Is Two Always Better Than One?

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Feb 11 2005, 7:25 pm
Previously I asked whether or not I should use one of two storylines for my game and an interesting line came up that I had never thought of:

Should you be able to choose to be an Xenomorph (Alien) or a Human Marine or should you just be a Marine?

I'd like very much to hear peoples thoughts on this.

Thank you in advance for your input.


- GunRunner
Feb 12 2005, 5:59 am
GunRunner wrote:
Should you be able to choose to be an Xenomorph (Alien) or a Human Marine or should you just be a Marine?

The obvious answer would be yes. Asking people if they would like more or less features, the answer is almost always yes. The question you have to ask yourself is, would doing so increase the level of gameplay enough compared to the amount of extra development time that is required?
Feb 12 2005, 11:19 am
In response to Grei
Grei wrote:
GunRunner wrote:
Should you be able to choose to be an Xenomorph (Alien) or a Human Marine or should you just be a Marine?

The obvious answer would be yes. Asking people if they would like more or less features, the answer is almost always yes. The question you have to ask yourself is, would doing so increase the level of gameplay enough compared to the amount of extra development time that is required?

An important addendum is "If I were to implement both, would either of the features suffer as a result of having less development time?"
Feb 12 2005, 3:19 pm
In response to Spuzzum
Thank you for the insight. I suppose the decision is mine in the end and I will need to answer for it so thanks guys.