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Interview Second Roots interview at RPGDot

Discussion in 'RPG Codex News & Content Comments' started by Spazmo, Jun 1, 2004.

  1. Spazmo Erudite

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    Tags: Roots, The; Tannhauser Gate

    <a href="http://www.rpgdot.com">RPGDot</a> brings us more content today with an interview where they talk to <b>Piotr Krzywonosiuk</b> of Tannhauser Gate about their dubious RPG The Roots.
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    <blockquote>I partially answered this in one of the previous questions. While the combat system should be described as ‘turn-based’ it carries a few unique elements, which makes it behave in a more real-time fashion. So, we have turns when certain characters take action but a player is given additional control over each of the party member. This also allowed us to smuggle in the tactical element to combat.</blockquote>
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    Somewhere, deep inside that doubletalk laden, muddled statement, is an admission that it's just real time with pause. It'd take a far better man than I to decode that, though.
     
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  2. Sol Invictus Erudite

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    Isn't this the game that someone here once claimed is actually turn based? I don't see how what they said in any way resembles real time with pause, besides. I think what he's describing is point breaks - and that's sure as hell not real time. Just makes it seem that way.
     
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  3. Stark Liturgist

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    yeah. I was going through the description of the "turn based combat" but found it extremely silly (the guy just went on and on about the combat, but not the combat mechanics) and did not address the question at all. so is it real time with pause, or point break, or what?
     
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  4. Dhruin Liturgist

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    That was me. There's a turn-based system with action-points but I don't entirely understand the "additional control". After a character has used their action points during their turn, there seems to be a phase of free movement, which I didn't entirely understand to be honest. I'll re-read the email when I get home and see if I can get my head around it.
     
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