Poll: Ever see the little patterns in gaming?
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Well yes, but that's not the point.Cavmatrix said:
Choosing gender and appearance has long been a factor in RPGs (and some other games), as has different reactions to different conversation options. Go play Baldur's Gate II, that game is nine years old and contains these two features as well. This is basically like saying there's a pattern between, say, Halo and Far Cry - in both games, you control a faceless guy from a first-person perspective and use somewhat similar guns (pistol, SMG, assault rifle, sniper rifle) to kill your enemies. Or like saying that HAWX and Crimson Skies follow a pattern, because in both games you're flying planes and you shoot down enemy planes. It's just a characteristic of the genre.
Holy shit. And Forza and Gran Turismo..they both let you race with cars! How insane is that!
But seriously, it isn't a pattern. Just two games who have a few of the same features. Pretty much every western RPG let's you choose your sex (Jade Empire, KotOR, the Fables, The Elder Scrolls, Mass Effect, the list goes on), and your second point is another feature that a lot, a lót of western RPG's use these days. It's not more of a coincidence than that more and more games rely on a story to make their games immersive, or that racegames focused on tuning (a few years ago?).
But seriously, it isn't a pattern. Just two games who have a few of the same features. Pretty much every western RPG let's you choose your sex (Jade Empire, KotOR, the Fables, The Elder Scrolls, Mass Effect, the list goes on), and your second point is another feature that a lot, a lót of western RPG's use these days. It's not more of a coincidence than that more and more games rely on a story to make their games immersive, or that racegames focused on tuning (a few years ago?).
I'm gonna go ahead and call it "convergent development", the video-game equivalent of convergent evolution [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergent_evolution]. Sometimes two separate development teams will come upon the very same idea or storytelling technique without any input from each other.
Besides, everybody knows that the devs are running out of story ideas anyway.
Besides, everybody knows that the devs are running out of story ideas anyway.
Or maybe Kirby cannibalized her body...LimaBravo said:Holy crap anyone ever realise that Pacman eats pills & so does Max Payne ? Does that mean Pac Man lost Mrs PacMan to a drugged out Ghost & hes seeking his vengance in bulletime
*squints at There Will Be Brawl*
Well it is true to an extent as the general story and features of games tend to run into each other a lot as there's only so much we can add to story and game play until we end up play a fps drive by shooting simulator to save the galaxy while casting spells summoning monsters playing football doing assassinations fighting zombies grinding killing aliens etc in one game.
Also its an MMO,FPS,Driving,W&JRPG,Sport,Sandbox,Survival Horror,Sci-fi,etc.
Also its an MMO,FPS,Driving,W&JRPG,Sport,Sandbox,Survival Horror,Sci-fi,etc.
Okay, you win for making me laugh.Skeleon said:
And there are plenty of "little patterns" in gaming... as long as you're open to interpretation.