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Posted by: Dreadnough7
Posted by: Hylebos
Posted by: Dreadnough7
Posted by: Hylebos
But that's just what game developers do on a day to day basis. They are constantly beating on their game with hammers and tempering it into a finely honed sword that will slay it's competitors. Is it bad that some of us are interested enough in game design to want to emulate the developers?
I doubt how: "This game is a PoS, should have remade the previous one" is helping the developers to create something better, people will often be blinded by nostalgia, and they inadvertently make developers afraid of trying new ideas.I've long ago learned to look past people's ultimate conclusions ("This game is the antichrist!") to examine the core complaint and reasoning behind their idea ("I feel that Armor Lock slows the pace of the gameplay unneccessarily"). I imagine that Developers are able to do the same.
And if anything, developers are more afraid of trying new ideas because of the financial risk involved rather than fear of people not liking their new features. The fact of the matter is that change isn't neccessarily bad, bad change is bad, and I'd like to think most game developers can understand that.
Ultimately, there's absolutely nothing wrong with criticism, it can only improve the game, but that's entirely up to the developer to be able to sort through the noise and find the gems.
I disagree, there's negative criticism who doesn't bring anything to the table, and this forum has crap-loads of it. If someone complains about a game not having the Halo feel, that's something very vague and open to interpretation. Also there is inconsistent criticism and personal bias often gets in the way. I doubt criticism is that reliable when it comes to improving games.And that's because you are unable to see that behind a crap and filth lies a diamond that can only be extracted if you get your hands dirty. If someones' complaint is vague, that's the point where you ask questions to dig deeper to the root of the matter.
Even a turd of a complaint can be polished if you approach it the right way.
Posted by: Shadroxon
People didn't like Reach because it was different. I for one liked the additions, well, excet for armor lock.
But if that logic were to hold true, Halo 4 should be absolutely hated by everyone. It's not. This confuses me.You're confused because you are looking at the world far too simply. Change is not entirely bad or entirely good. Bad change is bad, and good change can be good. Not to mention, you're assuming that everyone who didn't like Reach simply because there was change (which is not true), and that everyone who didn't like Reach loves Halo 4 (which is also not true).
The world is not so black and white, introduce a bit more color to your thought processes.
[Edited on 12.05.2012 9:00 AM PST]