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Optimal gameplay balance != fun gameplay. Many games were ruined post-release because developers tried to make the gameplay "more balanced". This usually leads
by NotGMan 2y ago
Optimal gameplay balance != fun gameplay.
Many games were ruined post-release because developers tried to make the gameplay "more balanced". This usually leads to everything feeling the same.
Helldivers 2 was a good recent example, which is suprising since it's not a PvP game at all but a co-op PvE only.
- Rhapso 2y agowell, extract a good metric for "fun" (like engagement) and make that the optimization criteria. It would be equally as easy.
- adastra22 2y agoThere is no good metric for fun.
- mattigames 2y agoCall of duty occacionally asks you after a match if you had fun (5 options from "boring" to extremely fun), I bet thats a good metric for fun.
- teamonkey 2y agoHeart rate, pupil dilation, breathing rate…