First impression before double-clicking

[Conzul]

You're right, you know - the more "idiot friendly" a game is, the less depth it has. Tremulous has depth

[Plague Bringer]

You're right, you know - the more "idiot friendly" a game is, the less depth it has. Tremulous has depth

That's just a cheap way of making the learning curve sound good. -.-

[Norfenstein]

You're right, you know - the more "idiot friendly" a game is, the less depth it has. Tremulous has depth

That's just a cheap way of making the learning curve sound good. -.-

I think it's helpful to distinguish between breadth and depth. A broad but shallow game is one that has many different things to learn and to do, but not very much strategy in using any of them. Likewise, a game with a small set of simple, easy to understand rules can have extraordinarily nuanced strategy. Neither is necessarily better, but I think it shows that there is no correlation between how easy a game is to start playing and how long one can keep playing it before learning everything there is to know.

[GregariousJB]

You're right, you know - the more "idiot friendly" a game is, the less depth it has. Tremulous has depth

That's just a cheap way of making the learning curve sound good. -.-

I think it's helpful to distinguish between breadth and depth. A broad but shallow game is one that has many different things to learn and to do, but not very much strategy in using any of them. Likewise, a game with a small set of simple, easy to understand rules can have extraordinarily nuanced strategy. Neither is necessarily better, but I think it shows that there is no correlation between how easy a game is to start playing and how long one can keep playing it before learning everything there is to know.

Agreed. No one want's "depth" when trying to install a game. Half-Life 2 has depth, but its easy for anyone to pick up and start playing.