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  1. It's weird how smartphones were the most promising mobile game platform in human history, and with the current hardware and market penetration could have completely and irreparably put mobile consoles out of bussiness, yet instead a complete disregard for quality and obsession with raking in money at any cost have made the platform be universally considered the crappiest option for gaming in the market.

    Wednesday, 20-Jul-16 22:35:08 UTC from web
    1. and now pokemon go is just ripping everything apart for some reason
      im not sure if it even counts as a game, though

      Wednesday, 20-Jul-16 22:38:38 UTC from gnutan.xyz
      1. @why @nerthos I see it as a game, albeit probably not a really good one.

        Wednesday, 20-Jul-16 22:39:43 UTC from social.archaeme.tech
        1. >no skill floor or ceiling
          >no real endgame
          >no story or progression
          >mechanics do not develop
          every game has a few of these aspects, and every game has a loop. if it's a game, tell me the loop in pokemon go. i'll even give you some examples of game loops
          in 2D metroid, its loop is:
          explore > upgrade > explore > boss fight
          in dragon quest, it's:
          find city > buy items > go through dungeon > fight boss > get quest item
          in modern fps, it's:
          shoot everything that moves > walk down corridor > watch cutscene/scripted event
          in resident evil 4, it's:
          shoot everything that moves > collect dropped items > solve puzzle > fight boss > sell papaya and upgrade
          in monster hunter, it's:
          do new quest > do quest again > do quest again > upgrade armor
          in real pokemon, it's:
          catch new pokemon in grass > fight trainers > heal > visit city > solve puzzle/event > do gym

          Wednesday, 20-Jul-16 23:06:47 UTC from gnutan.xyz
      2. @why I haven't been paying attention to it past the memes

        Wednesday, 20-Jul-16 22:39:30 UTC from web
      3. @why @nerthos there's not much too it. I think that's ok because it will generate a base of excitement for a similar, good game that hasn't been invented yet.

        Wednesday, 20-Jul-16 23:07:49 UTC from shitposter.club