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Message: [QUOTE="MrChester, post: 205426, member: 291148"] There's a name for that idea in game theory known as intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation comes from mechanical mastery like wanting to beat a game "because it's tough" such as with Castlevania, or to improve and compete like in fighting games. Extrinsic motivation comes from things outside of the core gameplay like leveling up your character in Symphony/Aria, or getting a higher number in a clicker games. Obviously both styles have their merits and there's a lot of middle ground that covers both, but as you put it, those older castlevanias had a certain charm, and I think it relates to motivation [/QUOTE]

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