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Originally Posted by Brother None  "Natural progression"? What is this, evolutionary theory 101? There is no "natural progression" in game design, that's nonsense. |
Of course there is! Don't just argue for the sake of fanboy arguing. The course of progression is from the original medium for games in the world >
2 dimensional boards played with pieces representing 2 dimensional points on that board. In gaming this would translate to the Atari-style of gaming we used to love.
The ultimate goal of a game is to immerse you into the game's world, yes?
Well the ultimate level of immersion would be to actually put you in the game, ala Virtual Simulation (ex: Lawnmover Man).
The Oblivion/Mass Effect style games bring us closer to this point of view. In fact they seem to immerse you into the game world, even moreso than FPS games do.