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Dungeons & Dragons Online Preview at Computer and Video Games

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by chevalier, Jan 29, 2006.

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    CVG too has previewed Stormreach. Here's a clip:

    Unfortunately, while mechanically it's ticking all the right boxes, it's yet to capture that classic pen-and-paper, friends round the table 'spirit' of D&D. You can see what Turbine is trying to do with the use of dungeon masterstyle descriptive text and instances that contain a little more than just monster-bashing, but it's going against the established nature of MMO gamers. Which is to basically ignore all the fancy frills and just dash
    through encounters as quickly as possible, twatting everything they see and grinding up those levels ASAP. Players, eh?
    We had an idea recently that a more accurate interpretation of D&D in an online world would be to allow player dungeon masters to create adventures in the style of Morrowind TES or Dungeon Keeper, granting them experience points the more adventurers traverse their dungeons, and opening bigger and better construction tools as they go. It would be an interesting twist on the whole PvP thing anyway and a damn sight more fun than Alliance vs Horde. Just a thought, Turbine. You can have that one for free.

    This one isn't so critical as 2404's but it doesn't follow the ultraenthusiastic trend, either. Yes, we're yet going to see what Turbine makes of it.

    Read the whole thing at CVG.
     
    chevalier, Jan 29, 2006
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