Warp wrote:

>   The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion was my first modern "sandbox-style" game
> I played, and it was a magnificent experience.
> 
>   Unfortunately after playing with it for a month or so, I got actually
> immunized against the marvels of an open and realistic world, and afterwards
> any sandbox-style game has been outright boring. Thus it would be such a
> problem for me.
> 
>   (I go to more detail here: http://warp.povusers.org/grrr/sandbox_games.html )

 From what I've seen, some people use "it's a sandbox game" as an excuse 
for not developing any actual, you know, gameplay. You can just do 
whatever you want... but there's no particular point to it.

Then again, designing a game that's actually fun to play is surprisingly 
hard...

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