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*** Super-Duper Cliff's Notes version -- RPG Developers: Stop creating "open ended, epic-scale" time-consuming worlds while ignoring the people that only have 10-30 minutes a night to play *and progress* in your game, i.e. the much sought-after, "casual," "mainstream" player. ***

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I may only have 30 minutes to devote to gameplay on any given night and it may take me that long just to remember where I was and what I was doing within the game, much less make any further progress. So rather than spend 30 minutes accomplishing very little, I simply choose not to play the game at all until I have several hours to devote to it.

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Not to be rude but I think this guy is confused. The first quote makes no sense at all and is what the whole article is about. The second quote makes total sense and is the answer to all his problems.

Any added entertainment he might want, will only add +hours to already long games. So do you think turning Oblivion into a +200 hour game will solve his problem?

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Oh, on a note, when I play an RPG I want to be able to "play" it, and I don't want to have to "waste" time growing carrots (or whatever).

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That clrealy depends on what you mean by the word "play". Some people define "playing" by playing simulations, too ... otherwise Railroad Tycoon or SimCity wouldn't have been there.

Of course, the main focus in an RPG should be RPG, otherwise it's not an RPG.

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Oh, on a note, when I play an RPG I want to be able to "play" it, and I don't want to have to "waste" time growing carrots (or whatever).

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That clrealy depends on what you mean by the word "play". Some people define "playing" by playing simulations, too ... otherwise Railroad Tycoon or SimCity wouldn't have been there.

Of course, the main focus in an RPG should be RPG, otherwise it's not an RPG.

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But what I was saying is that (for example) growing carrots shouldn't be in the way of the "RPG".

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You mean carrots shouldn't get experience points while growing up ?

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You mean carrots shouldn't get experience points while growing up ?

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Alrik, please stop my ribs are hurting, I have you down as this really deep intense sort of character, and then you come out with these "extreme" wit-isism's (if that's a word?), so please do this old guy a favour and put those in spoiler mode after a brief message of .. say Warning!! Alrik Humour!

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so please do this old guy a favour and put those in spoiler mode after a brief message of .. say Warning!! Alrik Humour!

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I should rather use a message saying : "Disclaimer : This message is not responsible for any health issues or illnesses. You read it on your own behalf and on your own risk."

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The Rise & Fall of Troika : http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/77/8

The other articles are very interesting, too !

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