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  1. rjshae
    There's a lot of details that party-based CRPGs often leave out: food, water, guard schedules for camp, bed rolls, travel supplies, shaving kits, &c. Some things are just better off being abstracted for game purposes. If you want to simulate material components, then only allow spells to be cast off scrolls and make it easy to make more... at a spell component shop.
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    There was an old style of wargames that involved turn based combat in which the actions were plotted out in advance, then performed simultaneously. I'd argue that RtwP is just such a turn-based combat system that uses an AI helper function. It can run in real time because the AI is making most of the decisions for you. I almost think I'd like to have RtwP in combination with the ability to plot out specific movements for selected characters. If you want a character to circle around the battlefield, say, then you should be able to do so with a single pause, rather than having to micromanage every step. Then, when the movement is complete, I want the action to pause again so I can issue more orders.
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    I think that pre rendered 3D allow you to craft "screens" that look much more... "deep" (?) than if it was actually just made with a photoshop-like soft. I feel it works very well in this preview trailer. Images are somewhat deep, with foreground, background and all the stuff. I think the only difference between 2D and pre rendered 3D is just that. 3D helps you rendering some perspective mechanics and animations with the soft 3D engine that is really hard to animate or render with just a pen. But a the end, it's just kind of a "photo" taken in the 3D soft layout renderer and then applied on a plain 2D surface. But still, like i said, there are some things i can't understand. And all i said is just theory because i didn't any 3D work since 10 years. And i'm really curious about the stuff they made that can't be done with the method i spoke about below... Don't know if i was of some help for you, and if i understood your meanings well let me know so that i can improve my english further. EDIT: yeah Faster than light dude :D I think one potential benefit is that they don't need to worry about the poly count for the area models, which would be a concern for a FPS-style game. Thus they can make the non-animated models as detailed as they want and not have to decimate the mesh (unless it's an issue for render time).
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    Hopefully this hasn't already been posted... On Dec. 13, PC Gamer published an interview with Josh Sawyer on the subject of combat, character building, and companions in Pillars of Eternity. Also discussed was combat animation, NPC reactions, hiring companions, and the possibility (or not) of a pacifist run-through. The posted images are really quite beautiful, I think.
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    I would like to see some mods with decent VO work for the non-party conversations. Perhaps even some animated and fully rendered first-person videos, if somebody is feeling particularly adventurous. But the developers have enough on their plate with the current work-load.
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    There's no way they can satisfy everybody (including, apparently, you), but I think they've been innovative enough. It's a trade-off between supplying what people expect in terms of an IE-like nostalgic experience while implementing more state-of-the art gaming functionality. It isn't necessary to re-invent the gaming experience in order to provide an enjoyable game, so I find it odd that people are always grousing about it. Many artists that follow the innovation road aren't always well received (in their lifetime), and in the end people aren't as receptive to creativity as we'd like to believe.
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    So... safe to say you wouldn't want a Star Wars CRPG?
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    There's a selection bias here because the people voting are the ones who are already showing a strong interest in the game. But there's enough of a margin that they're probably fairly safe looking into the concept.
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    Here's a pledge reward idea that I think won't drain too much from the coffers: a sticker that can be applied to the lid of a laptop...
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    A completely mod-able UI would be a nice feature. That way, those who can't just enjoy whatever the developers come up with will have recourse to modify the look and feel to their satisfaction.
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    Picturing a Litter being carried by soul-trapped animated vessels that will take you to the surface and back....
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    For me this is a very intriguing story... Hubble Space Telescope Sees Evidence of Water Vapor Venting off Jupiter Moon The moon being Europa.
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    No controversy, too polite, too little difference in opinions; so all that is left is the equivalent of me tooing and giving impressions. And there's no absolute drawcard, an official forum can often get away with being a bit bland because it's an official forum. Every good forum needs a small dollop (or in the codex's case, a torrential deluge) of controversy, of argument, of hate to get to a critical level of actual discussion. There'll usually be more utter guff along with the good stuff as well, but I don't mind sifting the good stuff from chaff. Their articles are usually pretty good though they suffer a bit from being 'too nice' as well. Not enough Trolling for your blood? Ah well...
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    1979 REVOLUTION: Black Friday is almost certainly not going to pass at this point, but it's interesting that they received coverage from NPR.
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    This has been discussed...
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    ToEE used turn-based combat... which didn't seem at all boring. Ah well, the MTV generation has been indoctrinated differently.
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    I was musing on the fact that if you changed Constitution to Health and Dexterity to Agility, it would give the acronym SHAPIR. Unfortunately I couldn't come up with a good I => E conversion for Intellect.
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    I hope that means that it also doesn't have gaps in the corners (as in Sensuki's worse case result). So.... if you have somebody with a high res. display, you'd be okay with padding out the ends to fill them up? I sure wouldn't.
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    Yeah. I'd say this is pretty accurate portrayal of a full fledged codexian: It is rather a churlish site. Prefer RPGWatch myself.
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    A larger side plot to link the new wilds together might help to sell it. A mysterious darkness is stirring in the wilds... something with a heart of purest cold and utter evil... rumours are spreading in the border villages; a hamlet is suddenly deserted; strangely mutilated beasts have been found...
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    Alternative history has been trendy in the sci-fi-verse of late, so that's a possibility.
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    I hope it's as challenging as the "plague of rats" quest in Drakensang...
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    Yes, customization of the Stronghold's look and feel is a great way to make it feel like you actually own it. Just sayin'...
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    No, this would never fly as it was one of the original promises made during the Kickstarter program.
  25. rjshae
    If they do this, it would be nice if they specifically set out to produce several wilderness areas that are dramatically different from the existing types. I'm not sure how much they can do that and still remain in the same map area, but it could make things more interesting and appealing.
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