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Old 08-19-2004, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by LastManStanding
I would like to see it stay true to the origonal bg games maybe slightly improved graghics but keep it overhead. I not impressed with 3rd and first person rpgs like marrow wind and Kotor I liked kotor but i wouldn't want to see bg in that format.<snip>
I agree. I don't really think First Person View is any good for a cRPG, especially if you have a party or a henchmen system. It will become to complex to work with.

Besides - I don't walk around with blinders on in real life (love this saying), so I hate having my view cut off like FPV does in games.

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Originally Posted by LastManStanding
Also I didn't like the XP cap in the original bg games I would rather have a more authintic d&d experience
Well - level caps are nesecary for a few reasons in my opinnion.
Firstly - it helps the developers to balance the game, when they have a good indactor that the player will be around level X at the time they reach point Y in the game.
Allowing for an insane level, will mess up game balance (BG2:ToB, NwN:HotU).

Secondly - it forces the player to make choices where there are both advantages and disadvantages. If there is no level cap, basically every character can become quite adapt at many things(in 3ed, not in 2ed)
Imposing a level cap, makes it so when the player have to make a choice at level up, he has to concider pros and cons. This was one thing I disliked about Morrowind, that every character basically can do everything. No choices, no conflicts.
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