http://cruiseelroy.net/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fcruiseelroy.net%2F2008%2F03%2Fegp%2F%23comment-&seed_title=The+Experimental+Gameplay+Project Intelligent discussion of video games Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:09:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://cruiseelroy.net/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fcruiseelroy.net%2F2008%2F03%2Fegp%2F%23comment-15&seed_title=The+Experimental+Gameplay+Project/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Korey Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:59:19 +0000 http://cruiseelroy.net/?p=14#comment-15 It does seem to be really rare to see a game these days based around 1 mechanic. It seems like, at least for "hardcore" games (for lack of a better term), more complex = better, similar to how many gamers/developers also think of realistic graphics as better. Not to say that complex games are bad, but focusing on one or a small number of key mechanics can allow for those to be really perfected, much like the portal-ing in Portal. It does seem to be really rare to see a game these days based around 1 mechanic. It seems like, at least for “hardcore” games (for lack of a better term), more complex = better, similar to how many gamers/developers also think of realistic graphics as better. Not to say that complex games are bad, but focusing on one or a small number of key mechanics can allow for those to be really perfected, much like the portal-ing in Portal.

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