Indie RPG's

[olaf]

@Dirt

I think they should bring back turn-based combat in RPG’s. Give it a tactical element.

Yeah me too. I dont know if we will ever see a successful turn based PC RPG from a big publisher though. Everything has to be realtime.

olaf

[caesarbear]

@Chris_Woods

The problem I’m having with RPG games anymore is the whole “attrition” method of challenging the player. Take NWN, for example. It gives you 10% of the experience that D&D 3.5 gives and uses monsters that have no real hope of killing you.

@MightyMooquack

I think the main thing he’s done to make his modules engaging is to make combat worth zero XP.

The problem is the precedent set by Bioware in the official campaigns. Many module designers have been thoughtful enough to change this approach, (and it really is easy to do), but the mindset of the Bioware million easy steps to ultimate power can often be a deterant. If you’re not as well known as Stefan Gagne, then you risk sufffering some unthoughtful comments by implementing something other than battles of attrition, however it is certainly done and is certainly doable with the NWN toolset.

[Robert_Sharp]

@Dirt

I think they should bring back turn-based combat in RPG’s. Give it a tactical element.

Are you a game designer? If not, could you become one? Or better yet…a publisher!