Raph Koster
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
I just watched a couple of videos about sandbox vs themepark games (in particular one by NerdSlayer and another by Josh “Strife” Hayes )… One thing that struck me about the ways players often talk about this (because at this point the history is so old) is that people think of sandbox as the older version of MMOs, and themeparks as newer.
Deconstructor of Fun
JANUARY 17, 2023
When looking at time spent in games, Creative Sandbox games such as Roblox and Minecraft dominate growth in many markets. Overall, in the key Western markets, MMORPGs, Roguelikes, Merge and Puzzle genres largely bucked the recession in terms of revenue. The lockdowns over 2020 and 2021 significantly increased time on a device.
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Logic Simplified
JULY 11, 2023
Players typically interact with the environment and other characters in order to solve puzzles containing clues to advance in the gameplay. Role-playing Games (RPGs) Role-playing games are one of the most immersive and content-rich games one can play. Some of the best RPG games are Skyrim, Fallout 4 and The Witcher 3.
Deconstructor of Fun
DECEMBER 27, 2022
We did call out AppLovin as the biggest winner of 2021 applauding their content fortress strategy. But it was really the Chinese gamers and game companies that took the most damage with the CCP laying down the hammer on the market and significantly slowing down the release of new games while heavily restricting playing hours.
Grid Sage Games
JULY 17, 2022
The amount of content variety offered by the original Garrison design was more suited to a lower visitation rate, not the “I’m going to play almost my entire run inside these things” which it had become for some people. Sample Garrison content list from Beta 11. It’d sure be nice to resolve that!
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