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Interview Bill Roper wants to bring a fantasy world to you

Discussion in 'RPG Codex News & Content Comments' started by DarkUnderlord, May 9, 2010.

  1. DarkUnderlord Bringing that old Raptor magic.

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    Tags: Bill Roper

    <a href="http://www.mmorpg.com/showFeature.cfm/feature/4215/Cryptic-Studios-Cryptic-Studios-Bill-Roper-Interview.html">Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games.com spoke to Bill Roper</a>, formerly of Blizzard North, Flagship Studios and now Cryptic Studios. The two questions we only even remotely care about are:
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    <blockquote><b>Of all the genres you have worked on, what is your personal favorite?</b>
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    Champions Online was the first time I was able to step outside the fantasy and sci-fi universes, and it was a great challenge and a lot of fun. After being away from it for a while, I'd love to get back to a more fantasy-driven world - but with some kind of twist. Warcraft was high fantasy, Diablo was gothic fantasy, and Hellgate: London was a fantasy/sci-fi mashup. I'd love to be able to create another world that has a fantasy element, but tries to bring something else to the genre at the same time.
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    <b>How can you make a casual game appeal to hardcore players?</b>
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    I don't know if you can make a really casual game appeal to a hardcore gamer. The real goal is to create a game that is simple to learn but difficult to master so that players of different levels of expertise can enjoy the game. It's obviously an incredibly difficult balance to strike. There are certainly design principles to follow, but in the end, it comes down to making a game that is fun and easy for players to get into from the beginning. Extensibility is also key - making sure that there is always something just around the bend that a player of any level will want to achieve or collect. The Pokemon games are a great example of this, as are the Diablo titles.</blockquote>
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    Fantasy Pokemon.
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    Thanks <b>Fens</b>!
     
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  2. Multi-headed Cow Guest

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    More options

    More options

    :retarded:
     
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  3. Konjad High on potatoes Patron

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    yes, we want more games set in fantasy world because there are so few
     
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  4. Xor Prestigious Gentleman Arcane

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    This guy is great.

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    GAMES LIKE THIS APPARENTLY NEVER EXISTED
     
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  5. Angthoron Prestigious Gentleman Arcane

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    For us, Fantasy Pokemon is about a Mudkip riding on a horse, throwing Pokeballs at stuff.
     
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  6. Fens Ford of the Llies

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    Kali ma... Kali ma... Kali ma, shakthi deh!
     
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  7. DraQ Prestigious Gentleman Arcane

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    tl;dr article is tl;dr, but this is actually pretty smart thing to do.
    Frontier did something like this and it was awesome.

    Of course, it's only possible in games that are sandbox by their nature, so that the shape of difficulty curve doesn't really matter, as long as the start is flat (to not scare the retards, I mean 'casuals' off) and the whole curve goes on and on, vanishing at the heights unachievable for a mere mortal.
    Each player could wander along the curve at their own pace, and occupy the point where their skills are balanced off by the difficulty, while being teased (via community forums and the word of the mouth) by the players above, motivating their struggle for self-improvement.

    In a sandbox game you essentially progress at your own pace, in strongly narrative driven ones, however, the pacing is dictated by the game itself, so there is no way to shape the learning curve so that it doesn't bore normal players to death, but fails to drive the retards, shrieking in horror, away.
     
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  8. Fens Ford of the Llies

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    the prime example for 'easy to learn, hard to master' is tetris, though.
     
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  9. DraQ Prestigious Gentleman Arcane

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    That's an excessively simple game, not fitting as an example when discussing anything word 'setting' can be used to describe.
     
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  10. Fez Erudite

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    No setting he says.

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    Looks like Saint Basil's Cathedral to me.

    And look at this beautiful view:

    [​IMG]

    :smug:
     
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  11. Jim Cojones Prophet

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    Looks more like Pentis. God, I hate when the original idea is raped brutally.
     
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  12. Fez Erudite

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    There's the decline for you. They never respect the fanbase or the originals/fluff.
     
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  13. DraQ Prestigious Gentleman Arcane

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    What is this newfag simplified, linear newfaggotry?

    Behold the real sandbox classic:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life
     
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  14. Luzur Prestigious Gentleman Good Sir

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  15. Noddy Augur

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    Bill roper lol. That's a gay name for gays.

    Gay
     
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  16. Xor Prestigious Gentleman Arcane

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  17. Data4 Arcane

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    You guys do know that Cryptic holds the license for a NWN MMO, right? Given what I've read of Champions Online and Star Trek Online, this will complete the trifecta of rape. Sci-Fi, Comicbooks, and now Fantasy.

    Damn you, Roper. Damn you to hell!
     
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  18. Mangoose Arcane Patron

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    I was about to say the same thing. You guys already hate MMORPGs? Well, Cryptic makes the worst "mainstream" MMORPGs. Worst as in "bad for what it is" worst. Marketing bait-and-switch to the extreme. The beginning is kinda nice and shiny (e.g. the costume customization possibilities in Champions) and then you realize the rest of the game is almost undeveloped. Motherfuckers.
     
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  19. roll-a-die Magister

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  20. kris Arcane

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    Can be mentioned for a lot of strategy games, moreso than Sandbox games that we have a precious few off.
     
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  21. Arem Scholar

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    With Hasbro lawsuit in the way, I doubt there will be a NWN MMO anytime soon.
     
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  22. DraQ Prestigious Gentleman Arcane

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    Damn popamole newfag retards with their dumbed down Tetris ignoring obvious awesomeness that I posted. :x
     
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  23. Fens Ford of the Llies

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    was wondering about the rather conveniently dropping line pieces... and then i saw the "hold" box... tetris for cheaters
     
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