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Daniel J Starr (dst...@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) wrote:
: It sometimes seems to Joe as if, having produced a dazzling new look and
: feel for the latest Origin product, the team stops right there.  "We've
: given them great eye-candy", he imagines them saying, "so why bother
: putting in gameplay?  Let's ship it like this."  And so he calls them
: lazy, for being satisfied with writing _glitter_ when they could be writing
: great _games_.

Actually, I think gameplay is a problem throughout the industry, not just 
at any one purrticular company.  The sad thing is a lot of companies ARE 
putting in the best gameplay they know how.  In my opinion, there are 
only maybe a few dozen really talented game designers in the whole 
world.  (Admittedly my standards are pretty high.)  Most companies don't 
have one of them, and the rest don't have enough to go around.  Whatcha 
gonna do?  In generations to come there will be more and more people with 
talent in this profession, as it will have been a part of our society for 
longer and had more time to develop.

Glad to hear another person somewhere in this thread mention they liked 
the Commodore version of Ultima V, and actually played it on a 128 and 
got some use out of all the extra features.  :X)

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