Min/Max your storytelling, Sometimes I just want to know what to do. Options

[ZarroTsu]

As I said HERE (and earlier in the topic, if you so dare to suffocate under my wrath of text), one of the things your RPG most definitely needs is a sense of direction -- both setting-wise, and actual player-given direction-wise. This topic is about the latter.

What is a good amount of information/direction, and what is a bad amount of information/direction, to give the player during their journey? (This can be broken up into a 'beginning' 'middle' and 'end' point in the game, of course).

This post has been edited by ZarroTsu: Oct 30 2012, 03:49 PM

[X-M-O]

I completely agree! Direction, and purpose, are extremely important in a story. Otherwise the player loses interest and/or simply doesn't care about what happens next because everything feels forced.
With purpose/direction/intent a character in a story can build on its own naturally and the player will want to experience that story much more than experiencing a forced story where things don't seem to match up or make sense.