The local Gamestop manager TJ took some time outto answer a few of my questions. specficallyi was interested in game karma systems. the questions asked were:
- Do you believe karma systems work in games?
- Why do u believe this to be true
- What would you change about the karma systems?
Do you believe Karma Systems work in games?
TJ thought for a few minutes and then said "I believe that karma systems work in some games but not others." as he elaborated abit he further went to explain that most karma systems wer ebased on the game developers and tthere vison for the game plot. He Also explained that he doesnt believe there is a "perfect" karma system out there as of yet.
Why do you believe this to be True?
Tj started in on specfic examples to explain what he meant. the first one he though was good was the Fallout series karma. He explained this was becuase it impacts the game in ways that are seen and unseen so it can still throw curve balls at the players. while he went off on a tangent about his thoughts on fallout eventually he got back to his other example. for one he didnt like he used Starwars force unleashed. he believed it was too similar to the knights of the old republic karma system and that one didnt work. he explained that the star wars karma system only affected player appearance and really nothing else and that it didnt really affect gameplay too much.
What would you change about the karma systems?
Tj thought there need to be a clear effect on gameplay so that players could have a different experience based on the choices they made. he also would keep the karma quests as they do in infamous and fallout have. as well as a clear difference in character appearance or attitude as the choices affected the gameplay .
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