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Games lost all their Magic because developers share every little fucking detail
Scolioz
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When I was a kid I remember going to the store to buy computer games.. I would see the game boxes on the shelf and start getting a woody just wondering how cool the games must be to play... These were the days before game developers ever interacted with people when they were developing their games.. The games still had magic because there was mystery... and the only thing you had was a game manual to read..
Now a days the [mod edit] hold press conferences about their games, and hands on presentations, and 17,000 videos of gameplay and basically everyone has already played it before it even comes out.
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Now a days the [mod edit] hold press conferences about their games, and hands on presentations, and 17,000 videos of gameplay and basically everyone has already played it before it even comes out.
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While it's true one can find out everything about a game before it launches, no one is forced to read about it, or watch videos.
I actually don't, NMS, FO76, and POE I read very little about them, and even after putting in quite a bit of time I still am bumbling my way through each.
Is it efficient, heck no, but it has been much more interesting to try and figure things out on my own, even if I never do.
If I find my progress completely blocked, such as appears to be the case in Act 3 in POE I'll break down, first trying to find a write up or worse case, a video to get past it.
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Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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Or just join the Epic Store and download the free game they have every 2 weeks. Some of them have been interesting, others - as far as I am concerned - not at all.
Now when it comes to AAA big budget titles - they cost a lot and so need to sell "lots". And most people - I suggest - are not prepared to buy sight unseen. Which means the games need lots of marketing - which increases their costs - which means they need to sell even more copies - which means more marketing.
So its not the devs fault but gamers like e.g. me. I could say sorry but I wouldn't mean it. And I know I am not alone. I do understand were you are coming from though hence why I suggest you check out e.g. the free Epic Store games.
They spoil all the magic and adventure when things get released.
Sure, the internet can spoil pretty much everything if you let it--or even if you're just not careful--but it's pretty great to be able to check out just enough pre-release coverage to decide whether you think you'll like a game or not, and generally be right about 90% of the time.
In this kind of environment how can we not know every little detail.
Jesus sorry its very late i am failing and double posting. Sorry
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I'd like to see a game that is loaded with mysteries and secrets that are worth keeping secret. Those types that like to spill the beans will always be out there, but I'd hope that a game such as this would have plenty of stuff that they haven't found out. And only a close association of friends, maybe only one player, knows.
In UO, I found an access to a room that few others knew. And eventually most of the others left the game, leaving me alone with the knowledge (I think).
The I started a secret society and showed them the way for secret meetings, but I'm confident that they never revealed it.
That was kind of cool.
Once upon a time....
What if knowing something, like how to get through a portal or secret door, how to find a special herb in the location it's found, knowledge things like that, you "own" in your memory? And only you can then get through that door or find that herb (or maybe a few others, depending on design).
You can do this with anything. Non-transferable.
Ways of getting this sort of knowledge might be reading tomes or scrolls that then burn up, drinking a unique potion, hmmm, you get the idea.
Once upon a time....
But then again, if you hate the Internet so bad, you can't go on it to stop it !
See, now I'm all twisted. That happens to me every time I time travel or watch a movie about it
As stated, the existence of information doesn't require that it be sought out. If you want less seek less and you shall have it.
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Personally the only modern MMORPG trend that annoys me is the idea that MMOs need to be designed in a way to attract people who don't actually like MMOs. Which to me makes about as much sense as someone trying to figure out a way to get vegetarians to eat at their steakhouse.- FARGIN_WAR
Same for the whole entertainment industry, there is no room for surprise, everything is super cool and you need to know about it yesterday. No matter how hard you try they catch you out, I avoid trailers etc but they will get you.
I remember switching over the TV and seeing the biggest surprise from Men in Black, there in a trailer before I realised what it was and switched again. But as with so much in gaming and entertainment this is just part of an evolving process that never has a final destination, the hype train just rolls out ever bigger and faster.