I agree. I played this game for a few months and was really impressed with the way they designed the whole thing. There was a system where just about anyone could create a "bill" that you then had to get a certain number of people to sign off on before it could be voted on. Then "citizens" were notified when a vote had begun and could go and help decide things that could be implemented in the game to change the way it was played. If everyone felt that a certain feature was being exploited and made the game to hard or to easy they could vote a new rule in to change it. It gave you a real sense of being a part of the game.
My first thought here was Virtual Boy all over again but having read some of the other ideas posted here I'm not sure its a completely bad idea. I do like the idea of having a map or some other utility screen up all of the time (thought I'm not sure how much more I'm willing to pay for that). In the end, it will depend much more on what titles they are able to provide for it and how well they make use of the interface. That and not choosing a red and yellow headache inducing color scheme.
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I agree. I played this game for a few months and was really impressed with the way they designed the whole thing. There was a system where just about anyone could create a "bill" that you then had to get a certain number of people to sign off on before it could be voted on. Then "citizens" were notified when a vote had begun and could go and help decide things that could be implemented in the game to change the way it was played. If everyone felt that a certain feature was being exploited and made the game to hard or to easy they could vote a new rule in to change it. It gave you a real sense of being a part of the game.
My first thought here was Virtual Boy all over again but having read some of the other ideas posted here I'm not sure its a completely bad idea. I do like the idea of having a map or some other utility screen up all of the time (thought I'm not sure how much more I'm willing to pay for that). In the end, it will depend much more on what titles they are able to provide for it and how well they make use of the interface. That and not choosing a red and yellow headache inducing color scheme.
I am the only one that found it hilarious that this story came in on the front page right after the story about the "Lie Detector Glasses"?