Growlanser is a fundamentally good game - The "Show, don't tell" of video games

Channel:
MagneticJerk
Subscribers:
10,500
Published on ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KkVuU7TArs


Category:
Show
Duration: 17:31
203 views
5

The best good thing since Pretty Good.

JRPGs in particular always bothered me in many ways. I love them, but I also hate them. When I first played Growlanser IV (found it while searching for "RTS games for PSP"), within the first 10 minutes I already knew I found something special. It seemed almost tailor-made to avoid all of my JRPG pet peeves. But most importantly, it is a great example of a fundamental approach to game design that seems particularly underrepresented in JRPGs: "Show, don't tell" but for video games.

00:00 Intro
01:40 I elaborate
06:10 Example 1: Gameplay Analogy
09:00 Example 2: (In-)Action & Consequence
12:58 Example 3: Let me do the thing!
16:48 Good!



Other Videos By MagneticJerk


2023-09-08GHPC - Replen Reaper │ Any% - 01:53
2023-09-07GHPC - Momentous Maniac │ Any% - 03:45
2023-09-07GHPC - Incredible Intuition │ Any% - 02:31
2023-09-06GHPC - Reservist Recon Night │ Any% - 03:58
2023-09-06GHPC - Arduous Advance │ Any% - 02:16
2023-09-06GHPC - Meditative Malediction │ Any% - 04:07
2023-09-06GHPC - Pragmatic Payment Part 1 │ BRDM% - 03:59
2023-09-06GHPC - Intrepid Invasion │ Any% - 04:33
2022-10-10Gloomwood - What does and doesn't break a game (or my immersion)
2022-10-06The coolest mech game you never heard of and why low draw distance is good for more than Silent Hill
2022-09-23Growlanser is a fundamentally good game - The "Show, don't tell" of video games
2022-09-15Regiments is NOT the next Wargame (and that's a good thing!)
2022-01-01Kichikuou Rance and the art of Sex & Consequence - An epic 90s porn game masters player agency
2021-06-21A Short Run Through The Peripeteia Demo
2018-12-18Hunt: Showdown - When 3 teams spawn together
2018-09-30Hunt Showdown: Nerf Waterdevils plox
2018-07-19It's not a Groove Coaster Controller, but it'll do...
2018-04-27Brigador - Brigout custom map first draft
2018-04-15Let's Play Brigand: Oaxaca - Part 13 - Bumbling around
2018-04-14Let's Play Brigand: Oaxaca - Part 12 - Back at it
2018-04-14Let's Play Brigand: Oaxaca - Part 11 - A Big Mistake


Tags:
Growlanser
JRPG
Game Design
Player Agency