Comments on: Dev Diary #9 – Reactions

By: Rasdel

Rasdel — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 14:35:54 +0000

I WANT A BARBARIAN LOOKING HERO!

Something like Conan 😛

Actually that one would work! Thanks and keep up the good work!

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:16:57 +0000

@Findleman: I guess you’ll have to wait to play the game to be convinced, but I’m pretty sure you’ll find there’s still plenty of strategy left in the game. The point Skaff was trying to make is that it’s more about what part of the game you spend your time in than the total amount of strategy. If the battles are over more quickly, you get more time to do deck building, which is just as important to the overall strategy of the game. Getting that balance right is important. Obviously if the battles are too simple the deck building becomes over-weighted and vice-versa.

By: Findleman

Findleman — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:13:16 +0000

Oh, and by the way… If you remove the strategy from strategy games, then they aren’t strategy games, because it doesn’t add anything from the product. Supreme Commander included more strategy at the cost of complexity but it is still easy to play. I just don’t want this to become super linear, like bioshock which to be honest, was just the same puzzles over and over.

By: Findleman

Findleman — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:00:22 +0000

I just think it needs to be tactical for the non-casual gamer. These days everything is too simple and too linear. Like, having checkpoints every 15 steps, with autosave. I just think that maybe, it should be complex, and the casual gamer just shouldn’t be lazy.

By: Armchair General

Armchair General — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:23:14 +0000

Great insight into some of the design trade-offs which need to be made.

I love it.

Thanks for sharing.

By: Clint Jorgenson

Clint Jorgenson — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:52:35 +0000

I’m more hyped on this game than Diablo 3

By: SurgeonFish

SurgeonFish — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:12:23 +0000

This post is long, imma need to wait till i get home to read it all