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Interview The Awesome of Jeff Vogel

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Tags: Jeff Vogel; Spiderweb Software

Jeff talks to <a href="http://captaind-pc-gaming.blogspot.com/2010/04/captaind-interviews-jeff-vogel-of.html">MacGamer:</a>
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<blockquote><b>So tell us something about the future. Avernum has come to a glorious end after so many years, but I know you're not done. Give us some teasers.</b>
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Right now, we are working on an all-new RPG series. We've heavily revamped our basic engine. We're making a new game system, new world, new storyline, new graphics. It will play very differently from our previous games, but it will still have much of that old Spiderweb flavor.
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The fundamental sort of game will be the same. A RPG, a class-based system, turn-based combat. And it'll be low-budget and retro like everything else we've ever done. But we're going the extra mile to make it the most attractive game Spiderweb has ever made.</blockquote>
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Spotted at: <A HREF="http://www.gamebanshee.com/news/97764-spiderweb-software-interviews.html">GB</A>
 

denizsi

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How boring to see people still clinging to the artificial gaming construct that is classes.
 

Dragon

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It's not really "classes" in Avernum since you can build you own from scratch. The classes are just a shortcut.
 

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Well I hope for some medieval setting with low magic and lots of C&C.
 

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The basics are there, hopefully they up the puzzles and complexity of quests.
 

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Dragon said:
It's not really "classes" in Avernum since you can build you own from scratch. The classes are just a shortcut.

Thanks for enlightening me, dear madam. Now I feel more likely to play the series sometime in summer. I'll probably just play AV6, though.
 

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Unless you're making considerable story alterations based on the classes, such as the origins stories in Dragon Age, strict class divisions are pointless, especially when the skill/ability cross over between similar classes are minimal. At least that's the context I'm calling it artificial in.

However, I must admit, I find the extreme opposite just as silly.
 

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It's just like cotton candy, I'm sure. Give it a try.
 

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Actually spiderwebs taste something like dirt mixed with saliva and dead bug.
 

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I hope for no furry or scaly races, but I am thinking I shall be let down.
 

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