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<blockquote data-quote="DinoInDisguise" data-source="post: 9608347" data-attributes="member: 7045806">The fun of the game. Fun is what sells a game. If a game is not fun, why would anyone buy it? Verisimilitude is simply a tool that is used to increase the fun of some games. If the audience you are aiming for wants a certain level of verisimilitude, adding more than is desired is, likely, not a net positive.An example might be food preparation. Tasking players with in-depth food preparation rules might have a high level of verisimilitude with a very low amount of appeal. This would be due to being seen as repetitive and boring by large swaths of players. Myself included. I don't want to have to state that I cook my chicken to 165°F (73.9°C), or how I figure out that it's a safe temperature using a long sword and some ball berrings.Verisimilitude and fun are not synonyms, and don't always align for everyone. Designers simply aim for the level of both that attracts the most audience to their product.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DinoInDisguise, post: 9608347, member: 7045806"] The fun of the game. Fun is what sells a game. If a game is not fun, why would anyone buy it? Verisimilitude is simply a tool that is used to increase the fun of some games. If the audience you are aiming for wants a certain level of verisimilitude, adding more than is desired is, likely, not a net positive. An example might be food preparation. Tasking players with in-depth food preparation rules might have a high level of verisimilitude with a very low amount of appeal. This would be due to being seen as repetitive and boring by large swaths of players. Myself included. I don't want to have to state that I cook my chicken to 165°F (73.9°C), or how I figure out that it's a safe temperature using a long sword and some ball berrings. Verisimilitude and fun are not synonyms, and don't always align for everyone. Designers simply aim for the level of both that attracts the most audience to their product. [/QUOTE]

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