more people is a good thing, don't get me wrong, but I think there's been a trend the past few years of games trying too hard to do so (getting too easy). One ends up with games that everyone thinks are ok but noone really loves (a bit like what happened to the movie Terminator 3 if you like:)
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I think you need to read richardhutnik's reply, because you missed his point...
It's not about what you want from games... it's about what all kinds of people like. This feature gives everyone freedom to enjoy games as they want to.
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Actually I didn't miss his point. MY point is that while trying to reach everyone you end up not really reaching anyone. I don't know how many more "I think" and "I consider" (or "imo") I can put in there. None of my friends, or myself, are really what you would call hardcore gamers but when we do talk about games we all agree about the trend of "dumbing down games" to make it fir for everyone. I just think it's a mistake to think you can make a game fit everyone. While you think this feature gives everyone freedom to enjoy games as they want to I think it also ruin a game for a lot of people. And please don't talk about how we have a choice. Things are not that black and white. PEOPLE are not that black and white. But I'm more concerned of how this trend will continue.
Oops! double post:)
