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[Nighteye2]

I'm still unhappy about the direction DA2 seems to be taking, compared to DA:O, but I thought this video gives a good explanation of the kind of depth I'm looking for in the Dragon Age franchise. :innocent:

[David Gaider]

relhart wrote...

They aren't the lowest common denominator, they are average.


130+
Very superior
2.2%

120-129
Superior
6.7%

110-119
High average
16.1%

90-109
Average
50%

80-89
Low average
16.1%

70-79
Borderline
6.7%

Below 70
Extremely low
2.2%

IQ scores broken up by percentage of population. Obviously making a game that caters to people in the 90-120 range is going to appeal to the largest possible audience, (and presumably the highest sales) Mystery solved. DAO wasn't a hard game as it was, it certainly didn't have real strategic depth to it. I don't see DA2 as being much of a departure from that. (based on the little I have seen of it)  Honestly my fellow 130+ ers, you should be used to mass marketed media being this way.

Seriously?

So the assumption is, evidently, that the more hardcore someone is the smarter they are? And the people who don't want a difficult game are therefore either average or dumb? And that, by extension, it's the smart people who are our more worthwhile customers?

I have no opinion on where game difficulty ends up-- gameplay is not my bailiwick-- but if you ask me it's opinions like this from the hardcore that make developers not regret making games more accessible in the slightest.

[Stanley Woo]

Please note that my tolerance for the "my RPG preferences can beat up your RPG preferences" type "discussion" in this thread is pretty low, so let's try and keep the elitism hidden from the old, cantankerous ninja with the lockhammer, shall we? And quit using my lawn as a shortcut. Thank you.

[John Epler]

leonia42 wrote...

Spending 4 hours learning how to play a game before I can start to actually enjoy it just doesn't sound like a good time to me.

I think, honestly, it depends what you're looking for. And like all things, tastes vary - I loved X3:Reunion, personally (I spent a ton of money on a joystick and getting my PC hooked up to my TV just so I could play it ), but I understand it's not for everyone. 

And I don't think less complex means worse or less intellectually stimulating. Games of that ilk are very complicated, but that's not necessarily a virtue - it depends on what you're looking for.

I will say, however, that we're kind of trending off-topic, so let's swing this back around to DA2, shall we? 

[John Epler]

Yeah, this thread has gone off the rails.



Feel free to restart a discussion about difficulty and depth in games without the silly arguments and broad generalizations.



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