What Makes A Good Game?

[Glyn]

I think since this is a SEIV form most people will agree that SEIV shares a lot of the set of attributes that we (the form members) believe make a game great. If this question was posted on another game form for say a First Person Shooter type, I would expect some different opinions of what makes a game great.

I think game design is more of an art than a science, with a big chunk of luck thrown in. When all the right factors align you get a great game. The mod ability give each user the chance to try their hand a aligning the right factors. SEIV is more than one game!

From the game sellers’ point of view, the perfect game is one that will get the most people excited enough to buy it, but then be board with it so they will be looking to buy the next game that hits the market, but still be happy. That way they can buy a really big house with all the money they make from selling the game of the month every month! (Note, This is an over simplification of the game sellers view, I’m sure things like customer satisfaction, repeat business, recommending games is also important.)