I figure that if the mini-game is designed well, players won't mind that their time is being used for something other than the game. Also, people like being useful - maybe such a mini-game can be good for marketing!
They did make an effort to market it. The idea sounded very cool, being able to play this mini game while you're on the ship - useful when you're waiting for other players to finish doing stuff.
A mini game where I can get rewards and help with something important - that sounds great. Unfortunately, the rewards were underwhelming, and the game wasn't very captivating and also felt a little tacked on. I rarely went back to it.
I figure that if the mini-game is designed well, players won't mind that their time is being used for something other than the game. Also, people like being useful - maybe such a mini-game can be good for marketing!
I think so too!
Though, now that consent has been mentioned, I keep thinking about the slippery slope this COULD go down.
I haven’t really gotten into the Borderlands universe…do you know if Borderlands Science was something that was marketed with a lot of fanfare?
They did make an effort to market it. The idea sounded very cool, being able to play this mini game while you're on the ship - useful when you're waiting for other players to finish doing stuff.
A mini game where I can get rewards and help with something important - that sounds great. Unfortunately, the rewards were underwhelming, and the game wasn't very captivating and also felt a little tacked on. I rarely went back to it.