jjkrogs wrote...
While I'm excited about DA2, and think it will be a fun ride regardless, clearly BioWare is leaving the option-heavy customizable character system of 'true' RPGs in favor of cookie-cutter PCs with limited character choices. I found it difficult to embrace the lack of depth and customization in DAO, but I gave it a pass because it was a new universe with a whole new system and figured they'd increase these options as more content was released. Unfortunately, it seems DA2 takes it one step further (or 2 steps backward, if you will), in the name of cinematography and expediency.
I am one of those gamers who miss the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons system, despite its flaws. Anyone who knows this system also realizes that Dragon Age Origins, in comparison, was so dumbed-down as to make character creation and leveling a yawnfest as you constantly thought to yourself, "there's got to be more to this, right?"
BioWare got away from AD&D primarily so they wouldn't have to pay royalties, but I think they've discovered that coming up with something on par with it 'from scratch' turned out to be far more daunting and expensive than they realized. This, to me, is evident by the complete change of direction being taken in DA2.
With that said, I wonder if BioWare, now sold out to EA, has any plans to go back to Forgotten Realms/AD&D for a new game, geared toward an old school RPG audience? Or do the profit requirements now placed upon them guarantee that only a game geared for the largest possible audience will ever again be produced? Sadly, I think this is the case for BioWare.
Are there any other companies considering RPGs in the Forgotten Realms system? Is Atari planning a Neverwinter Nights 3?
AD&D was not without it's flaws and annoyances, it had its plusses and its minuses, overall it was a solid system, but as things change as time passes.
I have no idea if this is indeed the case, I never read the 4th edition of dnd but I see people saying that this has been dumbed down when they are negative about the changes or streamlined, when they are positive. An intelligent guess is that they tried to make dnd more user friendly and some people took that as "dumped down" and some welcomed the new experience.
NWN3 seems unlikely to happen soon, there is a lawsuit against Atari atm, about the D&D license. NWN3 is discussed in Bio forums, here:
http://social.biowar...2/index/3179988 . However who knows, I remember reading a rumor (nothing official/legit) that NWN3 will be an mmo but on the totally opposite direction I remember an Obsidian dev saying, in the old Bio forums, that new dnd is in fact a good thing for whoever decides to make NWN3 (before the mmo rumors, so I take it he was referring to a SP game).
Similarly, with DAO, you can see it as a dumpdown or as streamlining. Personally, I'd rather have mana than rest after every 2-3 trash packs. Yes there are some things I miss from AD&D but I also like some of the changes in DAO. You can't have it all I guess.
For Bioware doing a new D&D game, I doubt it, they've made their own fantasy world, their own game rules now. Besides that, Bioware is now EA/Bioware and D&D is with Atari - unless a court decides otherwise ofc -. Nothing's impossible tho.
For games that advertise as old school games these days, I tried a couple of them, I didn't like them tbh and stopped playing after a couple of days. Most, if not all, of them offer demos and you can try to see if they suit your gaming taste.
It's new school that sounds more interesting now tbh, anyhow I don't think things have changes that much. As long as things don't move to a hack & slash only direction, changes are fine by me.
The only old-school game I'm looking forward to is the not-announced, not under development but mentioned by an Obsidian dev as something they'd like to do in the future, should the opportunity exist, BG III.
Modifié par Lyssistr, 05 août 2010 - 10:53 .
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