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The Signature Heroes should never have had quests associated with them. IIRC this was right around the time voice acting was put in every new quest, and they wanted them to be characters that would be totally voice acted. We know how that turned out. (And seriously, can you think of any other game where
some
of the dialogue is voice acted, but not all??)
I think Hazeel's solution would be the best here.
Except for the Raptor, of course. He is already dead. Brutal Green Dragons got the best of him. Not impressed.
I think Hazeel's solution would be the best here.
Except for the Raptor, of course. He is already dead. Brutal Green Dragons got the best of him. Not impressed.
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01-Mar-2017 00:03:17
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The Signature Heroes should never have had quests associated with them. IIRC this was right around the time voice acting was put in every new quest, and they wanted them to be characters that would be totally voice acted. We know how that turned out. (And seriously, can you think of any other game where some of the dialogue is voice acted, but not all??)
I think Hazeel's solution would be the best here.
Except for the Raptor, of course. He is already dead. Brutal Green Dragons got the best of him. Not impressed.
Well received games with partial voice acting: Persona 3, Persona 4, Morrowind, Final Fantasy 14. I will agree that I've never liked voice acting in Runescape though.
I think that the signature heroes are just fine as quest characters. At the time I really didn't like them, seeing it as a retcon to the journey I already had, but I came round to them. Having different player archetypes portrayed as their own characters isn't a bad idea, esp. since no other player characters can be canon to the player's quest (beyond "random Black-Arm/Phoenix Gang member who helped me). They certainly don't deserve to be offed like an extra for "In This Episode, SOMEBODY DIES!" plot exploitation.
The issue is, for that to work well, they needed to grow alongside the Adventurer prior to having major events occur to them. Ariane w/ Rune Mysteries and Ozan w/ Diamond work fine in that regard. Owen does not, and this pardigm is especially hurt by the 6th age dropping new players into the middle of the story. A new player can easily meet Sir Owen for the first time in a quest where he dies! Several other signature heroes die or are otherwise terribly harmed in 6th age quests that are only the 1st and 2nd time a player could have met them. Doing so also removes them from their patrols around the world, meaning new players won't even have those interactions!
The Signature Heroes should never have had quests associated with them. IIRC this was right around the time voice acting was put in every new quest, and they wanted them to be characters that would be totally voice acted. We know how that turned out. (And seriously, can you think of any other game where some of the dialogue is voice acted, but not all??)
I think Hazeel's solution would be the best here.
Except for the Raptor, of course. He is already dead. Brutal Green Dragons got the best of him. Not impressed.
Well received games with partial voice acting: Persona 3, Persona 4, Morrowind, Final Fantasy 14. I will agree that I've never liked voice acting in Runescape though.
I think that the signature heroes are just fine as quest characters. At the time I really didn't like them, seeing it as a retcon to the journey I already had, but I came round to them. Having different player archetypes portrayed as their own characters isn't a bad idea, esp. since no other player characters can be canon to the player's quest (beyond "random Black-Arm/Phoenix Gang member who helped me). They certainly don't deserve to be offed like an extra for "In This Episode, SOMEBODY DIES!" plot exploitation.
The issue is, for that to work well, they needed to grow alongside the Adventurer prior to having major events occur to them. Ariane w/ Rune Mysteries and Ozan w/ Diamond work fine in that regard. Owen does not, and this pardigm is especially hurt by the 6th age dropping new players into the middle of the story. A new player can easily meet Sir Owen for the first time in a quest where he dies! Several other signature heroes die or are otherwise terribly harmed in 6th age quests that are only the 1st and 2nd time a player could have met them. Doing so also removes them from their patrols around the world, meaning new players won't even have those interactions!
01-Mar-2017 00:38:39 - Last edited on 01-Mar-2017 00:40:05 by Rifleavenger
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