Books Details
Author : Patrick Holleman Pages : 80 pages Publisher : CRC Press Language : ISBN-10 :
1138323969 ISBN-13 : 9781138323964
Books Descriptions
The Reverse Design series looks at all of the design decisions that went into classic
video games. This is the first installment in the Reverse Design series, looking at Final
Fantasy VI. Written in a readable format, it is broken down into six sections
examining some of the most important topics to the game:How narrative elements,
specifically the design of the fourteen player-characters, was the critical constraint
which shaped the game's productionHow the game broke with numerous RPG
traditions in order to focus on plot and characterization, while still maintaining
mechanical depthHow the systems were designed to allow the player to use any
combination of characters with equal levels of successKey FeaturesComprehensive
definitions of key concepts and terms, introducing the reader to the basic knowledge
about the study of RPG designSummary of historical context of Final Fantasy VI how it
came to be, how it diverges sharply from the class-based design ideas of older RPGs,
and what
