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The Hearts of Iron 3 devs seem to be on the right track...
- Thread starter Erzherzog
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Spectacle said:
By hiring an artist?
Humanophage
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Victoria and Hearts of Iron had beautiful maps, even the units looked decent. The map also looked very harmonious with the detailed interface (the interface remained decent in EUIII). The general map in EUIII, on the other hand, was so spectacularly ugly I had to force myself to play the game in the beginning, knowing from previous experience that the gameplay shall be worth it. The only functional advantage of 3D maps is smooth zooming, something that I personally could easily ignore in previous games.
Erzherzog
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Humanophage said:
What?
Look, the maps were plenty fine, but not necessarily good looking.
The map of Crusader Kings looked very pretty.
The problem is, it only clutters the view. After looking at these forests and hills for 5 minutes you turn them off, switching to color-coded political control mode instead, or some other equally graphically bland but gameplay-relevant view.
The problem is, it only clutters the view. After looking at these forests and hills for 5 minutes you turn them off, switching to color-coded political control mode instead, or some other equally graphically bland but gameplay-relevant view.
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I was referring to political maps in Victoria and HoI, which are ideally clear, and which look akin to what one would expect to see when looking at a real map.
EUIII has quite a weird style: it combines realistic animated oceans, a 2D interface from the older games, and 3D models, which probably should make the player feel like he's playing a table-top game. It's all extremely unconvincing and damaging to the otherwise serious atmosphere of the game, and not just because the models are horribly ugly.
Similarly, I believe that HoMM3 looks superior to HoMM5, for instance. The former is functional and reasonably detailed. It's like an animated medieval map. The latter is cluttered, confusing, excessive.
EUIII has quite a weird style: it combines realistic animated oceans, a 2D interface from the older games, and 3D models, which probably should make the player feel like he's playing a table-top game. It's all extremely unconvincing and damaging to the otherwise serious atmosphere of the game, and not just because the models are horribly ugly.
Similarly, I believe that HoMM3 looks superior to HoMM5, for instance. The former is functional and reasonably detailed. It's like an animated medieval map. The latter is cluttered, confusing, excessive.
oscarisaiah said:
This would be damn handy. I rarely move outside of the political map, and conveying something simple like terrain and weather (vital for combat) on the one map with territory ownerships would speed up information gathering while in conflicts.
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