PnP guys talk about D&D in computer games
PnP guys talk about D&D in computer games
Interview - posted by Spazmo on Sun 22 August 2004, 17:14:37
Tags: Neverwinter Nights 2Gamespot PC has a short article from Gen Con's big 30th Anniversary of D&D thing where they talk to a few D&D personalities--Ed Stark, Eberron creator Keith Baker and prolific fantasy author R.A. Salvatore--about what they think of D&D in games. Surprisingly, their outlook is optimistic!
Keith Baker, freelance game designer and creator of the Eberron campaign setting, echoed this sentiment. "So far, I'm very pleased by what I've been seeing," said Baker, in reference to the way in which the Dungeons & Dragons license has been used in both current and upcoming games like Dungeons &Dragons Online and Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard. "[In some ways, video] games let you explore a broader scope of things than you can do on a tabletop, so I'm very excited to see where they go with that."
Really? Because I can't think of many. In PnP you can do anything (until you annoy your DM). In computer games, you can only do what the designers predicted you might want to do.
Keith Baker, freelance game designer and creator of the Eberron campaign setting, echoed this sentiment. "So far, I'm very pleased by what I've been seeing," said Baker, in reference to the way in which the Dungeons & Dragons license has been used in both current and upcoming games like Dungeons &Dragons Online and Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard. "[In some ways, video] games let you explore a broader scope of things than you can do on a tabletop, so I'm very excited to see where they go with that."
Really? Because I can't think of many. In PnP you can do anything (until you annoy your DM). In computer games, you can only do what the designers predicted you might want to do.
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