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Read the price of the highlighted DLC item. To be even more amazed, read the crossed out price of the highlighted DLC item. That will be the price of the item starting Monday.

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TF2 costs $10, by the way. Amazing.
it's probably a joke...heh

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http://makegames.tumblr.com/post/1136623767/finishing-a-game

I have saved this to my computer.

Fou-Lu.

Yeah, it's usually not a good idea to only give back the powers and things you had before you lost them. Things have to escalate.

However, the exact opposite scenario can be executed just as well. Losing powers and abilities is great if you look at it differently than how you guys are. Well, I guess it isn't exactly like losing powers, but feeling weak and vulnerable? Anyway, some of the best parts of a game are when you lose things and have almost nothing left. Sneak scenarios or areas where you lack weapons or spells adds a new dynamic to a game (example of what not to do though: Black Sigil). Fallout 3 pretty much feeds off of this, that game is really really boring once you're maxed out. Running from the SA-X in Metroid Fusion, having only a pistol with one clip in Resident Evil (or the RE4 scene where you're trapped in the house), or a lot of the scenarios in the Metal Gear franchise all do this very well. I guess what I'm trying to say is that getting more powerful constantly, is sometimes not as fun as taking a step backwards. It's impact depends on where you place it in your game (beginning, mid-point, etc), and how soon you get that empowerment back. It's an interesting dynamic and great when it's done properly. =)

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I found that by telling people to use items in In Praise of Peace, they would use them to great effect. Then they would use attack items found later on, too.

Make them useful, show that they're useful, and make your game warrant the use of them, and ta-daaaa!

This is very important. You did this well in your latest game, simply by explaining how treasure chests are done by giving away a gold key for opening a rare treasure chest. All 3 steps done in less than 30 seconds.

I thought this was a dumb topic at first since I thought all of this was fairly obvious. Apparently, it isn't! Attraction mostly forms from preconditions, rather than the actual results. Usually a person will strive for a treasure chest even when it contains something terrible, simply because of the preconditions. I will list some famous game examples to show you what I mean.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time treasure chests.

A precondition is what I would define as what occurs before obtaining the thing you want, down to the last second before obtaining it. In this case, it is a treasure chest. This is from memory, so maybe I am wrong on how this goes. The game breaks chests down into small, normal, and boss chests. And the preconditions for each one would be:

Small Chest:
-Obtained by clearing a room full of enemies (precondition, sometimes not applicable)
-Walking up to the chest and opening it (precondition)
-Shitty jingle sound when obtaining item (precondition)
-Getting the item (result)

Big Chest:
-More appealing graphically (precondition)
-Obtained by either clearing a room full of enemies, solving a puzzle, or beating a boss (precondition)
-Walking up to the chest and opening it (precondition)
-VERY INTENSE CAMERA 360 SCENE WITH LIGHT SHINING OUT OF CHEST (precondition)
-VERY INTENSE MUSIC PLAYS (Precondition)
-Getting the item (result)

Boss chests are the same thing except even more graphically appealing (IRON CHEST)

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Metroid Prime. Having the best equipment/power ups right from the beginning of the game.

Both games do this very well. In Symphony of the Night, you are shown how badass you can get right at the beginning, but are quickly stripped away of everything, leaving you with Alucard's fists. ;(
This entire sequence and hours of gameplay are the preconditions before receiving the items. You wanted those items. Do not lie. You were teased. Anybody who did not want them is lying. Same thing applies with Metroid Prime.

Also yeah, Chrono Trigger does this with the sealed items. The tune that played before you could open them makes you want it!

edit: wow what a long post! My apologies!

Craze is a walking billboard.