Submission + - MMOs and Sandbox Games
An anonymous reader writes: Why do so few games truly embrace the sandbox metaphor? GamersWithJobs has their own opinions, and thinks that MMOs may be replacing The Sims as the center of the "emergent gameplay" movement.
Read the thole thing.I don't know if it's a function of age, or experience or perhaps just changing tastes, but my favorite games are increasingly the ones where I can find my own methods of play. I loved that Dead Rising simply gave me a mall, a chainsaw and an army of zombies. Perhaps my love of MMOs is as much related to the opportunity to explore and adventure on my own as any actual construction of gameplay.
