by Karen Hertzberg on Oct 16, 2006
What's in an End Game?
The end game--is it the end of the line, or a new beginning? In a
massively multi-player online game, the end game can't actually be the
end if you, the gamer, are going to continue playing and paying a
subscription fee. How do developers manage to keep players satisfied
with new and constantly changing end-game content? (Or do they manage
at all?) Medeor takes a look at the end game, and how it might play out
in Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, in his latest editorial.
The reality is, when I start a game, I will keep
going until it’s no longer fun. Sometimes that occurs within
the first 20 levels; sometimes it’s a lot longer; and
sometimes I make it all the way to the [Cue the soft orchestral tones
getting louder and louder. Okay, now add the choir and say it with me
with awe and star-struck-ness in your voice please...] End Game.