How "Good Design" Ruins Games

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Check out Katie and Catburger!: https://www.youtube.com/c/KatieandCatburger Support the channel on Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/ArchitectofGames Follow me on twitter!: https://twitter.com/Thefearalcarrot Arctic Eggs is a badly designed game. It's unfair, it's confusing and it's controls, well, they barely work. Under every possible metric it is designed wrong - in a way that's counter to what's generally accepted to be good design, both for cooking games and games in general... But what if that's a good thing? After inhaling the fumes of one too many burned eggs, The Architect has come up with an idea - what if a rigid, narrow idea of good design can actually hold games back? What if sometimes games need to break the rules and be made badly in order to teach us new ways of playing? You Saw: Arctic Eggs - 2024 Cook Serve Delicious 2 - 2017 Final Fantasy 14 - 2010 Venba - 2023 Overcooked 2 - 2018 DOOM 2016 - There's simply no way of knowing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 2017 Metal Slug 3 - 2000 Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - 2022 A Hat In Time - 2017 Ape Escape - 1999 Alien: Resurrection - 2000 ASTRO BOT - not out yet Dark Souls - 2012 Another Crab's Treasure = 2024 Lies of P - 2013 Dune Spice Wars - 2022 Dune 2 - 1992 Starcraft 2 - 2010 Command and Conquer 3 - 2007 Age of Empires 4 - 2021 Super Metroid - 1994 Hollow Knight - 2017 Ori and the Blind Forest - 2015 Guacamelee 2 - 2019 Slay The Spire - 2019 Across the Obelisk - 2021 Monster Train - 2022 Griftlands - 2021 Far Cry 5 - 2018 Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth - 2024 Horizon Forbidden West - 2022 Mirror's Edge - 2008 Uncharted 2 - 2009 Resident Evil 4 Remake - 2023 Cruelty Squad - 2021 Golden Light - 2020 Moon: Remix RPG Adventure - 1997 Toodee and Topdee - 2021 Teardown - 2022 Yume Nikki - 2004 Hatoful Boyfriend - 2011 Hylics 2 - 2020 Dragon Quest 3 Remake - not out yet BABA is YOU - 2019 Outer Wilds - 2019 Fez - 2012 Viewfinder - 2023 Undertale - 2015 Super Mario Brothers - 1985 Shovel Knight - 2014 Mario Bros - 1983 Mario Odyssey - 2017 Sonic Generations - 2011 Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy - 2017 Bubsy 3D - 1996 Parcel Corps - not out yet Neon White - 2022 Portal - 2007 Pepper Grinder - 2024 Verlet Swing - 2018 Titanfall 2 - 2016 VVVVVV - 2010 Downwell - 2015 Snake pass - 2017 Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom - 2024 MO Astray - 2019 Tinertia - 2014 Splodey - 2023 Super Magbot - 2021 Getting Over It - 2017 I Am Bread - 2014 Sniper Elite 5 - 2022 Halo 1 - 2001 DOOM - 1996 Halo 2 - 2004 Halo Infinite - 2021 Metal Gear Solid - 1998 Resident Evil - 1996 Resident Evil 4 - 2005 Dead Space - 2008 SIGNALIS - 2023 Crow County - 2024 Resident Evil 2 Remake - 2019 Resident Evil 2 - 1998 Prey - 2017 Indkika - 2024 Mario Kart 8 - 2014 Mario Kart Double Dash - 2003 Resident Evil 8 - 2021 Magic The Gathering Arena - 2018 Call of Duty Black Ops 3 - 2015 Metal Gear Solid 2 - 2001 Minecraft - 2011 Splatoon 3 - 2022 Deep Rock Galactic - 2018 Vermintide 2 - 2018 Left 4 Dead 2 - 2009 GTFO - 2019 Stacklands - 2022 Witchhand - 2024 Cultist Sim - 2018 XCOM: Enemy Unknown - 2012 Final Fantasy Tactics A2 - 2007 Into The Breach - 2018 Tactical Breach Wizards - not out yet Shadow of War - 2017 Far Cry 3 - 2012 Sable - 2021 Spiderman 1 - 2018 Death Stranding - 2019 Psychonauts 2 - 2021 Wandersong - 2018 Superliminal - 2019 Buckshot Roulette - 2023 Ultrakill - Early Access Street Fighter 6 - 2023 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 2023 Catherine - 2011 The Eternal Cylinder - 2021 Borderlands 3 - 2019 Dreamquest - 2014 Rogue Legacy - 2013 Hades 2 - Early Access Returnal - 2021 Apex Legends - 2019 Zero Seivert - Early Access Dark and Darker - Early Access Ghost of Tsushima - 2020 Super Mario World - 1990 New Super Mario Bros Wii - 2009 The Hex - 2018 Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 - 2022 Pokemon Scarlet - 2022 Overwatch - 2022 Mosa Lina - 2023 QWOP - 2010 Surgeon Sim - 2013 Dishonored 2 - 2016 Chants of Sennaar - 2023 Katamari Damacy - 2004 Destiny 2 - 2017