Brodersen
April 24th, 2011, 06:03 PM
Mafia game is one of the best custom games, but heres a few things I hope will change to make it even better.
Worst part of the game is the setup.
Either:
- You have to wait a very long time.
- People get upset and leave.
- You get stupid setup that ruines the game (e.g. 4 mafia or screwed up settings for some roles)
- You ALWAYS have to wait every game. Playing could be so much faster.
- This process is confusing for new players and makes the game seem advance at first, even though its quiet simple.
I suggest you either decide on some game mode that is generally the most fun for most people, and stick with that (change every update to balance or make more fun, listen to forum).
Then the game can start MUCH faster, and we can have more games faster!
I know people like options, but the cost of it is the above list of issues, and imo not worth it. Too many games are ruined by it or takes forever to start (+leavers).
General:
Far to often do players want to discuss and say what they think, but are afraid to do so, because if they get too much attention, SK/mafia will just kill them.
Therefor I suggest all players should be able to, during night, to post an anonymous tip, that everyone see during the day.
This will also give classes that dont have night abilities, still have something to do during the night.
SK/Mafia/e.g can also use this to confuse.
A role such as Doctor can then give anonymous tips to everyone, that he would like investigator/sherif to speak out. This would lead to more debate and suspecions. And players would be able to use their roles better, without giving away their identity so easily.
Also please try to add more choices to some of the roles if you can. Even just small choices of being able to tell someone something, or do anonymous things.
Chat:
When a game is over, please allow chat immediately while seeing the screen flash a color. Then players can discuss and cheer right away!
Also, when people die, give them a message that they died, and can now chat with the others dead (motivates them to stay).
One way to keep the players for longer might be to allow them to guess the roles of the others still alive, and maybe even get extra points for correct guesses, (but other stuff in this list is more important, so maybe forget about that again :)
Roles:
Witch. It might be challenging and fun to play witch because you try to find out who is who. But seriously this class doesnt add any fun to the other players, and doesnt contributen to the debates or suspecions. It just makes everything more chaotic and random, and "witch" doesnt make sense next to roles like Mafia or Escort. Keep it real and remove Witch role!
Choosing name:
Change -Ford Prefect to "Choose a name with -YOURNAME", so newbies dont get confused ;)
When choosing name, please allow players to see their role, before choosing a name. That might make naming even more fun and suspecious.
Last Will:
Make a button for Last Will, to make it faster and easier to edit your will.
Also explain that this is shown if you should die. many players dont understand this, how to, or what exactly it does. Maybe not all are as good at english :/
Info:
Put more info in the game. Fx Im a doctor, would be nice to know if I saved someone from death that night. Makes no sense that I dont know that. Doesnt really change anything if I know it, and its more fun for me to know that I was useful or useless.
In general more info (even if nothing happens), will help make the game more immersive.
Points:
Points are cool, so you feel progress and reward. But they dont work and is often getting reset! Please fix it :(
And showing each players points in beginning so players can brag about how good they are, would be nice.
Also show points when selecting model, so players know how far they are to unlocking new models. And show total points in the end as well, so players can see the points of those who won, and how many points they now have.
Keep up the good work with Mafia! :) It can be a much faster game and attract even more people to play it, including those who are otherwise scared away by the slow and complex looking start screen!
Let me know what you think...
Worst part of the game is the setup.
Either:
- You have to wait a very long time.
- People get upset and leave.
- You get stupid setup that ruines the game (e.g. 4 mafia or screwed up settings for some roles)
- You ALWAYS have to wait every game. Playing could be so much faster.
- This process is confusing for new players and makes the game seem advance at first, even though its quiet simple.
I suggest you either decide on some game mode that is generally the most fun for most people, and stick with that (change every update to balance or make more fun, listen to forum).
Then the game can start MUCH faster, and we can have more games faster!
I know people like options, but the cost of it is the above list of issues, and imo not worth it. Too many games are ruined by it or takes forever to start (+leavers).
General:
Far to often do players want to discuss and say what they think, but are afraid to do so, because if they get too much attention, SK/mafia will just kill them.
Therefor I suggest all players should be able to, during night, to post an anonymous tip, that everyone see during the day.
This will also give classes that dont have night abilities, still have something to do during the night.
SK/Mafia/e.g can also use this to confuse.
A role such as Doctor can then give anonymous tips to everyone, that he would like investigator/sherif to speak out. This would lead to more debate and suspecions. And players would be able to use their roles better, without giving away their identity so easily.
Also please try to add more choices to some of the roles if you can. Even just small choices of being able to tell someone something, or do anonymous things.
Chat:
When a game is over, please allow chat immediately while seeing the screen flash a color. Then players can discuss and cheer right away!
Also, when people die, give them a message that they died, and can now chat with the others dead (motivates them to stay).
One way to keep the players for longer might be to allow them to guess the roles of the others still alive, and maybe even get extra points for correct guesses, (but other stuff in this list is more important, so maybe forget about that again :)
Roles:
Witch. It might be challenging and fun to play witch because you try to find out who is who. But seriously this class doesnt add any fun to the other players, and doesnt contributen to the debates or suspecions. It just makes everything more chaotic and random, and "witch" doesnt make sense next to roles like Mafia or Escort. Keep it real and remove Witch role!
Choosing name:
Change -Ford Prefect to "Choose a name with -YOURNAME", so newbies dont get confused ;)
When choosing name, please allow players to see their role, before choosing a name. That might make naming even more fun and suspecious.
Last Will:
Make a button for Last Will, to make it faster and easier to edit your will.
Also explain that this is shown if you should die. many players dont understand this, how to, or what exactly it does. Maybe not all are as good at english :/
Info:
Put more info in the game. Fx Im a doctor, would be nice to know if I saved someone from death that night. Makes no sense that I dont know that. Doesnt really change anything if I know it, and its more fun for me to know that I was useful or useless.
In general more info (even if nothing happens), will help make the game more immersive.
Points:
Points are cool, so you feel progress and reward. But they dont work and is often getting reset! Please fix it :(
And showing each players points in beginning so players can brag about how good they are, would be nice.
Also show points when selecting model, so players know how far they are to unlocking new models. And show total points in the end as well, so players can see the points of those who won, and how many points they now have.
Keep up the good work with Mafia! :) It can be a much faster game and attract even more people to play it, including those who are otherwise scared away by the slow and complex looking start screen!
Let me know what you think...