Comments on: [SWTOR] Be very quiet, we’re hunting bounties! http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/be-very-quiet-were-hunting-bounties/ MMOs and game design Tue, 21 May 2013 14:36:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Arbitrary http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/be-very-quiet-were-hunting-bounties/#comment-15430 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:28:06 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/be-very-quiet-were-hunting-bounties/#comment-15430 Actually, we discussed that very point ourselves – that if we’d played from the start I’d not only have known my skills better but cared about my character more, so that everything I did would be more impactful on that. I’d definitely suggest to anyone that they try the game from the start rather than jumping straight into a flashpoint as I did – but tried to be fair about how I found it with those reservations.

]]> By: Dwism http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/be-very-quiet-were-hunting-bounties/#comment-15426 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:07:52 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/be-very-quiet-were-hunting-bounties/#comment-15426 I’m thinking that a reason (not *the* reason) that the game did not grab you in, is the emphasis on story, and if you get thrown into the fray and do not get time to get sucked in – so to speak.
At least that is what I am reading out of this; ‘game was fun to play, but didn’t really stick with me.’
Hopefully getting to care about your character (I believe Gabriel over at penny arcade touched on this), combined with the (seemingly) fun gameplay, WOULD get people (aka me!) sucked in :)
Great writeup overall

]]> By: bhagpuss http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/be-very-quiet-were-hunting-bounties/#comment-15417 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:07:17 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/be-very-quiet-were-hunting-bounties/#comment-15417 Years of experience playing MMOs tends to suggest to me that if you don’t actively prevent it, a significant proportion of your players will actively enjoy spoiling the fun of the rest. I foresee pugs being a nightmare in a system that allows any one group member to bring the entire instance to a halt just by not clicking a response button.

Not going to be a problem with groups of friends, but again it points to BioWare’s single-player/co-op heritage. I’m not sure they’re used to making games that are played by people more interested in breaking them than playing them.

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