http://thisismyjoystick.com/editorials/serialisation-v-innovation/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:13:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://thisismyjoystick.com/editorials/serialisation-v-innovation/comment-page-1/#comment-731 xussia Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:39:14 +0000 http://thisismyjoystick.com/?p=3761#comment-731 This is an interesting article - but I am not sure that just because a game is a sequel it equates to a lack of creativity. Good game design is good game design and an effective sequel, I would argue, has more validity than a derivative and dull original title. Take the aforementioned DeadSpace - was this not really an amalgamation of several other prior titles (Doom 3, F.E.A.R, Condemned et al). It hardly screamed originality - at least to me. And as for non sequel titles being a showcase for innovation - this does not guarantee they are any good. Mirrors Edge is a good example of this - with poor sales more of a reflection of its over complex control system and monotonous gameplay. This is an interesting article – but I am not sure that just because a game is a sequel it equates to a lack of creativity. Good game design is good game design and an effective sequel, I would argue, has more validity than a derivative and dull original title. Take the aforementioned DeadSpace – was this not really an amalgamation of several other prior titles (Doom 3, F.E.A.R, Condemned et al). It hardly screamed originality – at least to me. And as for non sequel titles being a showcase for innovation – this does not guarantee they are any good. Mirrors Edge is a good example of this – with poor sales more of a reflection of its over complex control system and monotonous gameplay.

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