Re: NPC Conversation ideas

[goetz@cs.buffalo.edu (Phil Goetz)]

In article <35D399AA.D7944BFF@zerospam.com>,
Harrison Farlane  <harry@zerospam.com> wrote:
>Laurel Halbany wrote:
>[snip]
>who doesn't play i.f. without taking notes in some form or another? its
>expected by the game designer that you'll be noting down the important
>clues they're feeding you so you can put them together to complete the
>game.

I don't.  Unless I'm playing a detective.  If I'm doing something that
wouldn't call for taking notes in real life, why should it call for taking
notes in a game?  That spoils my suspension of disbelief.  Generally, I like
to just sit down and play.

Of course, this may be why I have never finished anything larger than
John's Fire Witch.  But I'd usually rather quit the game than have to switch
to note-taking.  When a game starts handing me lots of data, and I see they
want me to play the "write all this stuff down and match it up" game,
I quit.

Phil