What Makes A Good Game?

[Arkcon]

Well, one thing that makes for a great game is the "one more turn" function. You have that in SE4, and other empire-type games. When I got a modern computer (a Pentium-90 Gateway back in 1995) I was obsessed by this game called, well, Empire. It was a public domain, DOS character graphic game, that I would just spend hours playing, trying to conquer the world of green blocks, in the middle of that blocky blue ocean.

Pretty much, anything that requires character development to increase survivability is going to suck me in. Back in the old days it was Moria, or Rogue. Then there was Warcraft, and now I still play Diablo II from time to time. Then SE4 was created to consume my free time.

I was never good at those twitchy, multibutton console/arcade street fighter games, which seem to be the only thing produced these days. Though, back in the day, my favorite was a game called Xenophobe. Not many people liked that game, but I seemed to have a knack for it and its strange controller. Go figure.