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AlexanderHowl · 02-10-2018, 05:55 AM

I agree. Unless you were talking about an indie game, 3D rendering can cost millions of dollars worth of computer time. Music rights can also cost in the millions of dollars, as can voice acting. Marketing can also cost tens of millions to hundreds of millions of dollars.

GURPS probably lends itself more easily to video games than many other gaming systems because of it is moderately simulationistic. With only four Attributes, it captures reality in a relatively small box. The only problem is that a game that used GURPS can only capture a few dozen styles of play (the combination of difficulty levels and options).

02-10-2018, 05:55 AM	#4
AlexanderHowl Join Date: Feb 2016	Re: How Would GURPS Rules Need To Be Changed For A Computer Game? I agree. Unless you were talking about an indie game, 3D rendering can cost millions of dollars worth of computer time. Music rights can also cost in the millions of dollars, as can voice acting. Marketing can also cost tens of millions to hundreds of millions of dollars. GURPS probably lends itself more easily to video games than many other gaming systems because of it is moderately simulationistic. With only four Attributes, it captures reality in a relatively small box. The only problem is that a game that used GURPS can only capture a few dozen styles of play (the combination of difficulty levels and options).