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MOREISHNESS
The most important thing is "addictiveness". The gameplay has got to be like a slot machine jammed on pay-out. It's got to keep you coming back for more - like a box of your favourite chocolates. I think the word I'm looking for is "moreish".
MEATY CONTROL
The control must pack a punch: like a bare-fisted prize-fighter beating the living daylights out of a large hanging animal corpse. Smack. Knuckles on cold flesh. Even though I'm a vegetarian, when it comes to game control, I want meat man, raw meat flush with blood!
SERIOUS ABOUT NOT BEING SERIOUS
Keep it intensely fun. The best games are serious about not being serious. There's nothing worse than being bogged down in the grey fog of overkill. Effective gameplay is always simplistic yet immersive. When it comes to storyline however, the more complexity the better.
EYE-CANDY
The graphics have got to be lip-smackingly gorgeous. I believe the relevant term here is "eye-candy". The game environment has got to be a cool place to go. In a straight fight between a unique look and realism - uniqueness wins every time. Visual originality is where the wonder lies. Take me through the looking-glass Alice. Feed my imagination.
FREE REACTIVE EYES ENTERTAINMENT (F.R.E.E.)
Detail, detail, detail - it can't be stressed enough. Interactive scenery, fluid animation, dynamic lighting, crisp textures, imaginative level design, flashy FX, the list goes on and on and on. Furthermore, make it big and bold, colourful and charismatic, spectacular and stylish, and most of all "immersive": if you ain't sucked-in, it ain't worth playin'.
GLITTERING PRIZES
If you want to enter the golden palace of videogame heaven, you've got to be motivated and rewarded - be it within the progression of the game or on completion. Hidden extras and secrets, character development, the capacity to master in-game moves and strategies: these things are to the gamer as wings - the rainbow bridge to gaming paradise.
THE PECULIAR HEART
Peculiarity is the heartbeat of gaming. From the surreal sunshine wonderlands of Mario and Sonic, to the first person edge-of-the-seat intensity of Halo, to the hypnotic, colour-bursting webs of Rez. When you step back, what a strange and fantastic pastime this gaming lark is. Dynamic, unrealistic and lightly twisted gameplay is what always works best. Celebrate the Peculiar Heart.
The most important thing is "addictiveness". The gameplay has got to be like a slot machine jammed on pay-out. It's got to keep you coming back for more - like a box of your favourite chocolates. I think the word I'm looking for is "moreish".
MEATY CONTROL
The control must pack a punch: like a bare-fisted prize-fighter beating the living daylights out of a large hanging animal corpse. Smack. Knuckles on cold flesh. Even though I'm a vegetarian, when it comes to game control, I want meat man, raw meat flush with blood!
SERIOUS ABOUT NOT BEING SERIOUS
Keep it intensely fun. The best games are serious about not being serious. There's nothing worse than being bogged down in the grey fog of overkill. Effective gameplay is always simplistic yet immersive. When it comes to storyline however, the more complexity the better.
EYE-CANDY
The graphics have got to be lip-smackingly gorgeous. I believe the relevant term here is "eye-candy". The game environment has got to be a cool place to go. In a straight fight between a unique look and realism - uniqueness wins every time. Visual originality is where the wonder lies. Take me through the looking-glass Alice. Feed my imagination.
FREE REACTIVE EYES ENTERTAINMENT (F.R.E.E.)
Detail, detail, detail - it can't be stressed enough. Interactive scenery, fluid animation, dynamic lighting, crisp textures, imaginative level design, flashy FX, the list goes on and on and on. Furthermore, make it big and bold, colourful and charismatic, spectacular and stylish, and most of all "immersive": if you ain't sucked-in, it ain't worth playin'.
GLITTERING PRIZES
If you want to enter the golden palace of videogame heaven, you've got to be motivated and rewarded - be it within the progression of the game or on completion. Hidden extras and secrets, character development, the capacity to master in-game moves and strategies: these things are to the gamer as wings - the rainbow bridge to gaming paradise.
THE PECULIAR HEART
Peculiarity is the heartbeat of gaming. From the surreal sunshine wonderlands of Mario and Sonic, to the first person edge-of-the-seat intensity of Halo, to the hypnotic, colour-bursting webs of Rez. When you step back, what a strange and fantastic pastime this gaming lark is. Dynamic, unrealistic and lightly twisted gameplay is what always works best. Celebrate the Peculiar Heart.
Funny how not once in that post was the word 'realistic' mention. Proves that games don't have to be realistic to be fun, and realism isn't necessarily fun either.
MOREISHNESS
The most important thing is "addictiveness". The gameplay has got to be like a slot machine jammed on pay-out. It's got to keep you coming back for more - like a box of your favourite chocolates. I think the word I'm looking for is "moreish".
MEATY CONTROL
The control must pack a punch: like a bare-fisted prize-fighter beating the living daylights out of a large hanging animal corpse. Smack. Knuckles on cold flesh. Even though I'm a vegetarian, when it comes to game control, I want meat man, raw meat flush with blood!
SERIOUS ABOUT NOT BEING SERIOUS
Keep it intensely fun. The best games are serious about not being serious. There's nothing worse than being bogged down in the grey fog of overkill. Effective gameplay is always simplistic yet immersive. When it comes to storyline however, the more complexity the better.
EYE-CANDY
The graphics have got to be lip-smackingly gorgeous. I believe the relevant term here is "eye-candy". The game environment has got to be a cool place to go. In a straight fight between a unique look and realism - uniqueness wins every time. Visual originality is where the wonder lies. Take me through the looking-glass Alice. Feed my imagination.
FREE REACTIVE EYES ENTERTAINMENT (F.R.E.E.)
Detail, detail, detail - it can't be stressed enough. Interactive scenery, fluid animation, dynamic lighting, crisp textures, imaginative level design, flashy FX, the list goes on and on and on. Furthermore, make it big and bold, colourful and charismatic, spectacular and stylish, and most of all "immersive": if you ain't sucked-in, it ain't worth playin'.
GLITTERING PRIZES
If you want to enter the golden palace of videogame heaven, you've got to be motivated and rewarded - be it within the progression of the game or on completion. Hidden extras and secrets, character development, the capacity to master in-game moves and strategies: these things are to the gamer as wings - the rainbow bridge to gaming paradise.
THE PECULIAR HEART
Peculiarity is the heartbeat of gaming. From the surreal sunshine wonderlands of Mario and Sonic, to the first person edge-of-the-seat intensity of Halo, to the hypnotic, colour-bursting webs of Rez. When you step back, what a strange and fantastic pastime this gaming lark is. Dynamic, unrealistic and lightly twisted gameplay is what always works best. Celebrate the Peculiar Heart.
The most important thing is "addictiveness". The gameplay has got to be like a slot machine jammed on pay-out. It's got to keep you coming back for more - like a box of your favourite chocolates. I think the word I'm looking for is "moreish".
MEATY CONTROL
The control must pack a punch: like a bare-fisted prize-fighter beating the living daylights out of a large hanging animal corpse. Smack. Knuckles on cold flesh. Even though I'm a vegetarian, when it comes to game control, I want meat man, raw meat flush with blood!
SERIOUS ABOUT NOT BEING SERIOUS
Keep it intensely fun. The best games are serious about not being serious. There's nothing worse than being bogged down in the grey fog of overkill. Effective gameplay is always simplistic yet immersive. When it comes to storyline however, the more complexity the better.
EYE-CANDY
The graphics have got to be lip-smackingly gorgeous. I believe the relevant term here is "eye-candy". The game environment has got to be a cool place to go. In a straight fight between a unique look and realism - uniqueness wins every time. Visual originality is where the wonder lies. Take me through the looking-glass Alice. Feed my imagination.
FREE REACTIVE EYES ENTERTAINMENT (F.R.E.E.)
Detail, detail, detail - it can't be stressed enough. Interactive scenery, fluid animation, dynamic lighting, crisp textures, imaginative level design, flashy FX, the list goes on and on and on. Furthermore, make it big and bold, colourful and charismatic, spectacular and stylish, and most of all "immersive": if you ain't sucked-in, it ain't worth playin'.
GLITTERING PRIZES
If you want to enter the golden palace of videogame heaven, you've got to be motivated and rewarded - be it within the progression of the game or on completion. Hidden extras and secrets, character development, the capacity to master in-game moves and strategies: these things are to the gamer as wings - the rainbow bridge to gaming paradise.
THE PECULIAR HEART
Peculiarity is the heartbeat of gaming. From the surreal sunshine wonderlands of Mario and Sonic, to the first person edge-of-the-seat intensity of Halo, to the hypnotic, colour-bursting webs of Rez. When you step back, what a strange and fantastic pastime this gaming lark is. Dynamic, unrealistic and lightly twisted gameplay is what always works best. Celebrate the Peculiar Heart.