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EffectAndCause
06/05/21 11:27:24 AM
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Like now instead of thinking This is boring and repetitive, players accept that the crux of the game is boring and repetitive and just wonder what bells and whistles are gonna surround that.

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KiwiTerraRizing
06/05/21 11:28:35 AM
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Every game ever made is repetitive. Life is repetitive.

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Smackems
06/05/21 11:30:40 AM
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Yeah I hate that term

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MonkeyBones23
06/05/21 11:31:37 AM
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Not all gameplay loops are boring though. Things can be repetitive but still engaging and fun.

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Squall28
06/05/21 11:32:32 AM
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Another part of it is the "magic" of games are lost because we analyze the structure too much. Even older games had a loop. We just never recognized it because all we did was play.

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hockeybub89
06/05/21 11:32:54 AM
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Gobstoppers12
06/05/21 11:35:24 AM
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select level -> run, jump, and shoot through level while looking for secrets -> fight/defeat final boss -> obtain boss' special ability -> repeat

That's the gameplay loop of every traditional Mega Man/MMX game. It's not repetitive, though, because the level design and specifics of the encounters make the experience stay fresh until the end.

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PMarth2002
06/05/21 11:41:43 AM
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Gameplay loops don't mean a game is boring and repetitive. A gameplay loop is just the gameplay boiled down to its core aspects, (like the megaman example above). Its basically a framing device for game designers to look at how games work. Its totally irrelevant if you just want to play games.

How often do you run across people talking about gameplay loops anyway? I pretty much only see yahtzee talk about them in his dev diary videos.

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Njolk
06/05/21 11:51:12 AM
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Don't all games have a loop?

Ocarina of time: overworld quests - find dungeon - mini boss - new item - boss - repeat
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refmon
06/05/21 11:52:20 AM
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Squall28 posted...
Even older games had a loop. We just never recognized it because all we did was play.


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ZevLoveDOOM
06/05/21 11:53:56 AM
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i try to play in short bursts these days so i dont get bored quickly with how repetitive most games are...
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Guide
06/05/21 11:57:53 AM
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Squall28 posted...
Another part of it is the "magic" of games are lost because we analyze the structure too much. Even older games had a loop. We just never recognized it because all we did was play.

That analysis was inevitable. Few are so basic as to avoid recognizing patterns in their own hobbies.

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