FELDSCHLACHT IV'S PROFILE

I am so sorry for missing this topic, Despite. That's just the way it is.

author=Locke
The fact that some people have found things is not evidence that most people keep looking until they find everything, or even evidence that most people look at all. The fact that it took them fifteen years is actually pretty solid evidence that most of them weren't really looking that hard back in 1997. You are just talking out of your ass based on what you personally do in games; not everyone is like you, and you shouldn't assume they are. Achievements are a great measure of how many people find hidden stuff in games, and have shown that most people do not even finish games and that most people who finish games miss or skip the vast majority of optional content.

Who said most people? Even some people are a still an audience of your players. And no, I don't personally do it either, nor was I talking out of my ass (wtf rude much?). The point that I'm trying to illustrate is that you'll always have a part of your player segment that'll sniff out everything there is to know about a game. And yes, they're a valid segment or your playerbase like anyone else.

In the case of SaGa Frontier, a large part of the reason why things are being found now as opposed to back in 1997, is because a lot of the tools they're using just wasn't really avaliable back then, or not really known, or the culture was different, etc etc. If you play a game and miss something, great, play it again. If you play it only once or don't even finish it, you haven't lost anything, except you wasted your money I guess in principle?

author=Locke
Not to me, no. Sure, it adds replay value, but replay value is a pretty fringe concept to me most of the time. For the 95% of games I'm only going to play once no matter what, I would like to not miss out on any parts of the game while doing so.

This is one difference between you and me. I am 99% absolutely certain I'm busier than you/90% of the population here, so my game time is limited, and I still never understood the concept of playing most games once. Okay everyone is different I'm not judging or whatever, but I definitely love replay value, I see movies I enjoy more than once, I eat food I like more than once, I see favorite episodes of the shows I like more than once, basically, if I enjoy something, I'll do it again. Games are even more suited to this due to concepts such as New Game+ and replay bonuses and whatnot.

It's not a new concept that if you missed something, the game is there for you to try again. A lot of games aren't really made in mind with the concept that they'll be played once ever. Skyrim is a good example of a game that's packed to the brim with stuff to do, that can't really done in one playthrough. You will miss things in that game simply because of how massive it is and the way some quests are styled. The game has to be replayed to get everything there is to get. It's that huge.

If you are upset about missing stuff in a game like that, then that's pretty silly, and you shouldn't have bought it in the first place.

The former of course. If it was the latter, I wouldn't have made those posts above.

At this juncture, I would be equally grateful if someone would help me out in designing a Dynplugin of my own.

Of course, Sailerius feels strongly about this, but it's his right to. I honestly think either viewpoint is as valid as the other, considering for most of us this is a hobby out of hobbies.

The time I could spend spriting, making music, etc is time I'd much rather spend doing something else more important to me.