Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 15, 2022

Balancing relies heavily on gear, maps are crowded with question marks, Boss fights feature repetitive mechanisms. Lost Ark has a glaring visual shortcoming: its lagging imaging engine. The engine of this game - released relatively recently - turns out to be UE3, a tool that is two generations behind. The rough cutscene).

Cutscenes 52

Cutscenes Art Content Mechanics 52

Keith Burgun

JULY 29, 2022

Here’s a handful of good examples: Final Fantasy VII : you’re part of a terrorist organization that is doing a bombing mission to try and fight back against an evil empire. At all times, players should have some sense of how close they are getting to reaching that goal, and they should care about doing achieving it. I am charmed.

Fantasy 52

Fantasy AAA Concepts Games 52

Radiator Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

You're fighting not only the privatization of public health but also reckless climate engineering! Instead there's cutscenes without animation, scripted conversations without choreography, and readables you rarely read because the game never pauses. Three safehouse skulls + main quest macguffin = boss fight.

Studios 246

Studios Co-op Open World Cutscenes 246

Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

but feels silly when half the problem is engine crashes, hard to disentangle whether this is also a player QoL design problem worth solving STEALTH / LEVEL DESIGN NOTES This is maybe Arkane Lyon's least stealthy game yet. This fighting game health mechanic is too fussy and unreliable for a busy shooter. Limited regen (e.g.

Fighting 130

Fighting NPC Puzzle AI 130

Radiator Blog

MAY 5, 2021

This is a convenient diegetic way of locking the player in-place for a cutscene, while also priming the player for an extended cutscene. It is much better than the boring shot reverse-shot cutscene stuff going on in AAA RPGs these days, and makes Skyrim's "sit" mechanic more meaningful. It's more paranoid than a Ubisoft game.

Open World 130

Open World NPC Cutscenes Terrain 130

Rampant Games

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Thanks to a crazy head engineer with a god complex, ten thousand players are now playing an ultra-realistic fantasy game in a virtual world with real-world stakes. In the later game Alfheim Online , level and skills were all but ignored, emphasizing player skill like a shooter or fighting game. Cutscenes in an MMO? Sword Skills.

Art 52

Art Games Fighting Technology 52