Quote Originally Posted by Stacy_Strong_5392338 View Post
So you're saying that the game isn't playable at all for the person who just logs on and tries to play. That newcomer will be endlessly frustrated by pitfalls and traps that are set in the game that can only be handled by people with long experience.

That, my friend - and I speak from 37 years of experience playing and writing video games - is very poor game design. When learning to play means helplessly walking into land mines that are poorly marked and come with penalties far in excess of the misstep, you've created a game that - by sheer logic of game theory - encourages timid and trepedacious play. That's a terrible, terrible idea. It means I can no longer tell my friends "Let's try this!" because now I won't know what landmine I may be walking into and what insane penalty I'm about to be subjected to without warning or recourse.

Thank you for letting me know that this is exactly the game experience that you're striving to achieve. You've helped me quickly learn not waste my precious time with this horribly designed experience. Good luck with your future endeavors.
Can I ask, in your 37 years of experience in playing and writing video games, what games have you written and contributed in making?


Also, if you have so much experience in gaming, why are you so easily frustrated by such a simple challenge?

Even a newbie who has zero experience in writing and playing video games would only take a few mins of experimenting, asking around, and researching through the internet and forums, to find out how Caribbean Pirates works.