Avernum 4 Complete Wish List
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 16:10
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Believe it or not, this is a forum, not a fan club. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 17:36
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Somewhat flawed, sure. But what game developer isn't somewhat flawed? I think his games are great, but they're a long way from perfect. Others have done much worse, though. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Triad Mage
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written Wednesday, July 6 2005 04:35
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They're the best RPGs of their kind, that's for sure. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Happy Happy Joy Joy Encyclopedia Ermariana - Trapped in the Closet ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 | Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Wednesday, July 6 2005 05:48
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quote:They're nearly the ONLY RPGs of the kind... I'm not de-valuing them in any way though. They're a great way to spend a few hours when bored, and a lot cheaper than AoM, which I also have. - Archmagus Micael -------------------- "You dare Trifle with Avernum?" ~ Erika the Archmage -------------------- My Scenarios: Undead Valley : A small Undead problem, what could possibly go wrong? -------------------- Richard Black - PROOF of his existance (the Infernal one's website). -------------------- MY FORUM! Randomosity at it's highest! :) Posts: 1370 | Registered: Thursday, June 10 2004 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Friday, July 8 2005 10:14
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Sadly, pen-and-paper style crpgs are a dying breed. People want Final Fantasy and hackenslashers, I guess. Temple of Elemental Evil, LoM(not really new in any sense...), Neverwinter Nights, and er....nothing else recent I can think of besides Jeff's games at the moment. Even if Jeff's games AREN'T the best of their kind, cheapness sure counts for something. Posts: 131 | Registered: Wednesday, June 22 2005 07:00 |
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Triad Mage
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written Friday, July 8 2005 14:51
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Inexpensive. Not cheap. :P -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Happy Happy Joy Joy Encyclopedia Ermariana - Trapped in the Closet ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 | Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, July 8 2005 18:54
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Neverwinter Nights is much closer to pen-and-paper (it's based on it quite faithfully) than Spiderweb's games. The type of game you want is "retro," which is a nice way of saying games stuck somewhere in the nostalgic mists of yesteryear. —Alorael, who thinks that's all the explanation is needed. Of course most games are like recent games and not older games. Otherwise the style wouldn't be older and remarkable for it! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Saturday, July 9 2005 11:10
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Hmmm simpler times: Ultima...Wizardry...Zork... Stupidest Idea Ever: Putting the more important details of your post in your signature which many people miss under the name Aloreal. [ Saturday, July 09, 2005 11:14: Message edited by: Verelor ] Posts: 131 | Registered: Wednesday, June 22 2005 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, July 9 2005 11:53
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Alorael, please. —Alorael, who doesn't see how it's any different from putting the most important information in the last paragraph. You shouldn't discriminate against paragraphs because they have an unusual format! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Sunday, July 10 2005 17:05
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Maybe I should ask a mod to pull the plug on this topic. The posts and replies are becoming more off-subject and random by the day. Posts: 131 | Registered: Wednesday, June 22 2005 07:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Sunday, July 10 2005 17:30
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Or perhaps you should just stop posting in it and let it die, if you want it gone. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Monday, July 11 2005 10:58
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Well, not if I can help it, right? Concerning the new topic about a Morrowind to Avernum mod, in my not so humble opinion, it would be absolutely great if Avernum 4 is like Morrowind (though if that will ever happen, it'd be avernum 9, 10, 11, or perhaps 667) Posts: 131 | Registered: Wednesday, June 22 2005 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Saturday, July 16 2005 02:26
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Honestly I felt the series was best left finished after BoA myself and that Spidweb should try a new story in a new place, something different. But we will see how this turns out I guess. I semi-agree with some different item graphics, just something to let us see the difference between a stone shortsword and a steel great sword, better still something that shows differences in materials (stone, bronze, iron) though grouping them all together as mentioned above would surfice. Thats all from me. -------------------- Fine Meal is people!!! Posts: 289 | Registered: Saturday, February 16 2002 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Sunday, July 17 2005 11:05
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Definately a new class of magic and stat for it. Example: Bloodmagic, takes hp to cast, most spells are targeted to the casting character only, points in Bloomagic stat increase max hp. Stuff like that. I also think multiple starting points would be an excellent idea. -------------------- Nobody appreciates me. It's all "Igor! Fetch some wine!" "Igor! Clean up this experiment!" or "Igor! Bury this in the garden, we're leaving town in 10 minutes!" —Alorael, who tried to become a deivore once. The priest gave him a funny look after the third wafer. Posts: 301 | Registered: Thursday, October 2 2003 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Sunday, July 17 2005 14:08
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quote:Liez. Everquest, World of Warcraft, Morrowind, Guild Wars, new Morrowind, are all absed on pen-and-paper statisticts, and are going great (i.e making allot of money). -------------------- "..The seventh wave of Thrall stumbled and climbed over the slippery, piled dead and Mazzarin saw The Watcher with them and at last knew the number of his days." Posts: 522 | Registered: Wednesday, May 4 2005 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Monday, July 18 2005 04:47
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Maybe Avernum 4 could be a prequel. "Before the dark times--before the Empire..." (Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars: Episode IV, for those who didn't know) -------------------- Lt. Sullust Cogito Ergo Sum Polaris Posts: 2462 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Monday, July 18 2005 15:59
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To everybody who wants Jeff to go 3D (like that look like morrowind comment) I say go to hell as I dont want to spend a week downloading one of Jeffs games on my pityful Dialup connection plx Posts: 169 | Registered: Wednesday, September 24 2003 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Monday, July 18 2005 16:15
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quote:Also, not a lot of people were happy with Geneforge 3's graphics (I am one of them). If we stay simple, that should save some annoyances and a lot of complaints about blown-up boat graphics and otherwise. :o Also, it's that the graphics are sort of a trademark of Avernum, just as the 2D flat animations were trademark of Exile, and 3D graphics are trademark of Geneforge. We're all used to these graphics for these games. Changing the graphics to make them more like Geneforge, and you've torn away a piece of Avernum itself. Posts: 6 | Registered: Wednesday, June 9 2004 07:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Monday, July 18 2005 19:45
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That's how I feel about the real-time vs. turn-based thing. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Tuesday, July 19 2005 11:43
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The stealth spell would make a nice return, I liked going at it commando style back in Exile. -------------------- Fine Meal is people!!! Posts: 289 | Registered: Saturday, February 16 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, July 19 2005 12:10
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Oh, so you never put pants on your characters? -------------------- Lt. Sullust Cogito Ergo Sum Polaris Posts: 2462 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Tuesday, July 19 2005 12:26
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Geneforge is NOT 3-D in any sense of the word. It's isometric 2-d, best to be thought of as fully animated Avernum graphics. And we wouldn't have badly upsized boat graphics and item pics we've seen since Exile 1 if Spiderweb's art team was worth a damn. I'll be off to the Richard White Games boards, to persue more casual conversation. I'll try to add a couple suggestions to the list later. Posts: 131 | Registered: Wednesday, June 22 2005 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Tuesday, July 19 2005 12:54
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I thought the RW board was used to spread spam as I really don't see anything serious going on on those boards. Anyways, Avernum 4 would more than likely look quite similar, if not exactly the same, as the previous 4 Avernum games. (1,2,3, BoA) The only noticable difference that might be made would be a continuing storyline and with all of the stuff from the previous games back. It's just my guess, but I think Mr. Vogel would just stick to what works, even if people think that major changes are needed. I think that they should just make a whole new series of games instead, something fresh and innovative. -------------------- "Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lies in the heart of mankind." -Edward D. Morrison Posts: 220 | Registered: Monday, July 11 2005 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, July 19 2005 14:43
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Spiderweb has no art team. It has a budget and a pool of freelancers. If Jeff stuck with what worked, he would never have made Geneforge. Since A4 won't have the same engine, there's no reason for it to have the same graphics. —Alorael, who feels a strong and disquieting sense of deja vu. —Alorael, who feels like he's posting things that he and others have posted before. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Tuesday, July 19 2005 15:31
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quote:No, commando is when you don't wear any underwear, pants themselves are fine. -------------------- Fine Meal is people!!! Posts: 289 | Registered: Saturday, February 16 2002 08:00 |