this collection of thoughts on games and gaming in general gathered by grug gamer
grug gamer not so smart, but grug gamer play many games and think about games a lot. grug gamer like to share thoughts with other gamers
any resemblance to The Grug Brained Developer is purely coincidental. grug gamer not related to grug developer in any way, but grug gamer think grug developer have good ideas about software development that grug gamer can apply to gaming
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grug like melee slasher sandbox
many grug dream of big medieval battle: shield wall, cavalry charge, siege tower roll up to castle gate. grug want live in world where sword swing mean something, where every block and feint matter, where fight feel real
but problem: grug see this story many time: Life is Feudal, Gloria Victis, many more... each start with big promise, many grugs gather, swing sword, have fun. then other grugs leave for shiney new game, slow… fewer grugs come… only blind-grugs left, blind-grugs always shout "wdym? game fine, just get good" while battlefield empty
grug think why this happen? grug smash rock in head and understand dev-gods make mistake. dev-gods forget: sandbox is planet where grugs live, must have balance of grind and reward, solo and group play, pve and pvp, build and fight but most important dev-gods forget: grug want to feel like every swing of sword matter and they can tell the story in campfire to other grugs
blind-grug never understand why grugs leave. blind-grug think problem is grug skill. but grug who fought many wars know truth: dev-gods make mistake...
forget what it like to be grug with club. dev-gods add to many grind or no grind, ignore balance, punish solo grug, or forget siege need more than ten grugs to feel like siege. then grug stop play, only blind-grug stay, shouting echo in empty battlefield
this make grug sad. grug want one melee slasher to live long. but grug know pattern: dev-gods repeat mistake, game die, next new shiney melee slasher born, cycle repeat. grug now watch Renown, wonder if dev-gods finally listen, or if grug see same fate as always
grug hope. grug always hope. but grug also know best: no amount of blind-grug cope can save game when dev-god forget real grug experience
...meanwhile grug sharpen sword and wait