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On my long list of hates about RPGs, one of them was, I always felt it was an unnecessary chore to make you care about a world when, in fact, what most players care about is their own personal experience.

~Chris Avellone

Topics: About Always Care Chore Experience Fact Felt Hates In Fact List Long Long List Make Most Own Personal Personal Experience Players Them Unnecessary World You

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What I like about Kickstarter is it helps games that people want to play still get made, even if you don't pump $20 million dollars into it to try and meet all the stupid bells and whistles that publishers feel must be in games nowadays.

~Chris Avellone

Topics: About Bells Dollars Even Feel Games Get Helps Kickstarter Like Made Meet Million Million Dollars Must Nowadays People Play Publishers Pump Still Stupid Try Want You

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We've pitched and even begun development on a number of fantasy worlds that have never seen the light of day. All of those worlds... It's soul-crushing to see them sputter out, one by one. Lost. Like tears. In rain.

~Chris Avellone

Topics: Begun Day Development Even Fantasy Light Like Lost Never Number Out Rain See Seen Tears Them Those Worlds

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While I'm confident in Obsidian being able to deliver a quality title, it only takes one other Kickstarter developer to ruin things for everyone else and cast doubt on the donation process going forward.

~Chris Avellone

Topics: Able Being Cast Confident Deliver Developer Donation Doubt Else Everyone Everyone Else Forward Going Kickstarter Only Other Process Quality Ruin Takes Things Title While

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I think, actually, any morality system that rewards only the extremes is a flawed system. Players don't approach life that way, they don't approach games that way, and they shouldn't be trained to approach games that way. They shouldn't be in the 'Star Wars' mode where, 'I've got to choose every good option.'

~Chris Avellone

Topics: Actually Any Approach Choose Every Extremes Flawed Games Good Got Life Mode Morality Only Option Players Rewards Star Star Wars System Think Trained Wars Way Where I Think

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I absolutely knew that I wanted to play role-playing games when I saw a friend of mine playing 'Bard's Tale 2' on his Commodore 64.

~Chris Avellone

Topics: Absolutely Friend Games His Knew Mine Play Playing Playing Games Saw Tale Wanted

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In 'Alpha Protocol,' right from the outset, the parameters of the game explain to you that the mission needs to get done. How you approach that is your decision. The rewards and penalties for either path, those are going to balance out into different consequences.

~Chris Avellone

Topics: Alpha Approach Balance Consequences Decision Different Done Either Explain Game Get Going How Mission Needs Out Outset Parameters Path Penalties Protocol Rewards Right Those You Your

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A lot of the strength of an RPG world lies in its foundation: its systems, lore, and when appropriate, its magic systems. While there are elements tied to 'Project: Eternity' that at first glance seem to be classic fantasy, that's intentional - we do want to recreate some elements of a High Fantasy experience.

~Chris Avellone

Topics: Appropriate Classic Elements Eternity Experience Fantasy First Foundation Glance High Intentional Lies Lore Lot Magic Project Recreate Seem Some Strength Systems Tied Want While World

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If there's anything I can't stand, it's the cliche of the female handler who's always talking through the radio with your player, telling you where to go and what to do with a sexy voice. It's such a horrible, horrible cliche. You just get so tired of it. It's like, is this all she's ever going to be?

~Chris Avellone

Topics: Always Anything Cliche Ever Female Get Go Going Horrible Just Like Player Radio Sexy She Stand Talking Telling Through Tired Voice Where You Your

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The most important thing in games isn't the designer's narrative, but the story the player creates through his experiences.

~Chris Avellone

Topics: Creates Designer Experiences Games His Important Important Thing Most Most Important Thing Narrative Player Story The Most Important Thing Through

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Designer

Born: September 27th, 1971

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