Neverwinter Attempts To Recreate D&D
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Ha, so 4th Ed IS becoming an MMO. I mean that's what the rules were based off of anyways.
But do they really have to use their inhouse engine? It's rather crappish and generic and now they're setting it in 4th's Forgotten Realms: a setting the feels like the writers got hit on the head and forgot it wasn't Eberron. They ruin all of the fluff and story of the setting, conveniently forget most of the history, and then sell it as a post-apocalyptic campaign world.
But do they really have to use their inhouse engine? It's rather crappish and generic and now they're setting it in 4th's Forgotten Realms: a setting the feels like the writers got hit on the head and forgot it wasn't Eberron. They ruin all of the fluff and story of the setting, conveniently forget most of the history, and then sell it as a post-apocalyptic campaign world.
I like Champions Online. It wasn't the greatest MMO, but it was a likeable one. Main problem was the core rule set totally screwed up balance and Cryptics attitudes was "hey you are superheroes so what does balance have to do with that?" If they are coding in D&D rules, that solves that problem. The closer they stick to D&D the better.
Otherwise, Cryptic will probably tend to skew things on the easy side, but with good visual flair. Unless this really, really sucks it looks like a buy for me.
Otherwise, Cryptic will probably tend to skew things on the easy side, but with good visual flair. Unless this really, really sucks it looks like a buy for me.
Well, when you develop an engine, you better make the most out of it I think.ravensshade said:
Gears of war, The last remnant and Arkham Asylum all use the unreal engine 3. They each have very different look, style and gameplay. Maybe their engine is not as versatile, but they can always modify it since it's in-house.
Why does there always have to be a plague? Plus, I don't really like the 4th D&D edition. I still think it's going to be something too similar to Dungeons & Dragons Online with only a speck of innovation. All the sweet ideas of players writing their own stories and the location generators and stuff will all end up dead once the first players get to high levels and forget about the storyline, the novelties, the plot etc. and decide to sacrifice them for the everlasting prosperity of PvP and babbling over who has the more bonuses. IMHO, that's the destiny of ANY online game, whether it's said to be a "revolutionary MMORPG that will blow your mind with the new opportunities and graphics supporting the 342nd shaders, DirectX 1500 and bloom" or "the game that allows you to get together with your friends and have a wonderful time exploring our wonderful new world while creating your own story that will forevermore be sung about by bards of Qwertia and recorded in the Whoopston Chronicles".
After playing the super hero game (so bad i forget the name) and did not enjoy it. Then i tried the star trek game and what did i find? A modded version of the Hero's game. I hope the money saved in not making anything new for star trek is put into the dev of this game.
