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Set in a New York office building in the 1990’s, the game plays out as a action-filled mini series, including cutscenes that unravel the plot. “To To ensure authenticity, we referenced American dramas, cartoons, and games from that era when designing everything from the characters’ clothing to office props.”
Within broader gamedesign culture, the theme also invokes an awkward aspect of cultural appropriation and reduction. The massing was inspired by this "Forgotten Temple" concept art by Jonas Ellermann (above). The textures are fine! But I think monster closet theory has evolved a bit since Doom 1 / Doom 3.
In the end the FOMO doesn't really matter (just like real-life) and fortunately the best part of the game is unmissable -- a strong sequence where someone suddenly turns against you. It takes good parts of other good games, and skilled talented people spent lots of time and money on it. A high concept with a high execution.
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So author Reki Kawahara drew on his familiarity with the games of the day and their systems to create what he thought would be a super-cool virtual reality game. Once consumer VR hit in 2015, we discovered a lot about VR gamedesign. Cutscenes in an MMO? I like the concept in theory. Worldwide Gated Content.
Before I get started, I should make it clear which context it is that I’m talking about: single player, somewhat narrative driven videogames, like RPGs or adventure games. This concept of “secret” doesn’t really make sense in a strategy game, contest, or a puzzle. They are findable.
But I also think in all that time I’ve really only met a small handful of people who understand why I value this one-player strategy game thing, specifically. I don’t really care about words, though, as long as we all agree on the concepts.
Also, worth listening to my conversation with Pete Seicienski on his “Adventure Games” concept, which is very much related to this Sense of Wonder thing ). This newness and ambition was a big part of why, as a player playing the game back then, it was so good at inspiring a sense of wonder.
Not that I coined them, of course; the concepts were very much in the air. It’s stuff that single-player gamedesigners know how to do. Breadcrumbs, dialogue trees, cutscenes, progression paths. Hence why I say that to some degree, the terms are my fault. Expensive, but at heart predictable for the developer.
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