I''m currently involved in developing a RPG engine and I would like you all to just answer two simple questions about gameplay and graphics. The engine is in a very early experimental state and we don''t know if it ever will be released. Still there is much work left and much code to ponder, but we have decided to ask around on online forums before it has grown to complex and the adding of new features will be a huge task. As for now we have decided to keep the idea secret, but I can reveal some of the details. The recepie follows: 1 cup of ELITE II 1 cup of BALDURS GATE 1 cup of DIABLO II 1 cup of SECRET INGREDIENTS And then we just add some MONKEY ISLAND and SIMON THE SORCERER for the flavour. Mix it all together and bake for about 1-2 years So, to the questions. 1. What would you rather have? Stunning, breathtaking raytraced hi-res multicolored background pictures or a world that is so complex that it would take years to explore every corner of it? 2. Would you like the "game-quest", the main purpose of it all, to be linear or would it be better if you could act more freely? Any comments or ideas are welcome. Screenshots will be posted in this forum when (if ever) they will become available.

My RPG''ss still in the design stage, but it''s about 2 cups of Ultima VII, 1 cup of Thief: The Dark Project, and a teaspoon each of The Bard''s Tale, Final Fantasy 6, and Bloodwych.

Personally I always favour depth over anything else in RPGs, so my vote would be for a large world that you can explore whenever you want: a beautiful world that you explore in a linear fashion is little more than a pixellated movie.

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Bloodwych - wow, how many people know that game? Maybe it was big on your side of the pond, but over here, I think I was the only one who played it. (on my Amiga - I even have it and the expansion disk lying around here somewhere....)

I guess there was a PC game done by the same guy(s?) - but I don''t think it had split-screen two-player mode (which was the best feature)...

Ah, memories...
-scott

(oh, and to answer the original post while I''m here:

1) complex game world! screw graphics.
2) 100% non-linear. don''t tell me what to do, or if you do, definately give me the option of not doing it or doing it my way.

Aaand, since I''m still typing, my game-in-progress is 2 cups roguelike, 2 cups Tactics Ogre, and 1 tbsp Ogre Battle. Add random quests, a participatable political climate, dynamic kingdoms, and functional trade routes, and there''s my game! Well, eventually, at least. )

quote:Original post by scaught
Bloodwych - wow, how many people know that game? Maybe it was big on your side of the pond, but over here, I think I was the only one who played it. (on my Amiga - I even have it and the expansion disk lying around here somewhere....)

It was reasonably popular here, but not as popular as Dungeon Master or Eye of the Beholder. Sadly.

quote:I guess there was a PC game done by the same guy(s?) - but I don''t think it had split-screen two-player mode (which was the best feature)...

I think the same team went on to make a game called Hexx, but I thought that had a 2 player option as well. I dunno.

quote:Ah, memories...

Indeed. Yet another old classic I''d like to bring up to date.


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