Nintendos new autoplay-guiding system

AlignAlign Remain Calm Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5216Forum Moderators, Constellation
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<a href="http://kotaku.com/5127251/nintendo-patent-reveals-potential-paradigm-shift-in-design" target="_blank">http://kotaku.com/5127251/nintendo-patent-...shift-in-design</a>

With this, they could dial up the difficulty while still making the game playable for casuals. I fully endorse it.
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    And since it's patented, you can look forward to seeing this broadly adopted in as few as seventy years!
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  • GeminosityGeminosity :3 Join Date: 2003-09-08 Member: 20667Members
    Wow... with this I could skip those horrible vehicle sections like in Gears of War and I don't need someone to play through final fantasy so I can watch anymore (fun to watch, boring to play) :3
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  • Paranoia2MBParanoia2MB Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7832Members
    *lets game take over til boss is one hit from dying*

    *stop, plays*
    I win game.

    Hah, imagine this for online gaming. =x

    Really don't see the point of this, I mean, you can always ask people, get a friend or find a stragegy guide online and/or buy a real hard copy one.
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  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1697416:date=Jan 10 2009, 08:14 AM:name=Paranoia2MB)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Paranoia2MB @ Jan 10 2009, 08:14 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1697416"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->*lets game take over til boss is one hit from dying*

    *stop, plays*
    I win game.

    Hah, imagine this for online gaming. =x

    Really don't see the point of this, I mean, you can always ask people, get a friend or find a stragegy guide online and/or buy a real hard copy one.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Really, it basically sounds like the option to turn a game into a visual novel (except animated instead of static).
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1697404:date=Jan 10 2009, 03:25 AM:name=Geminosity)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Geminosity @ Jan 10 2009, 03:25 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1697404"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Wow... with this [...] I don't need someone to play through final fantasy so I can watch anymore (fun to watch, boring to play) :3<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Will it still be fun to watch without someone to chit-chat with?
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  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1697418:date=Jan 10 2009, 08:26 AM:name=lolfighter)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(lolfighter @ Jan 10 2009, 08:26 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1697418"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Will it still be fun to watch without someone to chit-chat with?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    That is what IRC is for <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />
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  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    edited January 2009
    Hmm the same tooltips I always, and I do mean ALWAYS turn off in any game?

    <b>cl_autohelp 0</b>


    I do endorse opening up the gaming world to a wider audiance, but c'mon what's next? Is <a href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cd-i" target="_blank">CDI</a> going to be revived?
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  • AlignAlign Remain Calm Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5216Forum Moderators, Constellation
    Don't quite see how this is more related to CD-i than difficulty levels...
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  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    Didn't CDI feature "interactive movies", this autopilot kinda would make these games into interactive movies when played casually wouldn't it? I mean using this guide mode would be used by a lot of people who never gamed before, who in turn will not get to see wtf they are playing in the first place (moviemode)
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  • spellman23spellman23 NS1 Theorycraft Expert Join Date: 2007-05-17 Member: 60920Members
    Well, if you don't want to have to do all that grinding, maybe this would work. Or you play only for the story.

    However, I have may doubts. A stronger interactive hint system instead of a watch me play system would be more useful and fun IMO.
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  • Private_ColemanPrivate_Coleman PhD in Video Games Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7510Members
    edited January 2009
    This isn't all that great an idea. Watching someone else play a game is pretty boring, unless it relies heavily on story. A HINT button isn't anything new either. This is horrible, it just breaks the immersion completely. When you break immersion, the story suffers as a result. It's sort of a Catch-22 if you're using this system

    It would be better to rely on an adaptable difficulty controller like left 4 dead does. Nintendo can keep their silly patent.
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