Fledgling Fyora beetie Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 I like battle diciplines, and the traits seem more balanced in avernum4/5 compared to 1/2/3. But I find having no outdoors annoying. I preferred an outdoors, when the dungeons/towns were indoors. instead of the whole game being indoors and linked by scrolling. And is it even possible to die As soon as you go back to town everyone seems to res automatically. I liked having to be more careful, and if a character died, the effort to ressurect them made it more meaningful.(I didn't like reloading every mistake i made, it took all of the risk out of it) edit: Also, I heard jeff planned to redo avernum 1-3 with the new engine, is the outdoors going to vanish for them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Any remakes of the original Avernum trilogy (or re-remakes of the Exile trilogy, really) will come after Geneforge 5 and Avernum 6, which means they're probably not even a blip on the radar yet. —Alorael, who also misses outdoors. Whether they'll ever come back is anyone's guess, unless that anyone is Jeff, since he presumably has a pretty good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fledgling Fyora beetie Posted November 10, 2008 Author Share Posted November 10, 2008 Ah, i thought they would be out sooner, so i was holding off playing avernum 1-3. I guess i'll have to play 1-3 with useless missile weapons, no battle diciplines, and divinely touched Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody madrigan Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 I don't like the inside/outside thing. I like everything being at the same scale, and being able to see the town gradually appearing in its actual arrangement as I approach it, instead of some generic buildings representing the town. Also, I don't like accidentally leaving the town as I try to explore the whole "inside" map. I also like having the characters revive when you reach a town or fort. It just makes things simpler. Besides, with the old system, if a character dies I cheat him back to life anyway, which is more trouble. And I enjoy the imagery of the one remaining party member dragging his comrades' unconscious bodies over miles of wilderness in order to revive them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 yes your party can die if they go unprepared and/or health being low against tough monsters or later in game get "wee bit" nasty curse and if party gets poisoned/acidded/seered and you don't cure/heal your characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasoned Roamer Ethermind Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Originally Posted By: beetie ... edit: Also, I heard jeff planned to redo avernum 1-3 with the new engine,... It would be cool!! Exile's antology, like big interesting book.... Nice... : ) ) But 320x240x8bit was VERY asketic... May be will be done FULLscreen version with "autohiding" panels - move mouse down, and panel pop-ups (or rise from transparency), left - char. edit "left"-ups : ) Wow, whats about mobile/smartphone version? just joke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Men are from Slars Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 320x240x8bit? I'm not sure what that's supposed to describe, but it certainly doesn't describe any Exile or Avernum game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 I think that's the specs for iPhone based gaming. Jeff hasn't specified what the next generation of Exile/Avernum games will look like other than that they will be playable on the most up to date computers at the time that he remakes the games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasoned Roamer Ethermind Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 What's about this? http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/3611/asdfgsdfgsdfgsdfgay4.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Oh, great, now I want to play E3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Yeah, me too, but then I'd have to boot up my old Power Mac. Interesting character name Ethermind: "Vraiment," French for "truly." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Originally Posted By: Ethermind What's about this? wee bit big monsters. Originally Posted By: This Charming Man Oh, great, now I want to play E3. i've played e3 at mac (some lc model) and it looked very nice but pc version didn't look that good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasoned Roamer Ethermind Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 _wee bit big monsters._ : ) I want to show very small playing window : ) I remember DOS text RGP, where you can only see command prompt: > "now you see door," > turn left > "now you see window" > look around > "you are in you home..." etc. It is beyond compare, i know, but do you have seen HM&M 3 playing window: http://u.foto.radikal.ru/0703/0d/fb959bdd50fc.jpg And with E3 my eyes become glass... : ) ) Graphic of all games in BMP-files, without transparency and with 256 colors... very interesting, but eyes... : ) ) Though it was very pleasant to see in a5 fresh spells effects etc. It would be good if next issues of games will be "upstairs"... : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 What do you mean by upstairs? —Alorael, who remembers many text-based games. They aren't even dead. Not only are new MUDs still developed, new MUDs are still developed for profit. And they apparently do, in fact, turn a profit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 ethermind: no need to show, i played e3 at mac at 14 inch monitor. ivory: i guess eth meant surface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasoned Roamer Ethermind Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I meant higher level of engine's evolution... : ) Yeah, on surface of quality : ) ) And above 65k graphix. PS i play on 17-19 inch monitor... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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