The Bottom Feeder

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

It means a huge chunk of bespoke content won't be played much. You need to look for ways to stretch the content inexpensively. For example, you can make the same goblin (well, moblin) fort play entirely differently by placing it in ways that interact with the terrain around it. To be fair. Z:TotK does do a lot of this.

Cutscenes 81

Cutscenes Terrain Games Puzzle 81

Radiator Blog

MAY 5, 2021

This is a convenient diegetic way of locking the player in-place for a cutscene, while also priming the player for an extended cutscene. It is much better than the boring shot reverse-shot cutscene stuff going on in AAA RPGs these days, and makes Skyrim's "sit" mechanic more meaningful. Wider, spread out, less dense.

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Open World NPC Cutscenes Terrain 52

Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 15, 2022

Others: Multiple replay reasons Lost Ark has innovated on some interesting gameplay systems besides quests and battles that encourage replaying content. Maturity and fullness means that as an online game, Lost Ark’s artistic expression meets the tastes and needs of mainstream players and is massive and varied in content.

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