Playable vs Placable - What's the difference?
playable | placable |
Able to be played.
(games) Of a move, giving a reasonable result; able to be played without losing.
(games) Of a game, able to be played and enjoyed.
* 1989 , Matt Bielby, Blasteroids'' (game review in ''Your Sinclair issue 40, April 1989)
As adjectives the difference between playable and placable
is that playable is able to be played while placable is placeable; that can be put or placed.playable
English
Adjective
(-)- Not all compact discs are playable in car stereos.
- Some of the most playable games tend to be those that've been around the longest: the Breakout''/''Arkanoid''/''Batty'' imitators for instance, or, as here, the ''Asteroids clones.