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dj (38 posts) Dec-10-00, 04:06 AM (Pacific) "Good features of games" I was sort of thinking recently, in my current excess of free time, about what features are fairly needed in a good RPG these days The thing that first and foremost beat me about the head was options in plot i suppose The chance to do different things adds replayability in one of the few ways that it can be added in any RPG Included in this fairly vague category is things like very optional subquests and fights and hence treasures It should be hard to get the Broken <randomobject> Of Killing Almost Everyone but by the same token one should actually exist if the person is ready to put in the hard yards to get it I reckon this last thing is where recently baldurs gate 2 excelled. For those of you who know what im talking about, how much better was fighting kangaxx the lich than just opening a door containing some beast of 1000 eyes and eventually killing it. I dont know maybe that particular example is more of a result of the fact that Black Isle had 12348712341234 times more resources both technology wise and staff wise with which is play around with but maybe thats not it To a large extent in computer rpgin its these kind of choices that allow the actual role playing to occur Places where theres two ends to random quests and the decision is not clear cut, maybe one way you'd get a good item the other way more experience or something Because i've seen enough times where you'd have to be somewhat moronic to finish a quest one way because the 'good' way or whatever had too high a pay-off I think unexpected things also are good Maybe therell be some totally random looking civilian just with some slight difference in their description who turns out to be a big old baddie who can optionally be slain for something or other Well thats the main factor to a good game in my opinion : options in terms of not gameplay , not character creation/statistical development but story development and i guess realistic easter eggs of sorts Sadly I'm not really expecting to see a lot of this kind of thing in wizardry 8 because it can be seen as a waste when half the players dont find the MegaloBeastie Holding The Axe Of Painful Dismembering And Mutilation... Whaddyas reckon? d   Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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A FOOZLE..., mojo, 08:24 AM, Dec-10-00, (1) RE: A FOOZLE..., apsen, 07:17 PM, Dec-18-00, (2) LIKE A TOON..., mojo, 05:38 AM, Dec-19-00, (3) RE: LIKE A TOON..., apsen, 04:30 PM, Dec-20-00, (4) Don't feel bad, Llevram, 04:35 PM, Dec-20-00, (5) DOESN'T ANYBODY REMEMBER..., mojo, 05:16 AM, Dec-21-00, (6) I got that part, Llevram, 08:05 AM, Dec-21-00, (7) RE: I got that part, mojo, 04:01 PM, Dec-21-00, (8)

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mojo (310 posts) Dec-10-00, 08:24 AM (Pacific) 1. "A FOOZLE..." ...that doesn't fizzle would be nice, for a change. The final big battle with the ultimate baddie should be an epic struggle. Very few are, tho. Usually very disappointing with the struggle to get there far more rigorous than the final Big Boss Bash. Good endings really give a sense of accompolishment. Bad endings, well, just plain stink. (And, as we all know, there's nothing worse than having a stinky end...:c) Other than that, lots of "good" bugs and mystery menus! CPoW   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

apsen (91 posts) Dec-18-00, 07:17 PM (Pacific) 2. "RE: A FOOZLE..." He-he Last battle I remember first Eye of the Beholder. We were searching for least dangerous item to use in final battle I remember using egg of kenku(?) or whatever that parrots were called   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

mojo (310 posts) Dec-19-00, 05:38 AM (Pacific) 3. "LIKE A TOON..." ...with a shave and a haircut...I can't resist it, Aspen. I have to ask... Was the yoke on you? CPoW   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

apsen (91 posts) Dec-20-00, 04:30 PM (Pacific) 4. "RE: LIKE A TOON..." I'm sorry it's just to tough for me get it. Either my English or my knowledge of folklore (cartoons or whatever) makes me uncapable of understanding Anyway. As you hit the big baddie with an egg he will instantly die. Probably he just can't stand the shame   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Llevram (5022 posts) Dec-20-00, 04:35 PM (Pacific) 5. "Don't feel bad" I don't get many of his jokes either Maybe you have to be on the same medication The "yoke" is the yellow part of the egg ... and sounds like "joke" ... a play on words Tools for your Wizardry(r) toolkit   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

mojo (310 posts) Dec-21-00, 05:16 AM (Pacific) 6. "DOESN'T ANYBODY REMEMBER..." ...Roger Rabbit? Shave-and-a-haircut--two bits...the "rap" melody no toon can resist? "SIGH"...don't feel bad, Prof. I don't get most of my jokes either... Sad to think I've become the Dennis Miller of The Greatest RPG Fans Forum... CPoW   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Llevram (5022 posts) Dec-21-00, 08:05 AM (Pacific) 7. "I got that part" Though my memory of that phrase (shave and ...) goes further back than Roger Rabbit ... though frmo whence it orignally came, dunno. Tools for your Wizardry(r) toolkit   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

mojo (310 posts) Dec-21-00, 04:01 PM (Pacific) 8. "RE: I got that part" Probably from the 1930's or thereabouts. When a shave and a haircut was two bits...(25 cents, I guess). Hard to get a haircut nowdays. Gotta have it "styled". Didja ever notice how all these "stylist" have like the crappiest haircuts? Poetic justice, I suppose... Or the blind leading the blind... CPoW   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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