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

The Game Design Gazette · February 11, 2023November 8, 2024

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2

When poor mission design and flawed balancing shatter the power fantasy

The Game Design Gazette · January 12, 2023November 8, 2024

Mirrors Edge Catalyst

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

The Game Design Gazette · June 7, 2022November 8, 2024

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

The Game Design Gazette · June 3, 2022November 8, 2024

Alien Isolation

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

The Game Design Gazette · May 11, 2022November 8, 2024

Hellblade Senuas Sacrifice

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

The Game Design Gazette · April 28, 2022November 8, 2024

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

The Game Design Gazette · April 22, 2022November 8, 2024

Outriders

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

The Game Design Gazette · April 13, 2022November 8, 2024