Rampant Games

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

So author Reki Kawahara drew on his familiarity with the games of the day and their systems to create what he thought would be a super-cool virtual reality game. Once consumer VR hit in 2015, we discovered a lot about VR game design. Not much else is said about the death mechanic in the other game worlds of the series.

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Radiator Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

In the end the FOMO doesn't really matter (just like real-life) and fortunately the best part of the game is unmissable -- a strong sequence where someone suddenly turns against you. It takes good parts of other good games, and skilled talented people spent lots of time and money on it. You talk but they don't listen.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 15, 2022

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. Battle: Simplified skill point system and amazing visual effects The core of the skill system relates to balancing and mechanisms.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This is similar to my tactics games writeup and Enderal (huge Skyrim mod) writeup where I spoil some interesting game designer / systems design things. I don't discuss much of the game narrative. I assume general game design knowledge but minimal Deathloop-specific knowledge. Limited regen (e.g.

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Keith Burgun

JULY 29, 2022

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. Setting that up properly is an effort in storytelling, a discipline all its own distinct from game design.

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Keith Burgun

JUNE 18, 2022

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 think the bigger problem is that this pursuit of the 1P Strategy Game has really hampered my games’ ability to connect with players.

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Keith Burgun

JANUARY 27, 2023

This might have some very light spoilers, but… honestly, one of my main criticisms is that there isn’t much to spoil in this game, at least not in the 27 or so hours that I played. The opening cutscene literally made me cry. I mean, you spend a LOT of time fighting in this game. And the battles kind of suck.

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