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Re:How Designers Engineer Luck Into Video Games (2017) by linsomniac on Saturday March 16, 2019 @08:16AM (#19407450)
At first I thought this story was about Nethack.
Re:How Designers Engineer Luck Into Video Games (2017) by asztal on Saturday March 16, 2019 @09:40AM (#19407769)
My first thought was about NetHack. That game is ruthless, and has no qualms about letting the RNG screw you over. If you make 3 attempts at something with a 1 in 3 probability of success, you'd better be prepared for that 29.6% chance of failure.

And don't even talk to me about breaking mirrors...

Re:How Designers Engineer Luck Into Video Games (2017) by billfruit on Saturday March 16, 2019 @02:06PM (#19409221)
Another with a similar RNG, but some what more opaque, since it takes some learning to understand how to affect the odds is Darkest Dungeon.