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Axie Infinity: Infinite Opportunity or Infinite Peril?

Deconstructor of Fun

The initial three founders came together after realizing that existing crypto games — notably CryptoKitties at the time — were unsustainable both technologically and economically. Game Loops and Systems Overview Axie Infinity’s game design falls under the “Turn-based RPG” subgenre, according to GameRefinery’s taxonomy.

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The Lost Ark Has Found its Way

Deconstructor of Fun

Lost Ark outshines other MMO games because each element mentioned above is polished to the next level. Balancing relies heavily on gear, maps are crowded with question marks, Boss fights feature repetitive mechanisms. Though, all of these foibles could be found in other games as well.

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2021 Predictions #4 Contenders Throwdown for Supercell's Mid-Core Crown

Deconstructor of Fun

By all accounts this genre is matured to a point where it could use a massive innovation to both the progression mechanics and social gameplay. After all, these games have a fun combat core brutalized by ever increasing timers which just simply don’t work in the modern mobile market.

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