Re: Genre Study. Did anyone notice that post? Comments?


28 Apr 1995 10:43:32 GMT

In article <3nota9$3s7$1@mhadf.production.compuserve.com>,
Henry Hill <100551.2276@CompuServe.COM> wrote:

>Other genres you might post a study for is maybe Horror. The
>Lurking Horror is the only game I played in that direction apart
>from The Horror of Rylvania, but I consider it one of the best
>ones from Infocom. I would really appreciate more (good) games in
>the genre, as most games seem to deal with Fantasy, which I hate!

One thing I'd like to encourage is for other folks to do their own Genre
Studies. As I stated in another post, I'm not the supreme authority on
everything, I just act like it. These posts would be far better with a
little feedback, filling in of gaps, and covering of other genres. See,
I'm not too big on real life, nor am I an expert on Eastern mythology,
nor do I know how best to get chills running down folks' necks. As they
say in soccer when the ball bounces over the fence. "A little help."

>Sciene Fiction is cool though, as long it's not another copy of
>Planetfall "You are in a ship, come along planet/station/ship etc.
>& discover some alien stuff". The idea is fascinating, but really
>old I guess. If this idea is chosen nevertheless, the player has
>to get the impression it's NOT another copy of something right
>from the start. I never really played Deep Space Drifter just
>because it reminded me way too much of Planetfall/Stationfall, too
>much was copied I thought...

See, now if everyone at least posted their likes and dislikes, with some
constructive criticism and such, then us writers would have a better idea
of what the text adventure market is like at this point, and could plan
accordingly.

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