1 A 2009 paper in the journal Neuron showed that near misses activated the same reward systems in the brain as actual gambling wins. In the psychology of gambling literature there is something known as “the near miss effect.” Gamblers experienceing the near miss of an almost winning hand, spin, or lottery ticket take it as a sign that they should keep playing. Neither scenario is different form any other non-winning outcome, right? Similarly, if you need three lucky 7s to win the slot machine jackpot, two 7s and a cherry are no good. Ace, King, Queen, Jack, and a four is one card away from a hell of a hand in poker, but it’s ultimately trash. In slot machines or winning poker hands, you can come really close to winning big but still lose. This makes me think, oddly enough, of gambling. The gear challenge system in Just Cause 3.
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If I had just gotten a few more points or if I hadn’t crashed on that last turn, I would have gotten the upgrade I wanted. This means that quite frequently I am aware that I ALMOST scored enough points to earn another gear, but not quite. Want more precise aim with your guns? Ace the shooting range challenges.Įarning gears requires you to clear a certain point threshold in each challenge, and the game gives you not only numerical feedback (through …numbers) but also visual feedback by filling in the outline of each gear that you earn in a given challenge. Fancy a nitrus boost for your cars? You’d better do really well in these racing challenges. Want to increase your grenade carrying capacity? You need to earn enough gears in demolition challenges. Passing point thresholds in these challenges earns you “gears.” Collect enough gears and you unlock upgrades.
It’s great except for one big design decision that I really hate: upgrades are locked behind skill challenges.
I’ve been playing the open world, third person shooter Just Cause 3. That’s a thought that has been going through my head a lot recently. “I’m not failing, I’m almost succeeding.”
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