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<blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 3088608" data-attributes="member: 63">I think you're focusing too much on 'cool.' I believe what he was saying is that he wants players to be able to do something different each round, other than simply rolling attack and damage dice. It doesn't have to be cool in a Jerry Bruckheimer EXPLOSIONS-YAY! sense, but it should be something a little special. I mean, what's more interesting - hopping on a walking mushroom's head in 2D sidescrolling, or popping out from cover, chucking a grenade, then laying down suppressing fire as you move to different cover so your foes are pinned down until the grenade explodes?Is that little excerpt from a modern First-Person-Shooter 'cool'? Not really. But it requires more tactical thought. You could have rushed in, gunning as you go, then meleed your foes when you got close enough, or you could have hidden and moved into a flanking position, or you could have tossed a grenade behind them so they rush you, letting you mow them down shooting-gallery style. Lots of options. In Mario, though? You just jump on the mushroom's head, or maybe, if you were lucky, throw flaming snot at it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RangerWickett, post: 3088608, member: 63"] I think you're focusing too much on 'cool.' I believe what he was saying is that he wants players to be able to do something different each round, other than simply rolling attack and damage dice. It doesn't have to be cool in a Jerry Bruckheimer EXPLOSIONS-YAY! sense, but it should be something a little special. I mean, what's more interesting - hopping on a walking mushroom's head in 2D sidescrolling, or popping out from cover, chucking a grenade, then laying down suppressing fire as you move to different cover so your foes are pinned down until the grenade explodes? Is that little excerpt from a modern First-Person-Shooter 'cool'? Not really. But it requires more tactical thought. You could have rushed in, gunning as you go, then meleed your foes when you got close enough, or you could have hidden and moved into a flanking position, or you could have tossed a grenade behind them so they rush you, letting you mow them down shooting-gallery style. Lots of options. In Mario, though? You just jump on the mushroom's head, or maybe, if you were lucky, throw flaming snot at it. [/QUOTE]

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