Radiator Blog
MAY 5, 2021
Whenever an NPC is about to dump backstory and exposition on you, they'll ask you to take a seat. This is a convenient diegetic way of locking the player in-place for a cutscene, while also priming the player for an extended cutscene. Destroy the player's expectation that relationship mechanic = main cast member.
Game Global
JULY 12, 2021
When you imagine doing this job, is it mostly about crafting amazing cutscenes? We must understand (and preferably help create and document) the game as a whole: from core mechanics to level design to cinematics, and everything in between. What is Narrative Design? If so, you probably want to be a game writer.
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Radiator Blog
OCTOBER 13, 2022
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. Gradually all these advancements and upgrades add up to a NPC-driven town that can maintain and feed itself automatically.
Radiator Blog
MAY 19, 2023
But the game doesn't tutorialize this or dispatch an NPC to spell it out. The game also hides a bigger unexplained mechanic: a relationship gifting system. You're just an NPC in their story. Most goodbye cutscenes are a bit bittersweet and one is charmingly bizarre, but I wondered most about what my in-game girlfriend would say.
Deconstructor of Fun
MAY 15, 2022
Balancing relies heavily on gear, maps are crowded with question marks, Boss fights feature repetitive mechanisms. Battle: Simplified skill point system and amazing visual effects The core of the skill system relates to balancing and mechanisms. In the later game, raid mechanisms become quite rich. Skill UI of the Witch class).
Keith Burgun
JULY 29, 2022
It’s the fault of developers for not exploring new kinds of stories, new kinds of worlds, new kinds of mechanics and so on. Even a handful of new mechanics or other properties are often enough to help create that question in people’s minds: “what else might be possible in this game?”
Radiator Blog
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
NOT telekinesis, only works on NPCs / PvP) Havoc (temporary shield / damage buff), very useful for people who keep dying (i.e. This fighting game health mechanic is too fussy and unreliable for a busy shooter. Very streamlined, much faster, low stakes, and often just setting up the inevitable ensuing gunfight. Limited regen (e.g.
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