First-Person for travelling ala SSI games (to see the sky)

[mckracken]

a first person mode only for travelling (NOT in combat) would greatly add to the overall mood of the setting.

 

top down is perfect for combat and NPC-dialogue (portraits are a MUST, as 3d is ugly when zoomed in) but never be able to see the sun and sky feels like youre moving around in a puppet theatre.

[nikolokolus]

Just no.

[Dragoonlordz]

I personally would not like first person mode when in game, it would lead to disconnect with the playing for me if constant switching between view points.

 

I m not saying you are wrong to want or like it, just my personal preference that would be detrimental to my enjoyment.

[dlux]

This really isn't an option, because the game is going to have pre-rendered 3D backgrounds.

[Starglider]

I like this idea in principle, but I think it would take far too much dev / artist resource to implement. FMV prerendered cutscenes are better, as they also show us the characters in more detail, not just the world (can also be farmed out to other artists without taking time from the main dev team).

Edited September 23, 2012 by Starglider

[Merin]

If there was one thing I didn't like about Bard's Tale and the SSI games was the moving in first person.

 

So I would prefer not.

 

As others have said, it's largely a moot point for Project Eternity anyway.

[Knott]

If you want to see the sky then the better solution in this game format would be for an artist to create vast, beautiful vistas that you can admire during f.ex. longer narrations and loading screens

[Dragoonlordz]

Just remember staring at the sun makes you go blind.

[nikolokolus]

Just remember staring at the sun makes you go blind.

 

Amongst other *ahem* things

[evdk]

I don't know, the constant switch of perspective in Albion bugged the hell out of me. Also IIRC the travel will be done a la BG2, so no traveling per se.

[Dragoonlordz]

Just remember staring at the sun makes you go blind.

 

Amongst other *ahem* things

 

Dear Icarus loved the sky and look what happened to that poor fellow...

[Piccolo]

Not going to happen in a CRPG aiming to follow the IE mould, and i'm fine with that.

 

First person works well for some RPGs, but not others.

 

Also, shhh! People who grew up on late 90s RPGs like Baldur's Gate often like to pretend that those games started it all, and that first person perspective in RPGs is some new devilry brought about by FPS games. Talking about older RPGs from the 80s that had first person perspective will boggle their minds.

Edited September 23, 2012 by Piccolo

[Dragoonlordz]

Not going to happen in a CRPG aiming to follow the IE mould, and i'm fine with that.

 

First person works well for some RPGs, but not others.

 

Also, shhh! People who grew up on late 90s RPGs like Baldur's Gate often like to pretend that those games started it all, and that first person perspective in RPGs is some new devilry brought about by FPS games. Talking about older RPGs from the 80s that had first person perspective will boggle their minds.

 

It has been many decades since the 80's and games I played back then but if I recall the first time I saw first person perspective in games was text based adventure games. The kind with text based UI at bottom of the screen (commands like N=North W=West and such) plus line of sight images top of the screen.