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Apr
25
2012

Gamasutra Talks to Reynir Hardarson

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Thanks to eagle eyed WoD News reader Galel he came upon this Gamasutra interview with Reynir. While not talking about WoD specifics he did talk about the concepts, themes and game play that the WoD MMO will have. A short, but interesting read. Here is a snip;

QuoteWhile MMOs typically promise players virtually limitless possibilities to explore and interact, there's a streak of linearity and hand-holding that is prevalent in MMO design. Hardarson suggests a few theories about why other developers don't follow in EVE's footsteps in providing more opportunities for emergent gameplay.

"Designing for emergence is very difficult because you can't test it," says Hardarson. "But it's extremely fun to design this way, because you design for theory. You can't test it. The market can test it."

"We feel we've discovered some design principles which aid us in this quest. Because of this ability we have for EVE, it sometimes feels like we're kind of aliens in the industry," he half-jokes.

Hardarson and his boss, CCP CEO Hilmar Veigar Petursson, don't have much time for other developers' MMOs.

Petursson accuses them of making "massively single player" games.

"All to control the content and the narrative, and not embracing that people want to play together, which is what we strive for in EVE," he says.

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