At what point does challenging become game breaking?
For the most part, todays MMO’s hand quite a bit of information to the player on what could only be described as “a golden platter”. How tough is this mob? Will his buddy join in on the fight? Who around me wants to give out a quest? Which NPC will buy my stack of moldy hides? Which way is east? Information like this, used to be earned. The gamer, in essence, had to rely on his own intuition and wit if he wanted these questions answered. Life was hard, life was challenging but best of all.. life was rewarding. (more…)
