This is my first entry for the Game Design Journal assessment piece for ITB016. I’m not entry sure as to what I’m meant to say in this Journal, so I shall first explain what games I... Read More
Posted by: Psiryu on 2008-03-04 07:02:35
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Fundamentals of Game Design Journal Entry 2 So I’m supposed to discuses and analyse games for this journal, I’m not sure how I’m suppose to approach this so I hope I... Read More
Posted by: Psiryu on 2008-03-07 10:58:22
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I have been toying with an idea for a game based on the table top war-game Warhammer 40k. In this game you take the role of some low level recruit in one of the armies of the 40k universe and you... Read More
Posted by: Psiryu on 2008-03-12 07:39:18
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I have being having an idea for a horror/zombie rampage style RPG. The main problem with DnD and other pen and paper RPG is that the characters tend to end up as super human gods who can cleave... Read More
Posted by: Psiryu on 2008-03-14 11:04:27
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I had a though about a health system for the survival horror RPG. I got the idea from playing MechWarrior, in MechWarrior you have different health for each part of the Mech and if you take to much... Read More
Posted by: Psiryu on 2008-03-15 09:49:49
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I have been playing crisis recently. It’s not a bad game; it’s just that it isn’t a particularly good one. As far as first person shooters go there are better ones. I like some of... Read More
Posted by: Psiryu on 2008-03-17 09:05:39
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I had an other idea for the horror RPG; sanity, courage and pain threshold stats for a character. I’m not sure how each stat would be determined but I think they would add an extra depth of... Read More
Posted by: Psiryu on 2008-03-18 07:59:59
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Levelling up and gaining new abilities is important in a RPG, it gives the player something to aim for in the short term as well as allows the watch their character grow. For the horror RPG I... Read More
Posted by: Psiryu on 2008-03-19 07:38:21
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I’m not a big fan of Japanese RPGs, I generally find that the story line is very lineal, predictable and cheesy, the battles are generally quite easy and don’t require much thinking... Read More
Posted by: Psiryu on 2008-03-22 19:57:46
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Western computer RPGs are slightly better that Japanese ones, in my opinion, with exceptions of course. Games like World of Warcraft and Neverwinter Nights annoy me with their battle systems as... Read More
Posted by: Psiryu on 2008-03-23 10:22:35
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