Comments on: Why accessibility is so important http://indiemarketinghandbook.com/2011/10/06/keep-it-accessible/ Making the game is only half the battle Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:16:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Al http://indiemarketinghandbook.com/2011/10/06/keep-it-accessible/#comment-101 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:01:19 +0000 http://wootcomms.com/2011/10/keep-it-accessible/#comment-101 Thanks for your comment Joe. I think there’s a lot of truth in that, but I think WoW does cater for the player that just wants to quest alone at the higher levels.

Admittedly, I didn’t do that. I was more of a fan of battlegrounds :)

]]> By: Joe http://indiemarketinghandbook.com/2011/10/06/keep-it-accessible/#comment-100 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:55:15 +0000 http://wootcomms.com/2011/10/keep-it-accessible/#comment-100 I don’t know if that’s a joke…it’s certainly the truth for me! =)

One comment I’d like to make about World of Warcraft: I agree that it is easy to get into, and harder at the end…but in a way, I feel the way WoW is set up is also a little misleading. I know people who have enjoyed WoW at the early levels, but find the “end game” a little too demanding and difficult . I was once part of a “casual” raiding group that met twice a week for 3-4 hours a time…it’s funny that it’s considered casual when compared to other raiding guilds, I don’t think that’s casual for an average gamer!

I guess my overall point was, that while WoW does a great job of making their early game accessible, there really isn’t a good ramp up of difficulty that leads nicely into their end game, and I think that ramp is the middle is just as important as the initial learning curve.

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