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Strange bedfellows

There are two specific games that have helped inspire this idea: one is Call of Duty 4 and the other is Guild Wars. The former has a wonderful leveling feature that creates a system where experience and ranking up matters and it avoids getting into statistics nightmare. Whereas the second washes its hands of a reoccurring subscription model in favor of occasional platform expansions. These two features are essential for dramatically reducing the barrier to entry felt by many potential players.

04/10/08