http://city.citizen16.com/2009/11/game-zero/ Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:44:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://city.citizen16.com/2009/11/game-zero/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Izzi Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:07:34 +0000 http://city.citizen16.com/?p=284#comment-100 wow, its really interesting to see your thinking on this. i actually disagree though. You're right that controls are a big thing, but all games have them and i think portal's controls are really simple. Its got the two portals and run/ jump, all the rest is logical thinking. Theres no menus, inventories, timers, weapon types etc. It probably is more difficult on console though, its much easier to aim on a pc i think. Actually i think the important things portal has that today i die lacks is clear directive and feedback. I actually got stuck on it because i didn't realise i was supposed to be holding down the mouse button longer. Non gamers will be impatient if they don't know if theyre doing it right so if feedback is slow that can put them off. Also, i wanted to say that, the first game i really sat down to play through by myself was final fantasy 8. I didn't have any issues at all. It did amuse me that i could go in people's houses and take their stuff/ use their save points without asking, but no more weird than stockpiling magic to link to my stats to adjust them or summoning a spirit living in my brain. I think when you're in a fantasy you just get quite open to accepting things. So i would actually go with portal, for the reasons above, and also being a puzzle type its kinda non violent and non dialogue so it's pretty accessible to anyone, anytime of day. wow, its really interesting to see your thinking on this. i actually disagree though.
You’re right that controls are a big thing, but all games have them and i think portal’s controls are really simple. Its got the two portals and run/ jump, all the rest is logical thinking. Theres no menus, inventories, timers, weapon types etc. It probably is more difficult on console though, its much easier to aim on a pc i think.
Actually i think the important things portal has that today i die lacks is clear directive and feedback. I actually got stuck on it because i didn’t realise i was supposed to be holding down the mouse button longer. Non gamers will be impatient if they don’t know if theyre doing it right so if feedback is slow that can put them off.
Also, i wanted to say that, the first game i really sat down to play through by myself was final fantasy 8. I didn’t have any issues at all. It did amuse me that i could go in people’s houses and take their stuff/ use their save points without asking, but no more weird than stockpiling magic to link to my stats to adjust them or summoning a spirit living in my brain. I think when you’re in a fantasy you just get quite open to accepting things.
So i would actually go with portal, for the reasons above, and also being a puzzle type its kinda non violent and non dialogue so it’s pretty accessible to anyone, anytime of day.

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