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MMOGs and Sandbox-Style Play

Posted by Zonk on from the d-k-p-minus-fifty-for-creativity dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Why do so few games truly embrace the sandbox metaphor? The folks at GamersWithJobs have their own opinions, and think that MMOGs may be replacing The Sims as the center of the 'emergent gameplay' movement. From the article: 'I don't know if it's a function of age, or experience or perhaps just changing tastes, but my favorite games are increasingly the ones where I can find my own methods of play. I loved that Dead Rising simply gave me a maul, a chainsaw and an army of zombies. Perhaps my love of MMOs is as much related to the opportunity to explore and adventure on my own as any actual construction of gameplay.'"

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  1. The Ultimate Evercrack Killer... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I haven't played in a sand box since I was kid. Why would I play in one today over the internet?

  2. Re:So, typo or not? by alexhard · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Is this a typo, a clever play on words, or an unintended pun? Yes.
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    Infinite time means everything that can happen, will. You being you is absolutely incidental. You do not exist.