Category Archives: Armchair Designer

Scraps from around the Gammunity

 
(Yes, I did make a new word there, thanks for noticing!)
Scrap #1: Odd company gives interesting results plus a correction
I say odd company because it sounds like an interesting idea…if your game is based purely on numbers publishers come up with:

As for "FutureNot’s" potential success, Zatkin analyzed it and says it’s "a surprisingly decent game" [...]

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What Far Cry 2 could have been

 

I’ve played a bit of Far Cry 2 now. Probably 5-10 hours or so. I don’t know if I’m going to be playing again any time soon what with all of the other games out there to try and FC2 not quite making the grade. Here’s why it’s not quite the game they wanted…or least [...]

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Warhammer flaws and fun

 
Yeah, I haven’t been updating as much as of late. It’s because I’m so busy/lazy… But, I have been playing a fair amount of Warhammer. And it’s been good…and bad.
Before I get to my opinion though, lets read what SJ liked and didn’t like:

Instant PVP. You can do the PvP thing immediately following character creation, [...]

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60% of the time, follow these game creation rules 100% of the time. (updated)

 
Or I could have just titled this article, don’t be dumb. I’m not talking Palin dumb here, I’m just talking making blanket statements like your game must follow these 10 rules or your game sins if it breaks these seven rules. Why do I say it’s silly? Because if you look at either of [...]

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