TheShadowDawn
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Reply 11 of 50 (Originally posted on: 05-07-04 11:14:24 AM)
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You're on crack if you think Knights was oversimplified.
Compared to Bioware's most successful game, Baldur's Gate 2, then yes it is.
In KOTOR, battlefield strategy is nigh nonexistant, since there are only a handful of abilities. You can only control one character at a time, the other two will simply function automatically.
Contrast to BG2: you control 6 characters at once. Enemies have complex abilities and spell routines that require different abilities to be dealt with from fight to fight. Casters end up with as many as 20 spell types memorised so that they can be versatile. Battlefield strategy involves co-ordinating character movements. (Use fighters to intercept enemy hard hitters, use the archer to disrupt the enemy caster's spell before he annihilates everyone, use the stealthing thief to spot for the mage's fireball placement, rah rah rah.)
Most of the features that make KOTOR a simpler game to play are because it's a console game. It would be pretty impossible to give direct control to all party characters, for instance. And it would be pretty dumb to make enemies more complex in their abilities if you don't have further control over your own party to counter them.
KOTOR was very good. I think it represents the epitome of game design in RPG's so far. But, as a hardcore CRPG player, I want something that obliges with a little more depth. It doesn't have to be exclusive to the casual gamer, but I do think games can be made with the sort of depth that BG2 featured.
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There's like, 12 people playing AoK online right now.
Checking the zone right now, TC has 2600 players online. I've never seen that many online with either AoM or Titans on ESO. Usually there's about 800 at this time of day on AoM.
Of course, you don't need a legal copy to play on the zone, so that may skew the comparison. Still, for a simple measure of popularity, take a look at GameSpy's title fight: http://archive.gamespy.com/titlefightqualifying/index6.shtml
I exaggerate when I say ES is into a 'spiral of oblivion', certainly. They're a successful company and are the strongest arm of Microsoft Games. But they haven't done themselves any favours with AoM. Working at AoM Heaven for a year gave me a pretty good idea of the game, and how the community has taken to it and the subsequent expansion.
You live and learn. At any rate, you live.
This reply was last edited on 05-07-04 11:28:21 AM by TheShadowDawn.
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