Hi Dark, Oh, yeah. The combat system is definitely something I've been thinking about as well. As you pointed out in table top rpg you often get a lot more freedom in attacking an enemy such as hacking off an arm, leg, head, or running it through the chest with your mighty sword, or you can try and attack from behind. Entombed is the only game I know of that gives you that kind of attack strategy and combat system. With Sryth it is pretty much a you hit him he hits you type of battle. That is definitely very boring and gets annoying after a while. I definitely have no interest in having that kind of combat system in the game. I think every character should be able to play to his/her strengths and try and attack an enemy where it might do the most good. The one thing Entombed has done has got me interested in developing a combat system that is far beyond what Sryth etc provides.
Smile. On 5/5/10, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > I agree Tom, ---- but actually i think if the game had music, that would > change it significantly. > > As I said in my artical, music can do a lot for the game, particularly if it > is well written and well suted to each game environment, ---- eg, different > towns, races or characters having different themes etc. > > Myself I absolutely love exploration in game, exploration of a world and > it's history. I've certainly seen this in tabletop games but about the only > online games I've seen such a world in are gamebook series like Project Aon > or the Chronicles of arborell. > > Sryth originally looked at providing that sort of content, ---- and indeed i > was one of it's biggest fans, but frankly the gm has just got greedy. Rather > than adding new areas, there are just increasing amounts of random events > and listing competitions, who's only purpose seems to me to be to get people > to spend money on adventurer tocans to buy equipment. Nasty as it sounds, I > actually believe the gm has gotten too greedy. > > I fully agree on Kingdom of loathing. I've tried the game a good few times, > sinse it is a very deep game, but I just can't be motivated to switch on and > play in order to beat up monsters wielding toilet plungers, ---- > particularly sinse the games' turn system means you only get a limited > amount of play time, and thus must play for a while and then go back. > One thing I will add though, is that I'm desperate for a game with actually > interesting combat. This is imho one of Entombed's major strengths, it's not > simply a case of "you hit it, it hits you" > > I've seen hundreds of games with really detailed equipment, buff, and skill > systems (not the least being core exiles), where essentially you spend all > the stratogy in the preparation for battle, and none in the actual battling. > > Certainly in tabletop games there are more options open to the players than > just hitting things. For example, in one session of mutants and masterminds > we were fighting an undead villain who could breathe toxic gas. > > My character, ---- Silver night, a super hero in a battle sute, being one > othe the group's main melee fighters obviously was in close combat. I then > had the idea of smacking said villain in the chest and winding him, so that > essentially he couldn't use his toxic breath! > > It's this sort of thinking I'd really like to see in an rpg game, not just > equipping up your character and hitting fight, ---- but actually taking into > account who and what your fighting, and using your characters' abilities to > overcome them reactively. > > Imho this is one thing Entombed does exceptionally well, ---- though there > is absolutely no reason this couldn't be done in text. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
