Comments for Alex Pizzini http://alexpizzini.com/blog Game Design & Theory Wed, 16 May 2012 15:03:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Best Script or Play: Sandsea by Senior Project Week One | Alex Pizzini http://alexpizzini.com/blog/2012/05/11/best-script-or-play-sandsea/comment-page-1/#comment-225 Senior Project Week One | Alex Pizzini Wed, 16 May 2012 15:03:03 +0000 http://alexpizzini.com/blog/?p=867#comment-225 [...] with charts aside, I quickly developed a game concept. Because of the rich history I have been developing with my sandsea setting, I chose it as the setting for my senior project game. The title of the game is “Sandsea: [...] [...] with charts aside, I quickly developed a game concept. Because of the rich history I have been developing with my sandsea setting, I chose it as the setting for my senior project game. The title of the game is “Sandsea: [...]

]]> Comment on Alone Together: Solo Content in a Multiplayer Environment by Cailadin http://alexpizzini.com/blog/2010/04/14/alone-together-solo-content-in-a-multiplayer-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Cailadin Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:33:49 +0000 http://alexpizzini.com/?p=466#comment-134 The above raise interesting questions. I would say though, if the MMO in question were both challenging enough as to disuade players from soloing but rewarded well for all their efforts alot of the above would be set aside. EQ made it really pretty difficult to solo, it could be done but it was very painful to do so, especially when the death penalty could be devestating at times. The down side though, was the rewards against mobs were pretty negligable. Fix that issue and make the general quests tough but seriously rewarding, you will cut down alot of the soloing sets. There are times a run at soloing is relaxing, especially to the casual gamer, if the MMO can make it easy to quick group it can be done successfully. Just some thoughts. The above raise interesting questions. I would say though, if the MMO in question were both challenging enough as to disuade players from soloing but rewarded well for all their efforts alot of the above would be set aside. EQ made it really pretty difficult to solo, it could be done but it was very painful to do so, especially when the death penalty could be devestating at times. The down side though, was the rewards against mobs were pretty negligable. Fix that issue and make the general quests tough but seriously rewarding, you will cut down alot of the soloing sets.

There are times a run at soloing is relaxing, especially to the casual gamer, if the MMO can make it easy to quick group it can be done successfully.
Just some thoughts.

]]> Comment on The Inevitable Trinity by DarthJawa http://alexpizzini.com/blog/2009/12/26/the-inevitable-trinity/comment-page-1/#comment-2 DarthJawa Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:44:35 +0000 http://alexpizzini.com/?p=38#comment-2 When I read this it made me think of the Total War series. In Empire: Total War the best option for defeating your enemies on the open field, not in sieges, is to force a rout. Shelling them with cannon balls, while not killing a large amount of their forces, severely devastates the morale and things like pincer attacks and attacking flanks do the most damage to morale, causing the enemy to take more damage due to the confusion. The use of morale is a great tool, really like how they use it in Dawn of War too. When I read this it made me think of the Total War series. In Empire: Total War the best option for defeating your enemies on the open field, not in sieges, is to force a rout. Shelling them with cannon balls, while not killing a large amount of their forces, severely devastates the morale and things like pincer attacks and attacking flanks do the most damage to morale, causing the enemy to take more damage due to the confusion. The use of morale is a great tool, really like how they use it in Dawn of War too.

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