Board games are back, thanks to lessons designers learned from computer games

Re:Board games are back, thanks to lessons designers learned... by baddox on Thursday November 30, 2017 @11:33PM (#15821929)

I would say that the elimination mechanic is quite rare in conpetitive video games. Battle royale games are recently hot, and pretty much have elimination by definition, but I can’t think of any other popular video games that do this.

Counter-Strike does, but each round is very short. What MOBA features player elimination? All the MOBAs I can think of have fairly short respawn times.

I suppose that RTS games with >2 players have this, but they are mostly know for 1v1 modes.

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Re:Board games are back, thanks to lessons designers learned... by Noos on Friday December 01, 2017 @08:49AM (#15823757)

Friday the 13th: The Game and Dead by Daylight maybe? Left 4 Dead.

Oh..one great example is Bomberman, although some games have dead Bombers fling bombs from the side.

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Re:Board games are back, thanks to lessons designers learned... by user5994461 on Saturday December 02, 2017 @02:08PM (#15833428)

Left 4 Dead doesn't have strict player elimitation.

It's a team game, always 4 v 4. You can still see the game and talk to your teammates when you are dead. Everyone die within a minute usually. A death has not much impact -except a severe sudden disadvantage- since the entire team win or loose, there is no individual play.

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Re:Board games are back, thanks to lessons designers learned... by disease on Friday December 01, 2017 @10:05AM (#15824173)

It's interesting to look back at just how well designed Super Bomberman was. It is fast-paced but my dad could play it with us and even win some rounds. The mix of skill and luck seems just right. There are many interesting and funny paths a game can take. All this comes from just a seemingly simple premise.

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