Interview Matt Chat 297: Brian Fargo on Bard's Tale IV

[Themadcow]

Don't be. I don't need adrenaline rush in my RPGs, I'm much more happy with tactical, thoughtful RPGs.

Fair enough, people are different. I just hope Brian and the team are in the camp illustrated by an interview from someone called Matt Barton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41h2lx_t89g

...around 15 mins in. That's what I'm trying to get at, and it really is missing in modern games. Hell, Bards Tale didn't even have a suspend save option, and I'm arguing strongly for that option.

 

[ROARRR]

Optional
-How to save
-automap

and if options are not allowed than:
save everywhere and automap always on:D

 

[LeStryfe79]

The fanboyism was outweighed by 2 people fighting the good fight. I fucking loved this interview.

 

[Themadcow]

Thanks to the OP - interesting interview. Find it strange that this guy came up with BT1

He didn't, Michael Cranford designed and programmed it. Brian was the salesman who packaged it and took it to EA. Brian and Michael later fell out over money and contracts (like Braben and Bell did with Elite) but concept, dungeon and encounter work was mostly Cranford along with the actual programming.