Post by Damian on Mar 18, 2015 10:57:59 GMT 10
One thing that has come up a lot in feedback is that people want to ride steeds. Undead wolf or undead bear would be a mighty steed indeed.
Seems like a great idea, right? The obvious reasons you would be that you might want a steed is to traverse great distances faster or ride into combat and do devastating attacks with their jaws or claws specific to the animal class.
And let's not forget it just looks really cool.
However this raises certain design questions that make the development cost too great for such a small benefit. For example:
Right now I just don't see it working. So here is your chance to convince me otherwise.
Tell me what is special about riding a steed and why you want it so much. Feel free to use examples of other games that use steeds e.g. Shadow Of Mordor, World Of Warcraft, etc.
Seems like a great idea, right? The obvious reasons you would be that you might want a steed is to traverse great distances faster or ride into combat and do devastating attacks with their jaws or claws specific to the animal class.
And let's not forget it just looks really cool.
However this raises certain design questions that make the development cost too great for such a small benefit. For example:
- Will the game levels be large enough to require a steed to cross?
- What kind of attacks could the steed do?
- What will be different about the combat on a steed that the player cannot do without a steed?
- Can the player be knocked off the steed?
- Can the player still uses normal attacks when riding a steed?
- How will the AI enemies target the player atop a steed?
Right now I just don't see it working. So here is your chance to convince me otherwise.
Tell me what is special about riding a steed and why you want it so much. Feel free to use examples of other games that use steeds e.g. Shadow Of Mordor, World Of Warcraft, etc.
The steed becomes a valid combat tactic and game mechanic.