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[canned wolf]

You guys may already be planning this, but I'm throwing it out here anyway.

Mechwarrior is a complicated universe with lots of quirks to its style that aren't imediately obvious. Trying to get new players to pay attention to whatever instructions or tutorials you put out will be a callenge. One way to mitigate some of these problems is an intro video. You can show the ambience of the universe while also training the player in basic game concepts. You also get player psyched about the game they are playing.

Left 4 Dead is the intro that comes to mind when I think of well done videos. They showed you how the basics of the game worked in 60 seconds or so and provided a setting that made some of the design decisions make more sense.

Edited by canned wolf, 18 June 2012 - 08:48 AM.

[Havyek]

I actually liked the way MW4 took care of this during the installation, give little pieces of background information while the game is installing.

At least if new players get a crash course in the history, they may get their interest piqued and will be more open to spending time getting more information (whether on their own, or provided in game).

[NoSaucePlz]

BDU Havoc, on 18 June 2012 - 09:00 AM, said:

I actually liked the way MW4 took care of this during the installation, give little pieces of background information while the game is installing.

At least if new players get a crash course in the history, they may get their interest piqued and will be more open to spending time getting more information (whether on their own, or provided in game).

agree with you there Havoc....the installation and Loading on MW4 was very nice being able to read all the history it showed

Edited by NoSaucePlz, 18 June 2012 - 09:30 AM.