Forum Overview :: Gamerasutra :: You mean solving puzzles isn't gameplay? What?

[quote name="Worm"]Well I guess it's not gameplay like firing up Obfuscation and executing everyone in the stage, firing up Celerity and shotgunning them in the face, or making sure to click the <i><font color="pink">Pink Italic Sexy Text</i></font>. So I guess you're saying interactive Fiction might as well be a .txt file? Jesus fucking Christ. I like Bloodlines, but the story was effectively Dragon Ball Z except you're the Super Vampireman, and the best quest was the one where you fought off zombies so the guy could fuck a hooker. I liked it, but that doesn't mean it isn't insipid. Hell, even some of the generally favored parts of the game (haunted house/insane asylum) played out like fucking adventure games.[/quote]