The Gamedesign Gazette - game design

game design

Snack sized bits & ponderings on game design and the industry’s most intriguing ideas.

Harry Potter Hogwarts Legacy

Sometimes the backdrop wields enough magic to enchant the rest of the experience

Hogwarts Legacy · February 11, 2023December 10, 2024

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2

When poor mission design and flawed balancing shatter the power fantasy

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 · January 12, 2023December 10, 2024

Mirrors Edge Catalyst

In a game about parkours, the sound of materials is more than a gimmick

Mirror's Edge Catalyst · June 7, 2022December 10, 2024

Putting the end of the journey into its player’s hands prioritizes respect over control

Sable · June 3, 2022December 10, 2024

Alien Isolation

How unfortunate design choices downgrade the heroine to a henchman on rails

Alien Isolation · May 11, 2022December 10, 2024

Hellblade Senuas Sacrifice

Its audio-visual courage makes Hellblade a shockingly explicit testimony of mental illness

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice · April 28, 2022December 10, 2024

How embracing playing styles makes Elden Ring more accessable than difficulty settings could ever dream of

Elden Ring · April 22, 2022December 10, 2024

Outriders

Ironically its non-stop bombardment with things to shoot is what keeps players from realizing how stupid everything is

Outriders · April 13, 2022December 10, 2024