quote:Varelse. - In any game there is death. Most don't bother with explanations, you just return to life and carry on - look at AC for example. That's obviously a fall back position for us but we thought we would try and give death something more and make it part of a wider experience. So...
Mostly because like Kenny on South Park, there really is no need for explanation. How will the clones affect the tale? If it's just a rationalization for extra lives, it's extraneous IMO. If it's integral to the character arc, go for it. Right now, it just seems really contrived to me.
quote:By worshiping the Gods you strengthen your soul path. By having the church bless your clone you create a soul portal. When you die your soul flies to your clone with all its memories complete. Atheists have more problems with this but it can be done.
Seems to me with direct evidence of the hereafter like this, there wouldn't be many atheists around -- at least not any intelligent ones. It's kind of like the warm reception a psychic would get from the skeptics if only they'd demonstrate their power under laboratory conditions. But, I digress.
quote:Clones are expensive to create, house and nurture. Once grown to full size they may need plastic surgery to resemble you properly. They need nutrients and exercise to prevent muscle atrophy.
So they're just like kids; what's the difference?
quote:Having intelligent kids isn't a prerogative of the intelligent. In a world like that of the first Empire, Tsualian, there is a need for population control. To allow people clones and kids would defeat this policy. Also it make cloning acceptable to the masses.
This seems arbitrary and inconsistent. Why not simply institute a program of zero-population-growth and leave it to the individual to work out the details? The best and the brightest wouldn't tolerate this crap. The empire would either change or fall.
quote:The Second Empire was founded from colony worlds. There is a need for increased population but further colonisation from the First is now barred. Therefore you can clone and have kids.
So the second empire isn't all that bright either? It sounds to me like all the smart people from both empires have secretly amassed a fleet to crush them both and create something new. So why not have your revolution now, in the design stage, and come up with something that would last more than 5 years for the game.
Picture yourself as a citizen of either of these empires. How long would you put up with crap like this? Now multiply that dissatisfaction by a billion and just try to stand in its way.
Edited by - varelse on February 7, 2002 3:59:49 AM