Crichton
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- Jul 7, 2004
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I'm playing through Gothic for the 2nd time now, this time as a fire-mage / 1-handed swordsman and even though the plot's identical to my playthrough as a templar, I'd really like to try my hand at writing my own little story and creating warring factions and whatnot.
I'm not planning on quiting my day-job, so I plan to just mod an existing action-RPG and I've narrowed the choices down to Mount and Blade, Oblivious and Gothic.
Mount and Blade (good)
-lots of other people are modding it so I'll have company
-excellent melee combat system (+horsies!)
-very adaptable
Mount and Blade (Bad)
-no stealth system
-no magic system (I've heard RPGmod has one in development)
Oblivious (good)
-nice controls
-pretty
-well documented CS
-lots of other modders
Oblivious (Bad)
-annoying hardcoded shit
-CS probably not well suited for total conversions
Gothic (good)
-no glaring engine problems
Gothic (bad)
-difficult to use tools
-no one plays gothic mods
-stealth system only works if I limit hostile animals to guard dogs (fine with me)
At the moment I'm leaning toward Mount and Blade, but the complete lack of a stealth element is a bit of a downer. I could probably live without combat magic, but I'd still prefer it. Oblivious solves those problems at the cost of having to fight the engine's short-sighted limitations. Opinions?
I'm not planning on quiting my day-job, so I plan to just mod an existing action-RPG and I've narrowed the choices down to Mount and Blade, Oblivious and Gothic.
Mount and Blade (good)
-lots of other people are modding it so I'll have company
-excellent melee combat system (+horsies!)
-very adaptable
Mount and Blade (Bad)
-no stealth system
-no magic system (I've heard RPGmod has one in development)
Oblivious (good)
-nice controls
-pretty
-well documented CS
-lots of other modders
Oblivious (Bad)
-annoying hardcoded shit
-CS probably not well suited for total conversions
Gothic (good)
-no glaring engine problems
Gothic (bad)
-difficult to use tools
-no one plays gothic mods
-stealth system only works if I limit hostile animals to guard dogs (fine with me)
At the moment I'm leaning toward Mount and Blade, but the complete lack of a stealth element is a bit of a downer. I could probably live without combat magic, but I'd still prefer it. Oblivious solves those problems at the cost of having to fight the engine's short-sighted limitations. Opinions?