25th September 2010, 1:24 PM
What, because of my Lego avatar? I mean, I've said many times that I prefer a more linear experience to a giant open sandbox, overall, and that I like games to actually have a point and a way to win, preferably... there are some good games without that, sure, like the SimCity games, but that's a different kind of game from this. It's not that I want a completely railed experience in games, but I do not enjoy wandering around aimlessly lost.
This game though, above everything else I've said, it's got no point. There's nothing to do but craft, build something, and then show it to others who play the game.
Of course, but when you bought a Lego set you got all the needed pieces right in the box. As for building our own stuff, my buildings rarely got beyond just a single brick high foundation outline of the house, or store, or whatever, with contents inside; I never built full-sized buildings, it'd take too long and require far too many bricks. With the castle legos (always my favorite!) it is a little easier to build something higher because of the larger wall and tower pieces, but still, while I did build some of my own castles at some points, I later on took apart most of that in favor of trying to rebuild most of the original sets, which is how they've been for a good ten years now. I could never come up with anything anywhere near as good as the real sets anyway.
Oh, and another thing I always liked doing with the castle legos was having battles with them, I had all the different factions allied into different alliances, the different types of troops ranked by how good I thought that kind of unit was (weapons, armor, etc.), and more. That kind of thing is some of the most fun I had with Legos, I think, aside from building the sets. I've still got pages of paper I drew maps of the Lego kingdoms' territories on, or prospective ways to turn it into a game (Cohort/Fighting For Rome inspired combat), stuff like that... :)
This game though, above everything else I've said, it's got no point. There's nothing to do but craft, build something, and then show it to others who play the game.
Quote:You never had to search through a pile of hundreds of Legos to find the perfect piece for what you're building?
Of course, but when you bought a Lego set you got all the needed pieces right in the box. As for building our own stuff, my buildings rarely got beyond just a single brick high foundation outline of the house, or store, or whatever, with contents inside; I never built full-sized buildings, it'd take too long and require far too many bricks. With the castle legos (always my favorite!) it is a little easier to build something higher because of the larger wall and tower pieces, but still, while I did build some of my own castles at some points, I later on took apart most of that in favor of trying to rebuild most of the original sets, which is how they've been for a good ten years now. I could never come up with anything anywhere near as good as the real sets anyway.
Oh, and another thing I always liked doing with the castle legos was having battles with them, I had all the different factions allied into different alliances, the different types of troops ranked by how good I thought that kind of unit was (weapons, armor, etc.), and more. That kind of thing is some of the most fun I had with Legos, I think, aside from building the sets. I've still got pages of paper I drew maps of the Lego kingdoms' territories on, or prospective ways to turn it into a game (Cohort/Fighting For Rome inspired combat), stuff like that... :)
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