Comments on: Golden ages & game design

By: xXJayeDuBXx

xXJayeDuBXx — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:48:44 +0000

I remember back in the day when playing Galaxies, I had a note book I used to keep track of my harvesters and factories. It got to the point that it felt like work and so I would take breaks from crafting to enjoy other parts of the game.

But I liked what Monk said, because it’s true. I have a friend of mine who is slightly older than I am, but it seems that his taste in games, movies and television shows is pure rubbish, but then I’m sure he feels that same for me too!

By: DM Osbon

DM Osbon — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:18:03 +0000

Elite was probably the first videogame where I’d take notes & try to make sense of where “witch-space” was etc. It was mainly down to one Christmas that I played like this – I now only note take etc for reviews or blog posts.

By: Tesh

Tesh — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:36:43 +0000

Privateer, Star Control 2, Master of Orion/Magic, Myst and FFTactics have forever warped my game design mind. I *like* figuring stuff out and planning future moves.

By: Wiqd

Wiqd — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:10:06 +0000

As one of those people who advocate things like no levels, less loot-centricity and a couple other things you mentioned, I’ll mention that my original stint into PC gaming was because of watching my friend’s dad oh so eloquently mapping out travel paths in a space sim game (forget the name).

I was so very intrigued at a game that would require that much detail. He had graph paper maps and travel logs in a notebook. He did the same thing with Privateer (also my first glimpse at the game). I think that may be what started my fascination with actually being invested in a game instead of just playing it.

Nowadays we have websites that collect all that data and display it for us, but I long for a game where I have to do that again. I suppose I could with any game out there, but I want to start fresh with a game that may actually be designed like that. *shrugs*