wonkyth
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I was wondering: are you ever thinking on going forward with the RPG Engine thing, because it would be a nice additive to your collection if you could get it working.
not suggesting that it doesn't work.

Even if the game that comes with it freezes on the "Loading..." bit on my machine.

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Even if the game that comes with it freezes on the "Loading..." bit on my machine.

And which game would that be?

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The would-be ElfQuest.

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wonkyth wrote:
The would-be ElfQuest.

Riiiight... the ElfQuest game was something I was involved in about twelve years ago. It was abandoned back then because in the early days of the internet, if was next to impossible to keep a multinational team together over e-mail. I haven't had any contact with Richard Pini since then, which is crucial.

So while I would like to design an RPG at some point in the near future, it will definitely not involve ElfQuest. Neither is it likely that it will use the old Ultima'esque top-view.

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I'm not so much worried about ElfQuest, I'm more worried about the engine.

Even if you don't like the top-view, I like it, or at least to an extent.
Anyway what other types of RPG are there, except the new, fancy First-Person ones.
no actually there is a few other ones I can think of, but they are either too complex or too boring.

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wonkyth wrote:
Even if you don't like the top-view, I like it, or at least to an extent.

I feel it's been done. Baldur's Gate is top-view, for instance.

Anyway what other types of RPG are there, except the new, fancy First-Person ones.

First-person view has been around since at least 1986...

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"New" was probably the wrong word to use.
But either way, I don't think that FP is true to the style.
unless the game is unique in another way, I don't think that RPG's are very good in FP.


And what do you have against Balder's Gate?
I haven't played the game, but as far as I can see it's fine.

Or is it just that you like original games?

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wonkyth wrote:
"New" was probably the wrong word to use.
But either way, I don't think that FP is true to the style.

I disagree. There are several excellent classic RPGs that use FP style, including Bard's Tale, Wizardry, Ultima, Lands of Lore, Eye of the Beholder, and Anvil of Dawn.

And what do you have against Balder's Gate?

Nothing really, but it already exists, so that means there's no point to me writing it.


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Radiant wrote:
And what do you have against Balder's Gate?

Nothing really, but it already exists, so that means there's no point to me writing it.

Good Point.

Radiant wrote:There are several excellent classic RPGs that use FP style

Probably, but there are a few things of note about them:

#1 They usually cost money...
#2 usually lots of it...
#3 this means that, as I am not made of money, I haven't had many chances of getting to the good ones(Pity, 'Cos I'm good)because...
#4 Good ones are often far and few between

While they aren't all that bad, I think they could do better for the amount of money they usually charge.

And as we were talking about an RPG Engine, I think that a FP game is out of the question.
Unless of course you're happy to spend forever and a day working on it.


I rest my case.


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What I'm trying to say, I guess, is that I think you should go up into that attic of yours and dust off a few oldies.

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wonkyth wrote:
And as we were talking about an RPG Engine, I think that a FP game is out of the question.
Unless of course you're happy to spend forever and a day working on it.

Wait and see...


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wonkyth wrote:

Please do not post just smilies, they will waste the space of site.

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Sorry, but thats just about the most accurate thing I could Write.

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Vike91 wrote:

wonkyth wrote:

Please do not post just smilies, they will waste the space of site.

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Um...Actually, about the ElfQuest thing; what are you supposed to do with the man past the Ice-Rink.
Does that bit of the game actually work, or is that where the working game ends?
I tried killing him, but he just said "AAAAAAAUUUUGGGGHHHH" and died, and the game crashed.


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wonkyth wrote:
Um...Actually, about the ElfQuest thing; what are you supposed to do with the man past the Ice-Rink.

You're supposed to give him the password. Which your character won't know unless he's heard it somewhere.


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wonkyth
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Dammit, why do you always have to be so secretive!

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