Capo Taco said:
I mean to do this purely as a favor to you: I hope you will accept it that way.
This could have been your post:
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The problem is in part competent design or lack thereof.
Sometimes game designers are out of touch with their fan base and have trouble of effectively separating signal from noise.
The gaming community is said to be very negative and some companies have negativity forums so they can more easily ignore it: this is a problem.
Designers say that they don't just want you to point out the problems, but also offer solutions. This results in longer posts (like mine) which are then frequently ignored.
Why are there arrogant designers who look down on their fans like this?
Dragon age 2 is a good example: it uses a pre-made protagonist instead of wider customization, even tough Saint's row 2 showed with their multiple lengthy script read by multiple voice actors that you don't need to do it that way.
The game turned out alright, but dragon age would have been much better had they listened better to the information they had asked for and even received.
Likewise sonic 3D could easily have been a great game, but the development team completely fucked it up.
So yeah, great comic and a Sonic 3D game would have worked with competent game design.
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If you manage to make your writing shorter, you'll be read more and it'll be better for the games you comment on.
Oh, I see your point. To be honest I'm a horrible writer which is why I've given up on my dreams of becoming a published novelist. I simply don't have the control or thought processes to write that way.
What's more, I've found that being more concise and to the point usually doesn't help, especially on the internet. The reason being that people will try and make counter arguements, or say "yeah but", or just want more details. I typically wound up putting out the same amount of text (and they wind up reading as much) with shorter posts. I ramble, but at the same time I think it saves time if people read what I write.
I understand the problems, I've tried to correct them and find middle ground, but I'm just not wired that way.
When I write it tends to be in a very brief report-type form (like I did at work), or huge rambling masses of text. Maybe things will change, but I suspect it might have something to do with how messed up my head is (medically speaking).
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