Sal.Paradise on 23 September 2012
| ils411 said:
Indeed. Mutliplayer has greatly decreased current gamers' skills to such a degree that many complain about games not having multiplayer coz they know they wont get far without help. Gone are the days where you need skills to beat a game. |
Yes, kind of, it's essentially about game design. The trend in Western games is to incentivise players to keep going with achievements and bonuses and things to 'pat you on the back', whereas traditional Japanese game design was more focused around the concept of failure as a tool for motivation.
