Eric Lagel is an experienced producer whose main specialization has been on online multiplayer.
After 7 years working in the games industry, for Ubisoft on Splinter Cell, and for Crytek on Crysis, he is currently looking forward to seize new opportunities in the industry.
Even though games tend to reproduce reality, and randomness is part of reality, why are game developers maintaining the factor chance in contemporary gaming? This rant is about asking for the reasons we keep randomness in games.
Really good article. I definitely agree with all of these points. It's always great to realize that the conclusions you come to on your side are shared with others in the industry.
Fantastic article. Reminds me of the day when I tried to get one friend, who actually was video-games compliant he had played Need for Speed, Warcraft 3... so not from the other side of the bank . I sat him in front of World of Warcraft opening UI, and checked ...
Neat point Travis. Indeed, if you expect the outcome of a post-random draw to statistically end up positively, you certainly will much better manage the few occurrences where it actually is negative. A good example of this is critical hits, which by definition have a positive expectation for the attacking ...
I agree that the asked question is worth trying to find an answer to. What I believe though, is that we still are packaging in the same box experiences like a strong single-player campaign, that is more of an interactive, story-telling experience, with some pieces of challenge/rewards in it and ...
I would say DotA is definitely more complex than chess, but it has, indeed, infinite replayability. It would also be fair to remind that any multiplayer game has infinite replayability by nature, but this one is indeed still enjoyable 5 years still after the first time I tried it. As ...
Very good article. It definitely sums up everything that I think about online multiplayer games. Understanding that we are delivering a service more than a product is key.
