Dungeon Siege 3 - too much to manage in Dungeon Siege

Vault Dweller · Jun 6, 2008

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=146969

Gas Powered Games boss Chris Taylor has spoken of a third Dungeon Siege game.

Speaking exclusively to Eurogamer Germany, he said it would do away with the group focus of the previous games in favour a single hero similar to his current project Space Siege.

"There will be some things that are very much like Dungeon Siege 1 and 2, but some things will be simplified. I am done with multi-character parties; I really think that it's all going to be about a single hero. It's too much to manage.

Looks like we've hit rock bottom and started digging.

Look out for the full Chris Taylor interview on Eurogamer Germany later today.

Hümmelgümpf · Jun 6, 2008

Ouch. Just ouch.

Kingston · Jun 6, 2008

Oh, for fuck's sake.

AAAAARGGHH.

Suicidal · Jun 6, 2008

Why not just make the game play itself for you. That way it is assured that nothing will be too much to manage.

Jasede · Jun 6, 2008

They're... simplifying a screensaver...

In before Lyric Suite and Higher Game and decline of civilisation.

Darth Roxor · Jun 6, 2008

It would seem that in the future if you'll want to play something a bit more complicated you'll have to launch Excel.

Raapys · Jun 6, 2008

Priceless. Welcome to the Era of Dumbing Down.

Vaarna_Aarne · Jun 6, 2008

Hot fucking damn. There aren't enough facepalms in the world for this.

Shannow · Jun 6, 2008

Suicidal said:
Why not just make the game play itself for you. That way it is assured that nothing will be too much to manage.

Both already did that...

A shame. I actually liked them, screen saver and all.

Chefe · Jun 6, 2008

Simplified? Simplified Dungeon Siege? It already has a complexity rivaling that of Pong. There was nothing complex about multiple characters in DS. They controlled themselves. Hell, your character controlled himself.

Forget interactive screen saver. Dungeon Siege 3 is just going to be a screen saver. And I'm not talking about 3D pipes or the old Win 95 3D maze... I'm talking Beziers and Starfield.

Dark Elf · Jun 6, 2008

Personally I hate the complexity of giving my character new equipment, characters ought to upgrade their equipment themselves to streamline gameplay.

Naked Ninja · Jun 6, 2008

AhahahAHhahAHHahHAHahahaHAhaha.

Korgan · Jun 6, 2008

Angler said:
Forget interactive screen saver. Dungeon Siege 3 is just going to be a screen saver. And I'm not talking about 3D pipes or the old Win 95 3D maze... I'm talking Beziers and Starfield.

This is an insult to Starfield. One can stare at it for ages. I uninstalled DS1 after an hour of playing it and never bothered with it again. Why couldn't Chris just keep making games without a single humanoid being in them? TA and SupCom can at least be fun in certain circumstances.

Unradscorpion · Jun 6, 2008

I was crying and laughing simultaneously, and then started hitting myself with a bottle over the head.
This very news retard me.

pkt-zer0 · Jun 6, 2008

And just when I thought that modern RPGs would stop being roleplaying games by removing the roleplaying elements, Christ Taylor goes ahead and removes the game aspect instead.

wonderer · Jun 6, 2008

What's Excel?

Zakhal · Jun 6, 2008

Dark Elf said:
Personally I hate the complexity of giving my character new equipment, characters ought to upgrade their equipment themselves to streamline gameplay.

I remember playing som game in the nineties that was fully automated. The AI character searched dungeons, killed mobs, gathered loot/levels and shopped for better weapons all by itself without any input from the user. All you had to do was watch. It was like the best rpg ever.

Xor · Jun 6, 2008

wonderer said:
What's Excel?

IMO.

Occasionally Fatal · Jun 6, 2008

While I have a personal preference for a single protagonist with the option to bring along some henchmen or minions, Dungeon Siege was dirt simple; I wonder what, exactly, they're attempting to simplify.

WalterKinde · Jun 6, 2008

The Dungeon Siege, its official addons and Dungeon Siege 2 that i bought must have been a beta or something.
I am not a twitch kid but even i was able to handle group play in both games regardless of the shitty camera angles in the first one.
They seem to be addressing the wrong aspect here to improve the game series.

Fez · Jun 6, 2008

Players without a pulse probably found it difficult to finish. Now they too will be able to enjoy a DS game.

Section8 · Jun 6, 2008

Chris Taylor is confuzzled by Progress Quest. It's too complex!

racofer · Jun 6, 2008

And the day has come when FPS games have surpassed "RPGs" in terms of complexity and brain cells required to play.

More and more I believe about the 2012 Mayan predictions about world's end.

bgillisp · Jun 6, 2008

I don't believe this! I quit DS2 as I was bored to tears with it, if anything it needs more complexity.

Guess I won't be buying DS3 then

Dark Elf · Jun 6, 2008

So we all agree that RPG now means Repetetive Progress Generator?

I never finished DS2 either.

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