As far as replay value goes, for me randomness goes a long way in determining if a game is truly replayable. For example tank Commander to me has great replay value because the enemies seam to have different strategies each game. If nothing else, the enemies are in different formations. Although I never played this game in the Atari consoles, I did play Mario. When I could play that, its replay value was in the fact that once you finished the game, you could then start over. When you restarted the game, the enemies were twice as hard to kill. I would guess that this perhaps would be easier to implement than the first example.
Scoring is fun for a while, but I don't have the time to sit and try and one up myself and others. And if the game isn't very replayable, that can get cumbersome. hth Casey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 2:48 PM Subject: Re: you're not sure why?? - Re: audyssey: Monty new audio environment. Hi Charles, Yes, replay and challenge is a big part to selling games. Even more than graphics and sound. However, i am exploring ways of making Monty more replayable. It seams today replay values have changed since the old Atari days. In the original Monty had allot of replay value because you wanted to get as many points as possible, and find your way to the final treasure. The same goals applies to Monty of today. However, upon reading the review in Audyssey it has me gussing on what people think are replayable values. Isn't beating your highest score a goal, or has that changed socially? Charles Rivard wrote: > Not sure why? How's this for a reason: It is, after all, what you > use to > play the game. So much focus of games for the sighted gamer seems to > be the > graphics. It is the same for the blind player. Sound is the thing. Of > course, there should be other important aspects of a game, too, > whether you > are seing it or hearing it, such as amount of challenge and a good > plot that > lend to replay value. For me, an example would be Grizly Gulch. Good > sound, but where is the replay value other than the saloon? Then again, > there is Aliens in the Outback or Pinball Xtreme. Good sound and good > replay value, too. Same with Monkey Business and, um, let's see, what > was > the name of that other--oh, yeah--Super Liam. heh heh heh. to leave send a blank Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can contact the list owners/moderators by Emailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] to go nomail send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] change "nomail" to "normal" to resume messages. Yahoo! Groups Links to leave send a blank Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can contact the list owners/moderators by Emailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] to go nomail send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] change "nomail" to "normal" to resume messages. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindgamers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
