Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.games:1684 rec.games.misc:11988 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!trwind!gumby!wiley!alice.coyote.trw.com!jost From: jost@alice.coyote.trw.com (Patrick Jost) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games,rec.games.misc Subject: Re: RPG opinions (was Re: Programmer...) Message-ID: <2734CA0A.53D0@wilbur.coyote.trw.com> Date: 5 Nov 90 02:10:17 GMT References: <1990Nov3.234058.23166@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu> Sender: news@wilbur.coyote.trw.com (News Software) Organization: TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA Lines: 34 In article <1990Nov3.234058.23166@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu> smsmith@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M. Smith) writes: > >I agree with you about the dumb idea of gaining levels to be able to do >things. To me this is just a way of making the game last longer (which >is unfortunately the intention of the programmers). Good grief, some >games are long or too long already. Don't get me wrong--I love epic >adventures and I almost always never give up on one I've started, but >there are too many *bad* ways to make games last longer! (Like the >blind mapping in Bard's Tale II.) But back to the original subject... >I think I would rather see the player get *excited* when he/she is >able to use a magic spell. Therefore I would like part of the game >to be searching for magic items or spells AND finding out how to use >them once found, as you mention above. >So I guess I'm generally agreeing with you, but stating that magic >has become much too commonplace. Let's make it something *special*. Sure! I'd be all for that! Certain objects would be required to cast certain spells (make some of them BLOODY hard to get); some spells only work in certain places (inside, outside, near water, away from water); certain spells can only be cast by certain types of characters (e.g. women, elves, monsters). I didn't mean to suggest that all spells would be available at all times...but just accumulating "points" is foolish! PJ -- | Patrick Jost (PJester) | "The thief of Baghdad hides in Islington now" | jost@coyote.trw.com | -Marillion (Fish)