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The second day of our anniversary, we have a story from Jaz for you. Jaz is a moderator at our forums, works on the GothicDot site and has done a lot of work in creating the look and feel of our forums.
She likes action RPG's and has written an editorial on how she perceives some elements in CRPG's, especially parties and point of views.Sit down, take a cookie and let's talk about the first person/ third person dilemma.
CRPGs tend to come in one of several general configurations, the most notable being isometric 3D, third person and first person 3D. If you don't know what I'm talking about (well, fat chance of that ;-)), here's a snippet of a live recording of an iso3D RPG gaming session:
Bill the Ranger (scratching his unkempt head): "There's a horde of black-bottomed orcs on the other side of the hill I couldn't see over, around or through if it wasn't for the birdy perspective. Besides, they're in our back. What should we do now?"
Gronk the Fighter (alerted): "Could you be a bit more specific as to numbers where a combat situation is concerned?"
Bill: "Combat situation? What makes you think it's a combat situation?"
Gronk (rolling his eyes): "Well, each time we saw a horde of potentially hostile beings sneak up on us in the wilderness we had a battle coming up."
Bill (swallows nervously, then looks around, over and through the hill in his back without turning his head): "Oh okay. They're one, two, three... 37, and approaching fast."
Gronk (raising his hand): "Okay folks, timeout! - Here's what we do. First we'll turn around, and the fighters move to the front. - The front I said! No need to panic, Bill, I'm with you! Artillery to the back! Did I say artillery? I meant mages! Mages to the - yeeees, there you go! And Louis, don't you forget to exchange spell ingredients with Anita, I noticed that she ran out of bat guano a while ago!"
(raises head to look into the camera, with a shrug) "I just wished we'd find a treasure trove full of brains for a change." For the full story go here. |
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