Shared World Shooter was pretty clear to my dad (Destiny)

by kidtsunami , Atlanta, GA, Thursday, November 28, 2013, 07:15 (4011 days ago) @ Cody Miller

You're the hardcore. You're the inner circle. I know you want us to keep a faster pace. We'll get there.

Thanks for being impatient. Sincerely.

I don't think that's exactly the frustration.

The frustration is that the info you've CHOSEN to reveal isn't very clear, when there really isn't any reason why it has to be murky. You guys have tried to describe your game to us, choosing a meaningless term like "shared world shooter".

Wrong: "Shared world Shooter"
Right: "FPS with MMO and Open World elements" (Example)

One says a great deal. The other says nothing. If you wanted to say nothing, best just not to say anything.

If I said "FPS with MMO and Open World Elements" he would have immediately been thrown completely off base as a WOW/Eve Online player.

Instead of incorrect assumptions it got him to ask me "So what does the Shared World mean" and I was able to point out how Public Events, Fireteams, and the City were going to work. Better than having to answer a few questions like "Is there a monthly fee? Will there be guilds? Does it have a hotbar?"