Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - What makes a great game? http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - What makes a great game? http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:51:07 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:51:07 GMT Rev9 15 -15 -1 Coffeehouse - What makes a great game? Well, every really great game allows you to go beyond what the developers intended, but not in a way that would be "nerfed" or removed in an update (ie. not a cheat but only a hilarious advantage that comes with play experience):

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, Bas wrote

That's hilarious and awesome. How did he get the plane to loop like that without control?

By flying it straight up before ejecting. He discusses it in the YouTube comments for the video.

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Lego LOTR FTW!

 

Herbie

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C

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, Charles wrote

What makes a ... great tree?

C

It's a great tree if it is immutable Smiley

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C

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Or you can improve it with math a physics. Take for example, QWOP.

-Josh

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