The Lack Of Interactivity In Games Is A Big Problem

[davis.anthony]

I should have said PPU accelerated physcis lost.

It was never going to win as trying to sell people the idea of buying another add-in card a long side a GPU (and possibly a sound card) was a next to impossible task.

 

[Dominik D]

Cosmetic destruction can aid in the immersive sensation of a game world. As well as just looking cool.
It's an old game, but the PS2/Xbox FPS Black features a ton of destructible world material.

It's still core to Black's gameplay. Your example is correct insofar that gameplay pillars of Black are relevant today. You could make Black-like game and be considered "fresh" given the landscape we deal with. But that doesn't mean destruction is universally important. It means it's important to the game that's Black-like.

 

[Dampf]

I think I've never found a game with a simple interactivity such as lighting a fireplace in a house and seeing smoke out of the chimney

 

[davis.anthony]

I think I've never found a game with a simple interactivity such as lighting a fireplace in a house and seeing smoke out of the chimney

Teardown

 

[Sega_Model_4]

One thing I've never seen in games was it raining and this rain causing some kind of flood, strong winds knocking down things like tree branches. This in an open world would be interesting.

 

[Dominik D]

Exoborne has that, no?

 

[Dampf]

Teardown

That was the first thing I've tried in that game but it didn't work. I guess drafts are not simulated.

 

[JPT]

One thing I've never seen in games was it raining and this rain causing some kind of flood, strong winds knocking down things like tree branches. This in an open world would be interesting.

Why?

Is it not just candy?

 

[Davros]

1. depends how its used
2. nothing wrong with candy

 

[JPT]

1. depends how its used
2. nothing wrong with candy

Most stuff is depends on how it is used And all gameplay loops are gimmicky in some sense, but some are great fun also.
As for candy, well if you have the headroom, but then my question how would that make any interesting modification to a game loop.
Floods and bad winds are not fun in real life, but neither is war, but still what type of gameplay mechanics do people envisions something like that would bring?

 

[raytracingfan]

Rain, floods, and snow can affect the terrain and impede the movement of players, NPCs, and vehicles. This mechanic would be relevant to milsims and survival games.

 

[Seanspeed]

Developers not using the CPU advancements in the new consoles to push much in the way of physics or other gameplay-esque avenues has been an enormous disappointment for me. I didn't expect some massive wave of this, but I feel like the demand for everything to have a 60fps mode is completely stifling modern games from being anything except 'XB1/PS4-style games, but prettier'.

It probably shouldn't have been some big surprise, I guess. It's the 'safest' choice to make, and lord knows the AAA space is all about 'safe' nowadays.

 

[Boss]

Rain, floods, and snow can affect the terrain and impede the movement of players, NPCs, and vehicles. This mechanic would be relevant to milsims and survival games.

Motostorm apocalypse on the ps3 had rain, strong winds, etc. It was a very fun game. Again, creativity is seriously lacking this gen.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

That game was only possible because of the Power of the Cell.