[MUD-Dev2] [Design] 4Cs (was Who to design for?)

[Ammon Lauritzen]

Peter Keeler wrote:
> Sean Howard wrote:
>>> Commando - low-time, aggressive.  Sometimes you just want to shoot
>>> something. :)  This focus is barely supported in current MMOs.
>
> I disagree. I'd consider myself a "commando". Because "this focus is
> barely supported in current MMOs" I fire up my copy of FEAR and go shoot
> some people instead of playing a MMO. Mike was right to add this
> category because if an MMO supported the more twitchy FPS style of
> gameplay, then folks like me who like that enjoy that style of gameplay
> would play the game. As it is now, I play a lot more FEAR than I do any
> MMO. Ever since I graduated from college and got a job, I haven't been
> able to justify spending the time required for an MMO.

City of Heroes/Villains is a bit more action oriented than most MMO's
that I've seen and can be played in short sessions without a whole lot
of regard to character level. If you fall behind your friends because
they play 24x7 and you have a day job... you can always sidekick and
join them when you do have the time to spend more than 20-30 minutes in
the game.

But as far as faster paced gameplay... Well, Auto Assault tried that but
failed pretty miserably.

Tabula Rasa is also making promises of some dramatically different
gameplay. Their front page claims that they are "Combining fast-paced
action with the immersion of a role-playing game..." Here's to hoping
that they'll get the mix right ;)

Hmm... all of those are NCSoft titles...