Scoring and Leaderboards (Gaming)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Thursday, March 23, 2017, 18:05 (2590 days ago) @ CyberKN
edited by Cody Miller, Thursday, March 23, 2017, 18:08

Anyway, I was just curious to see if I'm in some weird minority on this. What are your thoughts on numerical scoring and leaderboards these days?

I think they were always a bad idea.

It's so anti immersion to make players play with the intent of making a little number go up, especially when maximizing score often has you play a game in stupid ways. You're playing the game to win a competition that's outside the game… With all that games have to offer nowadays, it's the worst way to hook your players.

If you are in a firefight in PvP, there's a kind of scoring system too isn't there? First one to 200 points wins. The loser dies. That kind of 'hidden' scoring system is far more effective.

Here's a new one:

http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2017/03/03/buy-nier-automata-trophies-with-in-game-money/

What do you think about being able to purchase trophies?