Wednesday discussion

[xbox360mod]

As a final question for discussion, I think that this one really fits the bill: what are the elements that make a video game "perfect" for you? What makes you want to play a video game to pieces and then start all over to replay it again

Comments

[turbopunk]

Ok, this one is easy. I have to be able to play for 5 minutes and feel like I did something.

Right now, if I'm playing a game, there is a 99% chance that I'm playing Rock Band. The reason is that it is the only game where playing for 5 minutes can be productive.

As I get older, finding time to sit down and play a game gets more and more difficult. I used to love adventure games and RPGs. However, I pretty much had to give most of them up.

Some FPSs will let you save on a checkpoint. So, I can make 3 inches of progress forwards and still be making progress. However, I can't play 5 hours of RPG before it decides to give me another save point.

I actually seem to play my DS the most, lately. No matter where I am, I can close the lid and have a complete system state saved until I come back.

So, yeah, the "perfect" game is one where I can save ANYWHERE. I think it should be a feature of the Xbox to snapshot the system state on a game at any point in time. Basically, the game can give me save points if I can get the option to have a "one time" save everything as is that is dumped when I restart.