Comments on: A Dime a Dozen http://www.hiwiller.com/2007/11/30/a-dime-a-dozen/ Zack Hiwiller's Blog on Game Design and The Industry Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:48:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By:   Features Every Game Should Have - The Quixotic Engineer http://www.hiwiller.com/2007/11/30/a-dime-a-dozen/comment-page-1/#comment-115   Features Every Game Should Have - The Quixotic Engineer Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:28:54 +0000 http://www.hiwiller.com/2007/11/30/a-dime-a-dozen/#comment-115 [...] and challenging without being frustrating. Zack Hiwiller beat me to the punch with his excellent discussion of underused game mechanics, but I would like to consider the same question in a different way: what features should every game [...] [...] and challenging without being frustrating. Zack Hiwiller beat me to the punch with his excellent discussion of underused game mechanics, but I would like to consider the same question in a different way: what features should every game [...]

]]> By: Joe http://www.hiwiller.com/2007/11/30/a-dime-a-dozen/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Joe Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:53:44 +0000 http://www.hiwiller.com/2007/11/30/a-dime-a-dozen/#comment-86 I'm going to bring up smash brothers melee and add a few with it. But first, a supporting point from melee. End Credits - make a mini game out of the credits and give me the ability to pause at will and read about people or just zip through the whole thing = awesome Local Multiplayer - the more the merrier Items to Collect - the trophies are awesome, I want tons of detailed and varied items that I can inspect at will. Other game that do this in some fashion: Metroid Prime Series, Pikmin 2, Gran Turismo Series I’m going to bring up smash brothers melee and add a few with it. But first, a supporting point from melee.

End Credits – make a mini game out of the credits and give me the ability to pause at will and read about people or just zip through the whole thing = awesome

Local Multiplayer – the more the merrier

Items to Collect – the trophies are awesome, I want tons of detailed and varied items that I can inspect at will. Other game that do this in some fashion: Metroid Prime Series, Pikmin 2, Gran Turismo Series

]]> By: zack http://www.hiwiller.com/2007/11/30/a-dime-a-dozen/comment-page-1/#comment-69 zack Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:54:52 +0000 http://www.hiwiller.com/2007/11/30/a-dime-a-dozen/#comment-69 Good call. Good call.

]]> By: Mark http://www.hiwiller.com/2007/11/30/a-dime-a-dozen/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Mark Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:50:47 +0000 http://www.hiwiller.com/2007/11/30/a-dime-a-dozen/#comment-65 A. Video Playback Controls on Cutscenes I would like to be able to pause, rewind, fast-forward, and skip. I've heard of games that do this, but there aren't many. A. Video Playback Controls on Cutscenes
I would like to be able to pause, rewind, fast-forward, and skip. I’ve heard of games that do this, but there aren’t many.

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