Open-world games teach us something profound: You can explore anywhere, but the story only progresses when you take action. Read that again... Good morning :) - ThreadSky

hirenthakore.bsky.social • 84 days ago

Open-world games teach us something profound: You can explore anywhere, but the story only progresses when you take action.

Read that again...

Good morning :)

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thekolo35.bsky.social•84 days ago

It's funny because in the original Stalker there were NPCs who were doing the same thing you were. So if you took to long exploring they would beat the game before you. It was kinda cool but they made the AI a little to good and they had to patch it at one point to slow them down.

radianthostility.bsky.social•84 days ago

It also teaches us that stealing shit is actually really easy.

joecrazy.bsky.social•84 days ago

Until someone figures out it was you stealing their lives and you get got in front of a Hilton

Deny
Defend
Depose

jorunoj.bsky.social•84 days ago

(⊙＿⊙)

vroc67.bsky.social•84 days ago

Also alot of side missions can give you equipment and skills for your main mission

ed-from-durm.bsky.social•84 days ago

but sometimes while exploring you get lost and stumble onto the path you never would've found otherwise

disturbedartist.bsky.social•84 days ago

The story only continues when you do what the system tells you to do. But you can make your own story and still have fun

fairyhydra2002.bsky.social•84 days ago

Open world games don’t exist.
There’s always some form of stupid kill barrier or barrier in general :/

prinnyforever.bsky.social•84 days ago

No Man's Sky, Outer wilds...

Not sure what you're looking for

todd--umptious.bsky.social•84 days ago

Two wonderful games, we can add Light No Fire to the list too.

What's tricky is making compelling combat in a game like that. Other games have the options to design combat around limitations and structure. Games like no mans sky, you always have the option to run away infinitely in any direction :)

todd--umptious.bsky.social•84 days ago

Not complaining, looove no mans sky and the combat, but it's an important distinction to remember before complaining about how it's too easy sometimes, I see that complaint a lot but it's an unfair criticism. Its all down to the lack of restrictions, and good combat design requires restrictions.

prinnyforever.bsky.social•84 days ago

I haven't played it since... 👉🗓️ around the update that added water vehicles, and at that time, combat... wasn't

It was just infinite waves of enemies until you ran away

todd--umptious.bsky.social•84 days ago

See my bit re:game design and the troubles of constructing meaningful combat in a game with infinite direction and accessibility in mind :) apples and oranges.

prinnyforever.bsky.social•84 days ago

Completely unfamiliar with that Light No Fire, I don't think I have even heard of it

todd--umptious.bsky.social•84 days ago

Hello Games next game, unveiled in December 2023. The expeditions in NMS where everyone starts on the same planet has basically been stress testing their server code for it. It's a fantasy RPG where every player on every platform (TBA)inhabits the same shared instance of a single Earth sized Planet.

khvostya.bsky.social•84 days ago

I like games where stuff happens without your involvment also

jovlande.bsky.social•84 days ago

That's why I like linear games. They force you to take action because otherwise nothing would happen, at least for my ADHD brain😅

pippaeplease.bsky.social•84 days ago

Facts, though I will admit I've wandered so long I forgot the plot in a few games...

mretime4thnking.bsky.social•84 days ago

That's actually very inspiring! I like that :)

yuu-yuu.site•84 days ago

Very profound! Here's an idea tho. Getting hit by isekai truck randomly 🫠

cjfromglorydays.bsky.social•83 days ago

Love this ♥️

scarletelsewhere.bsky.social•84 days ago

Help I've rrad this 5 times now and i still dont get it

bluebluey.bsky.social•84 days ago

You’re reading too much into it :)
Just enjoy the game

svarcanum.bsky.social•84 days ago

Also teaches you that if you procrastinate you can get overpowered and will with ease accomplish that which made you procrastinate!

yuu-yuu.site•84 days ago

actually... yeah . But still we can't rule out the isekai truck

prinnyforever.bsky.social•84 days ago

not if the game has aggressive level based scaling🙃

svarcanum.bsky.social•84 days ago

I damn near bricked Oblivion at release by spending like 4 hours in the first town leveling life skills. Got one shoot by a rabid rooster just outside the city walls!

prinnyforever.bsky.social•84 days ago

I never encountered anything quite that bad in oblivion, for whatever reason, the scaling in that game just made the enemies feel like health sponges rather than explicitly more deadly

Dragons fucking coming out of nowhere in Skyrim was definitely a treat @_@

wreninabox.bsky.social•84 days ago

Skyrim..

prinnyforever.bsky.social•84 days ago

Do you want dragon sized ants? cause that's how you get dragon sized ants

dcxdemo.bsky.social•84 days ago

it's because video games treat players as main characters. in reality, the story progresses without you. you're just an NPC.

now read that again.

crunknpunch.bsky.social•84 days ago

Love it

owlsieve.bsky.social•84 days ago

Ok, but none of the npcs have quest hooks...

rockalot.bsky.social•84 days ago

Knock knock it's Majoras Mask

rubexstoybox.bsky.social•84 days ago

Alternative lessons: if you take time to look around, you'll find cool stuff that will make the main story easier

AND

The main story can wait, so take your time

randomatom.bsky.social•84 days ago

*me chasing collectibles* hmm. What?

simpleliving.bsky.social•84 days ago

Collectibles = cheese?

randomatom.bsky.social•84 days ago

Oh yeah. It's a gouda time!

tonyoallie.bsky.social•84 days ago

Very true and it's extremely hard to create such a game. Skyrim is once in a lifetime and very hard to replicate the same magic.

silvereeps.bsky.social•84 days ago

well actually 🤓 in some games (like GTA V) story missions begin if you happen to be strolling by the correct place, so even if you're just exploring aimlessly, the world would still move forward.

cantard.bsky.social•84 days ago

Skyrim, Cyberpunk, Far Cry, and Hogwarts Legacy taught me one thing:

I am an extremely dangerous person when left to my own devices.

Oddly, God of War just taught me that I like flipping switches and solving little puzzles.

sophie667.bsky.social•84 days ago

Exploration is great, but at some point, you have to take action. The adventure doesn’t start until you move.

ishinyca.bsky.social•84 days ago

Have to explore all of the side quest options before rhe main quest :)

deserthermit.bsky.social•84 days ago

Is there a video game where your character ages, gets old, loses their abilities and eventually dies, becoming permanently erased in the process? I don't game anymore but I'd play that one. Wait ...

misslaganga.bsky.social•84 days ago

Winner

joebazz.bsky.social•84 days ago

Still desperately waiting for these slackers to ready player one us into an alternate reality so we can say goodbye to this messed up reality.

yarrow-relia.bsky.social•84 days ago

There is no escape if the reality is brought to the new one. It’s just reality+1 layer.

It would only complicate things further while even more deliberately watering down the truths we might be able to discover . . .

humbuckermudgeon.bsky.social•84 days ago

For some people, exploration is the action.

dumbdogdad.bsky.social•84 days ago

Yeah, it’s great to let my my decision paralysis spread into my virtual life from my meat space.

Personally I blame Blockbuster Video and 185 cable channels.

downundertalking.bsky.social•83 days ago

Why do they call it open world when you can still run/walk into world edge barriers?? 🤔

prinnyforever.bsky.social•84 days ago

I was following until you said "read that again" and now I don't know what I'm supposed to be getting out of it

djbabidadi.bsky.social•84 days ago

Lots of people out here stuck on side quests, wondering why nothing ever happens for them.

nowakkasm8.bsky.social•83 days ago

Time to start playing RDR2....

bizarro-x23.bsky.social•84 days ago

Good morning. Have a wonderful day.

yarrow-relia.bsky.social•84 days ago

Hello, how many times should I read it before brain calculations are completed?

I mean… the only hard part here is what action to take… although certain things in motion ARE clarifying things…

themanofaction.bsky.social•84 days ago

Please don't take me, but definitely do something 😏😂

sidraletitia.bsky.social•84 days ago

And you will find a lot of busy work if you avoid doing what you need to.

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