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Sandbox vs themepark

Raph Koster

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.

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Far Cry 6 – How Ubisoft Put Effort into Putting No Effort In At All

Game Errors

The only redeeming feature of this game is that it doesn’t look bad. Here is another open world, but if you take a walk around, you see that everywhere is new, different, and above all interesting. Low Effort Area 01 – The Antagonist Let’s face it, some of the best features of Far Cry are the antagonist.

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Godot for AA/AAA game development - What's missing?

Mircosoft Game Dev

It includes major improvements all across the board in features, performance, and usability. The features offered are also a lot more reminiscent of AAA games, such as far more material options and advanced visual effects (including circle DOF , volumetric fog, AMD FSR, etc.). Several features were added to Godot Physics since 3.x,

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Garrisons 2.0

Grid Sage Games

For Beta 12 I decided to include it on the patron feature voting list, and… it won. Sample Garrison interior layout (major features labeled), under the old system first introduced in 2015. This always felt like a kind of side project though, one which could be small (doesn’t live up to the potential?) ” issue.

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What is Web3 Gaming? | Moonmana

Moonmana

The worldwide game development industry has come a long way from games with simple gameplay and mechanics to complex feature-rich titles. The virtual assets can be traded in open marketplaces and even potentially transferred within various web3-based games. What are the key features of Web3 gaming? What is Web3 in crypto?

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