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Originally Posted by pavulon
Video games are a different thing. You control what happens and the consequences of poor choices is effectively nothing more serious than some mild disappointment. Further evidence of the difference is the potential for addiction to video games. They can and have become part of a lot of people's identities.
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That's unintentionally intentional.
A by product of rule #1 in building a good game. It's the same as pretty much anything else in life that people enjoy.
Don't make the player do things that have no reward. They should never think, "why am I doing this?"
Everything has to have a payout.