Re: [Arianne-general] Races, God, more

[Miguel A. B. L. <sa...@re...>]

> Races would still exist. The only change I'm suggesting is that the player
> not be tied to a certain race. In any role playing game with competing
> factions or races, the player is usually looked down upon by races against
> those races which the player helps. My idea takes this idea one step
> further, making the player accually elvolve into the races he helps and
> interacts with.
>
> As for a starting race, why do we need a starting race? Forcing a player
> to begin a game with certain restrictions and suggestive attributes such
> as races and initial items only adds linearness to the game. For example,
> we have probably all, or at least most, played Zelda for the NES. In the
> beginning you are given a sword, and most people use the sword as their
> primary wepon throughout the game. However, after beating the game a few
> times, I decided to "up the odds" on myself, by not using the sword,
> unless it is the only way of accomplishing a task. After I had beaten the
> game, I realized that it was easy to beat by not tying myself to the
> sword. Almost all RPG fans hate linearness, and love
> non-linearness. Bauldur's Gate did not have all that much going for
> it. The interface was not all too intuitive, and the setting was a bit
> boring, unless you're the type of person that just does not tire of
> D&D. The main reason it was so successful is that it had tons of
> sub-quests that made it to appear non-linear. DuesEx, a new FPS type game
> for those who haven't played it, is much the same way. Aside from looking
> insanely beautiful, the main reason it is such a big hit is that there are
> endless way to accomplish each task.
>
> In conclusion, I'm not trying to abolish races or gods, or really any
> aspect of the game system. I just don't see the sense in forcing the
> player to choose a race, or a god to align with.

I totally disagree with not choosing a race.Characters will choose a race, because
a race isn't an attrib that modifies during the game but a initial setting.
Anyway you can choose to be aligned to no Gods, but this is your option.

Not choosing races means that you don't know what you want and you want to be all
of them. You have to choose it.
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                  Miguel Angel Blanch Lardin

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