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<blockquote data-quote="The Little Raven" data-source="post: 4027253" data-attributes="member: 10095"><p>Yeah, I was, which was the strangest part of it. I basically pointed out that familiar and iconic imagery draws people in (which Warcraft has in spades) and a certain amount of unfamiliar and new is acceptable (which Warcraft has in smaller amounts than the familiar, honestly), and that &quot;all different, all the time&quot; (like PS and DS) don't really attract people in the same way. Being influenced by other properties in the genre (but different industries) is something that will help D&amp;D. The LotR movies taught them that using the visual design to tell a part of the story frees up more word space for other things. WoW taught them that having characters with powers they can use a lot are fun (as did their own design experiments, like Bo9S), and that the proper balance of &quot;simple to learn, hard to master,&quot; paired with a solid style will attract more people.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="The Little Raven, post: 4027253, member: 10095"] Yeah, I was, which was the strangest part of it. I basically pointed out that familiar and iconic imagery draws people in (which Warcraft has in spades) and a certain amount of unfamiliar and new is acceptable (which Warcraft has in smaller amounts than the familiar, honestly), and that "all different, all the time" (like PS and DS) don't really attract people in the same way. Being influenced by other properties in the genre (but different industries) is something that will help D&D. The LotR movies taught them that using the visual design to tell a part of the story frees up more word space for other things. WoW taught them that having characters with powers they can use a lot are fun (as did their own design experiments, like Bo9S), and that the proper balance of "simple to learn, hard to master," paired with a solid style will attract more people. [/QUOTE]

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