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#236 Tanya X. Short Makes Game Systems Obvious

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Longsword Plus 2

The choice between Plus 2 damage and Plus 20% damage is something that players directly having to make a choice about their own ability within the world. In another game, a weather system or the particular AI subroutines that manage an enemy NASCAR and a racing game, those are things that are sort of governing the world. Is that an important distinction about when and when you cannot hide the nuts and bolts? Yes and no. I do think that if the world is operating in a way that is surprising, that might intrinsically impel the player or compel the player to explore and understand what that logic is. Many, many players because of the current state of most video game worlds are likely to

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