21st July 2005, 1:06 PM
N-Man, I see where you are going with this.
I agree, if done correctly an overworld that has just as much adventuring potential as any dungeon would rock! Think for example of the old 2D Zeldas where a lot of questing WAS done in the overworld, like finding all sorts of old structures and so on. Only, take that further.
Anyone actually read the Lord of the Rings BOOK? The movie did do a good job of portraying a big world, but it didn't do nearly as good a job as the book did. That's to be expected, they can't actually take literal weeks or months to get to variuos points in the movie, but what I'm saying is it wasn't dull. There was a lot of stuff they had to do while wandering epic distances over mountians, up rivers, and through woods to reach the next town to "buy upgraded equipment" or whatever :D. For example, wandering the fields wasn't some dull excersize. They constantly had to keep an eye out for birds controlled by the evil wizard to keep an eye on them. They had to duck behind cover, rush to hills, NOT start fires for cooking, and the occasional epic battle for their lives.
Done correctly, the endless treking could be awesome.
However, and of this I must make a clear point, if they go this route, not only should my path be open (like, I want to choose between point B C and D to get to), but later in the game, I should get some rapid transit so I don't need to go the whole distance every single time. I would enjoy, perhaps, some sort of flying mount, or perhaps just the Wind to teleport me to places I've already visited (a video game favorite).
I agree, if done correctly an overworld that has just as much adventuring potential as any dungeon would rock! Think for example of the old 2D Zeldas where a lot of questing WAS done in the overworld, like finding all sorts of old structures and so on. Only, take that further.
Anyone actually read the Lord of the Rings BOOK? The movie did do a good job of portraying a big world, but it didn't do nearly as good a job as the book did. That's to be expected, they can't actually take literal weeks or months to get to variuos points in the movie, but what I'm saying is it wasn't dull. There was a lot of stuff they had to do while wandering epic distances over mountians, up rivers, and through woods to reach the next town to "buy upgraded equipment" or whatever :D. For example, wandering the fields wasn't some dull excersize. They constantly had to keep an eye out for birds controlled by the evil wizard to keep an eye on them. They had to duck behind cover, rush to hills, NOT start fires for cooking, and the occasional epic battle for their lives.
Done correctly, the endless treking could be awesome.
However, and of this I must make a clear point, if they go this route, not only should my path be open (like, I want to choose between point B C and D to get to), but later in the game, I should get some rapid transit so I don't need to go the whole distance every single time. I would enjoy, perhaps, some sort of flying mount, or perhaps just the Wind to teleport me to places I've already visited (a video game favorite).
"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)