Entertaining, informative and VARIED loading screen blurbs
beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 25/08/2010 07:37:58 AM
-And, related to that, radio stations with lots of content.
Basically, anything that's going to be seen a lot, or looped a lot, needs to be really long. Freaking Fallout 3 had only a couple of radio stations, with like 5, 10 minutes of content, tops.
-Awesome music, especially music that adjusts to the game. (In horror games, the musical sting needs to come AT OR AFTER the scary event. It's no use being creeped out by a dark hallway if I know a demon is coming in 5 seconds because of the music) (Left 4 dead is an exception, they manage to pull it off)
-Balance. I should never be going "Oh, this is the best car/gun/horse/move in the game, so I'll just use it constantly and endlessly"
Spiderman 2 is an amazing game, with the best swinging mechanics I've ever seen. It also comes with dozens of fighting moves. However, you only need one or two to actually win anything.
Basically, anything that's going to be seen a lot, or looped a lot, needs to be really long. Freaking Fallout 3 had only a couple of radio stations, with like 5, 10 minutes of content, tops.
-Awesome music, especially music that adjusts to the game. (In horror games, the musical sting needs to come AT OR AFTER the scary event. It's no use being creeped out by a dark hallway if I know a demon is coming in 5 seconds because of the music) (Left 4 dead is an exception, they manage to pull it off)
-Balance. I should never be going "Oh, this is the best car/gun/horse/move in the game, so I'll just use it constantly and endlessly"
Spiderman 2 is an amazing game, with the best swinging mechanics I've ever seen. It also comes with dozens of fighting moves. However, you only need one or two to actually win anything.
I amuse myself.
The little things that don't make the back of the box.
- 25/08/2010 02:10:31 AM
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Hilarious that you listed the only two games I own. That is all. *NM*
- 25/08/2010 02:34:56 AM
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The ability to run quickly at any time.
- 25/08/2010 03:09:47 AM
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That can certainly be frustrating, especially in a game with a lot of backtracking. *NM*
- 26/08/2010 03:42:30 AM
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It's my biggest problem with my favorite genre (wRPG).
- 26/08/2010 05:04:26 AM
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Come on. Morrowind is fast enough.
- 26/08/2010 07:56:52 PM
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That's because with those boots you keep running off mountains.
- 26/08/2010 10:22:34 PM
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... what??
- 27/08/2010 06:50:02 AM
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...I think you radically underestimate the time it takes to do those things.
- 27/08/2010 08:30:45 AM
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Re: ...I think you radically underestimate the time it takes to do those things.
- 27/08/2010 02:05:52 PM
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ANy online FPS that has a quick mute.
- 25/08/2010 03:24:44 AM
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Entertaining, informative and VARIED loading screen blurbs
- 25/08/2010 07:37:58 AM
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adjustable difficulty
- 25/08/2010 10:42:22 AM
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I'm actually going to have to disagree with you on the first one.
- 26/08/2010 12:11:44 AM
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Re: I'm actually going to have to disagree with you on the first one.
- 29/08/2010 04:10:49 AM
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a lot of the gamer-angst about the new WoW expansion is based on this.
- 29/08/2010 04:44:56 PM
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Saving the game whenever the fuck I want
- 25/08/2010 09:49:40 PM
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Journals have to be one of my favorite things.
- 25/08/2010 11:19:58 PM
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The journal for Sword of the Beresaad was the worst. *NM*
- 26/08/2010 12:14:24 AM
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I generally find myself ignoring Journals in most games. Most. *NM*
- 26/08/2010 03:47:31 AM
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Ugh set save points bug the crap out of me
- 26/08/2010 04:11:13 AM
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In FFXII, the save point before Ahriman is about ten minutes away.
- 26/08/2010 05:06:57 AM
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that was what irritated me most about playing a few of those games. *NM*
- 26/08/2010 05:04:03 PM
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Guild Wars and their Quest Arrows... 
- 26/08/2010 10:29:07 AM
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- 26/08/2010 10:29:07 AM
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Agreed, that's a big one.
- 26/08/2010 01:51:34 PM
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I don't like it being unavoidable. Oblivion's compass sucked. 
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- 26/08/2010 11:36:37 PM
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*NM*
- 26/08/2010 11:36:37 PM
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Drawing on the map/compass is also something I miss in all other coop games w/ maps...
- 26/08/2010 04:03:53 PM
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Little things like that can make a big difference - in atmosphere, too, not just game mechanics.
- 01/09/2010 12:56:56 AM
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