Why is video game magic so boring compared to magic in every other media format?
Why is video game magic so boring compared to magic in every other media format?
Jaxson Campbell
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David Price
Because it's usually just a facade for basic game mechanics like "attack" and "heal." And whenever they do try to incorporate more clever magic it becomes a major exploit. See: Time magic in Final Fantasy V.
Juan Williams
fun magic takes time. this is worthless for videogames where you want enemies to die as fast as possible.
Levi Rodriguez
Magic is limited to imagination in theory. In video games for balance reasons as well as less work, it's what color of ball you want to throw.
Magic in gaming works best when it emphasises utility outside combat.
Henry Ortiz
someone hasn't tried Dragon Dogma's Sorcerer
Andrew Reyes
Magic is 25% defeating your enemy and 75% looking cool when you do it
Jacob Richardson
game devs are fucking idiots
>hurr element projectile
>hurr buff/debuff aura
zero creativity. i would make a spell that lets you literally use a terrain adjusting toolset from a 3d modelling package midfight.
Benjamin Jackson
You have to take into account player agency and balance. Remember that guy playing mage in D&D just to try and bend the rules? Now imagine accomodating him with a strict set of rules and no gm to go his way.
Xavier Sanders
Two different answers, yet they are both correct. Based and magepilled.
Jose Allen
Create a fun magic system