If a game is based on fighting enemies, make sure the fighting is actually awesome! Animations, visual and sound effects, rewards...all should be tied to fighting and defeating the enemies. There must be a point in fighting them. They must be challenging, but in a way that is fun. If they always outsmart the player, never miss a shot, or always execute the optimal strategy...how could that be fun?
Again, we're going to talk more about this when we'll see how to balance games, but in this chapter, it is important that you understand that enemies in a video game are just a tool for enabling fun. Even in a game such as Dark Souls, based on extremely challenging enemies, where the promise is that 'the player ...
