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Would “Sword Art Online” Be a Bad VR Game?

Rampant Games

Not much else is said about the death mechanic in the other game worlds of the series. In the later game Alfheim Online , level and skills were all but ignored, emphasizing player skill like a shooter or fighting game. Cutscenes in an MMO? I like the concept in theory. Sword Skills. Worse, it can cause VR sickness.

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Indie game capsule reviews: Immortality, Wayward Strand, Cult of the Lamb, Betrayal at Club Low, Atuel

Radiator Blog

This isn't a big apocalyptic video game betrayal cutscene where a villain reveals himself and destroys a castle, instead it's a smaller deeper betrayal that instantly brought me back to being a teenager. A high concept with a high execution. And yet it doesn't get more mechanically complicated. You talk but they don't listen.

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The three most important qualities in an RPG

Keith Burgun

Also, worth listening to my conversation with Pete Seicienski on his “Adventure Games” concept, which is very much related to this Sense of Wonder thing ). It’s the fault of developers for not exploring new kinds of stories, new kinds of worlds, new kinds of mechanics and so on. This isn’t the fault of players.

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Deathloop deconstruction / design thoughts

Radiator Blog

This fighting game health mechanic is too fussy and unreliable for a busy shooter. So to survive fights for the first half of the game, you have to trust the level designers to leave enough health consumables around, Doom / Quake style. no mind control) only 5 powers (+1 PvP only power). Limited regen (e.g.

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Giving up on the “1P Strategy Game”

Keith Burgun

The 1P videogames I’ve always dreamed of had these qualities: Mechanically deep and systemically driven – perhaps even if that means it’s got a learning curve. I don’t really care about words, though, as long as we all agree on the concepts. Clear off-ramp (i.e.

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