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Design review of Redfall by Arkane Studios Austin

Radiator Blog

Anyway I didn't mind the incompleteness so much because I was playing less for fun, and more "for work", as a first person game developer. In this sense, playing a 75% finished game is more useful than playing a 100% finished game. So this post will focus on my read of the general game design and player experience.

Studios 98
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Secrets in Videogames

Keith Burgun

Part of the “golden path” you just haven’t seen yet – If it’s your first playthrough, and you’re watching the first cutscene, whatever is in the next cutscene is not a “secret”, it’s just information that the player hasn’t encountered yet. They are findable.

Fantasy 52
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The three most important qualities in an RPG

Keith Burgun

As this video talks about, as players play more and more games, it becomes more difficult for them to find this sense of wonder in new games – even more so when they become game developers themselves. AAA games are first and foremost products and their “smooth functionality” is prized above all else.

Fantasy 52