Interview Dungeon Siege 2 posers and ponderings at ActionTrip

[Saint_Proverbius]

Tags: Dungeon Siege 2; Gas Powered Games

<A href="http://www.actiontrip.com/">ActionTrip</a> has a <a href="http://www.actiontrip.com/previews/dungeonsiege2_i.phtml">new interview</A> about <A href="http://www.gaspowered.com/ds2/">Dungeon Siege 2</A>. The questions are mostly pretty boring, but here's one that's kind of interesting:
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<blockquote><b>AT: Word around the water cooler is that the maps are much more immersive and interactive than before. Can you give us some fresh in game examples?
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KL:</b> Many ancient civilizations once populated the land in which the game takes place. While the ancient peoples themselves are scarcely remembered, their handiwork has survived in the form of ruins, dungeons, and structures, many of which contain secrets the player can gain access to by deciphering the clues. This type of interactivity can range anywhere from secret caverns and hidden passageways to a dungeon vault locked safeguarded by an ancient magical security system.</blockquote>
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While still cool, I would rather hear about how I can burn down villages, forrests, and squish people with boulders and stuff.
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[Diogo Ribeiro]

DS2, right? Does this mean the decypering will be automated?

 

[Whipporowill]

Nah, DS had a supersweet little dungeon you came to if you followed a little firefly in the first part of the forest. The firefly led you into an empty clearing with some ruins and pillars. As it happened one of the pillars worked as a mechanism for a stairway. Nothing important or nothing, but ultra-sweet... I want more of that in DS2 and less of obvious stuff like "the exit is on the other end of this cave". Yeah, thanks.

 

[monkey]

Whipporwill, is that the same dungeon where you had to leave items on various stones in order to open up more of the dungeon? That actually was nice; the automap didn't show the hidden parts and I missed revealing the full dungeon the first time through the game (thought it was just a one room crypt).

monkey

 

[Whipporowill]

Hm, not sure. I remember that one too - but I believe the first one was just a beginner tomb with a few easier enemies and some gold. It showed that the DS engine could've easily supported a lot more complex dungeons... damned nerfing.

 

[bardon777]

While still cool, I would rather hear about how I can burn down villages, forrests, and squish people with boulders and stuff.

'Forrests'? Wow, with alll those r's, they must be cool.

 

[Talorc]

Heh, I was flaming you for spelling it wrong, but oops that is spelt wrong