11th May 2007, 5:37 PM
Well it isn't totally random. It's got a random seed, but from there a built in set of rules controls how things develop, much like Four Swords (or evolution). In other words, no "unbeatable" stuff or just plain broken stuff. Basically, procedurally generated. Mind you, "hand crafted" can still outdo it today, and certainly beats back then. Just wait though, eventually the rules for procedurally generated stuff will develop to a point where it can match or beat hand crafted. That's the point where I upgrade my brain.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)