Should there be a big battle at the end of geneforge 5?
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Apprentice
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written Monday, February 4 2008 12:04
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Most of you have seen my reply on this subject in G5 wishlist. Posts: 47 | Registered: Tuesday, January 22 2008 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Monday, February 4 2008 16:41
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It would be pretty disappointing if there weren't one. But yeah, I want it to be nothing short of epic. I'm talking multiple stages of the battle. Before and after you kick the main boss's ass (who will remain unnamed due to spoiler policy), there will be other battles, including but not limited to huge swarms of minions (the kind that foams at the mouth and speaks broken English), a puzzle type gauntlet, a bunch of locked doors or something, a trivia round, and an army of talking stick insects. Time it, rain arrows on it, flood it with sulfuric acid, and scare the ever-loving **** out of the player. I mean, with all these power gamers, there's really, really got to be a challenge involved. -------------------- "Write a wise saying and your name will live forever." - Anonymous Posts: 284 | Registered: Tuesday, January 31 2006 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, February 4 2008 16:55
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Make a section near the end like the Howling Depths of Avernum 5. You are forced to push on to the end with no place to rest and no retreat from the limitless spawning minions behind you. This becomes a true test of endurance and planning as you have to figure out how to marshal your resources for the many fights all the time knowing that the worst is still yet ahead. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Wednesday, February 6 2008 14:12
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Have to make sure, though, that you don't end up spending too long simply running in combat mode. With 7 creations, that would be misery. But a long running battle, where you can pick your ground and ambush your pursuers, or sacrifice a couple of creations as a rearguard, or spread your creations out ahead to find the short escape route ... that would be interesting. -------------------- Listen carefully because some of your options may have changed. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
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Board Administrator
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written Wednesday, February 6 2008 14:27
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Short answer: Yes. - Jeff Vogel -------------------- Official Board Admin spidweb@spiderwebsoftware.com Posts: 960 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Thursday, February 7 2008 00:33
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Hurrah! -------------------- Jeran Korak-Half-Drow Posts: 942 | Registered: Sunday, October 8 2006 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Thursday, February 7 2008 14:38
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I do love a straightforward answer. Hurrah! -------------------- Love is the movement. ---- My poetry Posts: 432 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2007 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Friday, February 8 2008 00:31
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Hoots! -------------------- Jeran Korak-Half-Drow Posts: 942 | Registered: Sunday, October 8 2006 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Friday, February 8 2008 07:49
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Ty JEFF Vogel Posts: 47 | Registered: Tuesday, January 22 2008 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Friday, February 8 2008 11:38
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Yes!!!!!!!! Imagine a Unbound geneforged, pwnersomecakes. Posts: 301 | Registered: Tuesday, August 21 2007 07:00 |
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BANNED
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written Friday, February 8 2008 14:02
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Ha ha ha, a trivia game would be nice. Have it ask obscure questions about previous games in the series, games by other software companies, and protein folding. After which, the player can fight the Dryak-zord, with more hit points than Yiazmat from Final Fantasy XII. And that's just the first round of the fight. What, over the top a little? :confused: In all seriousness, though: A story's outcome is typically determined (if not revealed to the audience) before its conclusion. Even if the conclusion is unknown, the conclusion should only wrap up missing ends. Rather than focus on an epic fight to make the ending good, why not ask for a vibrant storyline with legitimate conflicts throughout? That does more to make a satisfying ending than any flame-spewing megabeast ever could, and should be what players want more of. Although I recognize that the player must get whatever she or he wants, so if the player wants a big battle at the end, who am I to disagree? After all, the customer is always right. :) Posts: 134 | Registered: Sunday, February 3 2008 08:00 |
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...b10010b...
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written Friday, February 8 2008 15:37
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quote:Computer games and especially RPGs are, first and foremost, adolescent power fantasies, with a very few notable exceptions. What do you expect? -------------------- 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 Friday, February 8 2008 22:12
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quote:FYT. -------------------- 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 Friday, February 8 2008 23:19
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Given the quality and depth of the existing Geneforge games, I don't think we have anything like that to worry about. But there should definitely be some flame-spewing going on. -------------------- "Write a wise saying and your name will live forever." - Anonymous Posts: 284 | Registered: Tuesday, January 31 2006 08:00 |
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BANNED
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written Saturday, February 9 2008 12:10
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quote:More notable exceptions. Posts: 134 | Registered: Sunday, February 3 2008 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Saturday, February 9 2008 16:25
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Is it just me, or do most of the new spiderwebbers go to G4? Posts: 301 | Registered: Tuesday, August 21 2007 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, February 9 2008 16:54
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quote:It's just you. The rest of us prefer Avernum. Except for Tyranicus. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Saturday, February 9 2008 16:58
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I see. Posts: 301 | Registered: Tuesday, August 21 2007 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Saturday, February 9 2008 19:14
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Geneforge all the way, and randomizer, you're not a new spiderwebbers :P Posts: 48 | Registered: Thursday, December 20 2007 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, February 9 2008 19:26
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I want to see what A5 is like. Disturbingly enough, the Avernum and Geneforge series share certain commonalities when it comes to plot advancement. My point: Avernum 1 - A massive, epic world where you can explore and do whatever you feel like. Plus, a few main quests for plot draw. Geneforge 1 - A massive world where you can explore and do whatever you feel like. Plus, a few main ideas for plot draw. Avernum 2 - A massive, epic world in conflict, with a few limitations on what you can do. Completing the main quests is required to win. Geneforge 2 - A large world in conflict, with a few limitations on what you can do. Completing certain main quests is required to win. The third part of each series was radically different, and somewhat broke the chain, until... Avernum 4 - A large world, but highly linear. One obstacle must be surmounted in order to proceed, and all main quests must be completed to win. Game ends at a specific point. Geneforge 4 - A large world, but highly linear. One obstacle must be surmounted in order to proceed, and all main quests must be completed to win. Game ends at a specific point. Thus, I look forward to seeing A5, and possibly getting a sneak peek at the final Geneforge. ;) -------------------- Hz'ii'zt a'iiencf coxnen a'bn'z'p pahuen yzpa'zuhb be'tt'phukh'kn az'ii'ova mxn't bhcizvi'fl? Nioca's Citadel - A resource for BoA graphics and scripts, as well as my scenarios. In Last Hope's Light RP - The end is near... Posts: 2686 | Registered: Friday, September 8 2006 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, February 9 2008 19:56
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quote:I joined for A4. So when I was new it wasn't for Geneforge. You can look at the distribution of when people joined and most didn't come in when Geneforge games were released. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Sunday, February 10 2008 01:41
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Interesting analysis of Jeff's game history. The way I think it goes, though, is like this: In E1, A1 and G1 Jeff was introducing a whole new engine, and in E1-A1 and G1, a new world. So the attention was on developing the setting and on implementing a lot of isolated set-pieces with the engine. In E2-A2 and G2, Jeff was refining an established engine, and expanding on established settings and themes. He goes half-way from the big sprawl to the tight plot arc, by making a few major multi-step quests, and a few world sectors each dominated by a different group. In E3-A3 and G3, Jeff was working on a three-quel and wanting to do something different with an established world. In E3-A3 he went bigger, going topside, and made one long quest series. But I think he must have felt afterward that E3-A3 was really just going more towards standard FRPG, that it wasn't really going to have original legs enough to keep his company going. So he started on Geneforge, which was quite different. Having to build up a new world again brought him back to a more A1-like game structure. Jeff's Great Divide was really G3, I think. He tightened up the plot a lot, offering only one major choice to the player (though many opportunities to make and unmake it). He channeled the setting into a chain of small islands, and gave you explicit motivations to move along it. For the first time, he really subordinated the game world to the plot. He overdid it, at least from a commercial standpoint, and G3 was not as popular as it needed to be. In A4 he backed off a bit, taking from E2-A2 the structure of medium-sized 'chapters' within which players could wander freely. The A4 sections were tiny compared to the wide spaces of A1, but they were much less confining than the little islands of G3. As in A2 the A4 chapter areas were separated by gateways that could only be passed by advancing the main plot. The basic nature of the main plot was clear from the beginning, however, rather than being a series of out-of-the-blue surprises, as in A2. Having now been used in the successful A4, G4, and A5, I think the chapterized plot-dominated game is the new Spiderweb style. And I think it's here to stay. You can wander around within chapters, but you'll do so with a clear goal in mind, that will lead directly to the next chapter, and move you closer to the overall game goal. I think it must be so much easier to design a game this way, that Jeff just can't go back to the old sprawl style. But I think he has struck a good balance, by including enough freedom within each chapter that players stay happy and keep buying. And at least as far as I'm concerned, the plot-driven games have something big that G1 and A1 lacked: a story that's always in sight, rather than briefly flashing into view in occasional hints. So I'm happy with the change. -------------------- Listen carefully because some of your options may have changed. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Sunday, February 10 2008 19:16
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quote:This is most assuredly the truth. I believe he even said something to that effect. Looking at the Avernum 5 map, I can say that this certainly looks like it from what I can ascertain. My only critique of the chapter system, something I liked from the earlier games, is that the completed sections were done. Unless you hadn't finished a minor quest in the region or there was an item quest, there was no reason to return to the previous regions. What I'd like is if Jeff incorporated some return value, say a refugee in G5 left an heirloom in a previous province or something. Basically, after a chapter is done, the region becomes basically useless. -------------------- "I'm happy I'm the mentally disturbed person I am." -Nioca "Yes, Iffy is a demon." -Iffy "To fly, throw yourself at the ground and miss." -The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Posts: 1186 | Registered: Friday, June 18 2004 07:00 |
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BANNED
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written Sunday, February 10 2008 20:42
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Why are you people writing (and reading) so many of each other's pages about retro, shareware RPGs? Could not your time and energy be better spent? Posts: 134 | Registered: Sunday, February 3 2008 08:00 |
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quote:"The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time." -- Bertrand Russell -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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