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On the quest releases' problem
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Part of the problem is that new areas are being created for every quest. It is only the quest that make very small new areas, like a small cave, or that reuse most, if not all, of the current environment that cut down on production time.
Then you also have more major concerns and problems that ended up being fixed instead as well as those large new areas sometimes pushing back all of the release ETAs.
The only way I can see around the new area problem is to either use generic models, with a quick reskin at most, or to avoid them as much as possible. Neither of those options would produce the best result, but might be the best compromise, though it would be limited in what new areas it could be used in.
But that is only part of the equation as you still have to worry about a list of things, everything working, bosses being worthy of the name, if the story works as is, do the intended rewards fit in and do they work. There would be more and it all adds up to more time. The lions share going to graphics as the more complicated and original the graphics the longer it takes to bring it all out.
It's not as if they could open a new flat area, drop a few generic monsters into it and then have buildings and other features, like the intended monster and such, pop up over time, is it? "Oh look Mom, where did that mountain come from?!
"
The purpose of adventure is to shine light into dark places,
Poke monsters with a sharp stick, Then steal anything that isn't nailed down!
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Then you also have more major concerns and problems that ended up being fixed instead as well as those large new areas sometimes pushing back all of the release ETAs.
The only way I can see around the new area problem is to either use generic models, with a quick reskin at most, or to avoid them as much as possible. Neither of those options would produce the best result, but might be the best compromise, though it would be limited in what new areas it could be used in.
But that is only part of the equation as you still have to worry about a list of things, everything working, bosses being worthy of the name, if the story works as is, do the intended rewards fit in and do they work. There would be more and it all adds up to more time. The lions share going to graphics as the more complicated and original the graphics the longer it takes to bring it all out.
It's not as if they could open a new flat area, drop a few generic monsters into it and then have buildings and other features, like the intended monster and such, pop up over time, is it? "Oh look Mom, where did that mountain come from?!
"
The purpose of adventure is to shine light into dark places,
Poke monsters with a sharp stick, Then steal anything that isn't nailed down!
To the Manor Born QFC 185-186-367-65788716
04-Jul-2014 08:57:20
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