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Article #720474Re: RPGCodex top 70 CRPG's
From: Werner Punz
Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 18:52
Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 18:52
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Am 15.05.14 20:35, schrieb Ross Ridge: > Werner Punz <we...@gmx.at> wrote: >> Yes indeed, only the beginning was more like Ultima 7, then it suddenly >> became a diablo clone. (According to the devs this was wanted by the >> publisher who wanted to jump onto the Diablo bandwagon) >> I have higher hopes for Divinity Original Sin to be more Ultimaish >> though, due to the fact that Lariam Studios has their hands free to >> do the game they want to do. > > I actually liked the original Divine Divinity. It wasn't perfect, but > it wasn't just a mindless Diablo-clone. It had more varied abilities > and much more open world. A new game like that would great. > > On the other hand Ultima VII doesn't really hold up well. It may have > been fairly ground breaking at the time, but an RPG with as deep a > story is given today. I really hope Lairam Studios is setting their > sights higher. > Actually I still regard U7 as one of the best RPGs ever made, the only thing they could have done better at that time was the combat, which was non existent (hit c and watch the computer doing the fight)
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