Laurens wrote:
>I do like the idea of 'evolving' to better classes. However, I don't like
>things like creating your own characters, like a lot of PC RPGs and also
>Sorcerian have. I really hate it when I have to name my character myself,
>while I have no idea how he is named by the creators.
Well, that you have to make up your own name, soit. But the thing I find
very essential in RPG's is character-development (the role the characters
actually play in a scenario), which is simply not possible with the
Sorcerian-system.
>like LW tended to have sometimes. And I'll tell you a little secret, I like
>the games with a love-story in it and in which the player appears to be
>more than he seemed at first most (the regular 'quest' stories)...
Me too. I even want to go as far as to say that I'm deeply disappointed if
the 'hero' is not just a noble 'hero', some sort of medium that actually is
the storyteller. I want the 'hero' to be PART of the story. And love-stories
are nice indeed, except when they're completely NOT original (I don't want
some soap opera in my RPG :)). The same goes for the revelation of a certain
character's true identity or something.
It's a pity The Curse of Kaijruu was never finished (and Eilene, by the way,
but no-one probably ever HEARD about that), since they contained very much
of those elements. The storyline of both games was very complicated and the
focus was mainly on the main characters, not as much on the things that
happened. I tried to have the player think about a lot of things after he'd
finished the game. Tried to actually impress him with the storyline.
That's also why I like Final Fantasy 7. The storyline was original,
complicated, emotional and impressive. And the storyline of Final Fantasy 8
sucked. Apart from the fact that there were just too many things that didn't
compute (e.g. the fact that some day all the characters suddenly "remember"
they all grew up in the same place) was the love-affair part between Squall
and Rinoa just too unrealistic. There was absolutely NO transition (well,
there might have been a little, but not enough to get a little more
realistic).
>Hell, I think the Sword of Truth books series (Wizard's first rule up to
>Soul of the fire) are the best books ever written!!!
Don't know them. Are there Dutch versions that I might know?
Rieks.
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