There are games I play for the story. There are games I play for the mechanics. There are games I play for the simple audio visual experience. Then there are…
frustration
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David Klemke
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You really have to marvel at the thought process of developers who make games in the frustration genre. I’m sure a healthy portion of it is done “for the memes”…
David Klemke
4 Min Read
The “frustration game” genre has developed a cult following over the last 5 years or so. Born out of the democratisation of game development tools these games are typically the…
David Klemke
4 Min Read
A game’s controls being deliberately obtuse or unintuitive used to be a sign of a poorly designed game. Indeed the whole reason I avoid certain genres, survival horror being one…
David Klemke
4 Min Read
In the past the only genre of game that could get away with being intentionally difficult to play was survival horror. The reasoning there was that it built tension, mimicking…
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