Choosing game style.
30 April 2007As I mentioned in my last post I am going to produce a RPG on my own. So, I need to make some choices about the basic make up of the game. In this post I am going to look at the “play style” of the game. By that I mean do I want to build the game to be a “top down” game similar to the Final Fantasy franchise? Or do I want build a 1st/3rd person style game akin to the Knights of The Old Republic franchise?
I’ve played numerous top down games like FF and Baldur’s Gate and found that they are very fun as they seem to introduce very enjoyable combat systems.
On the other hand I’ve also had a blast with the First Person games like Deus Ex and some of the online RPGs. These seem to be a bit more immersive and popular these days.
Based on my playing experiance and the fact that I want to build something that I would like to play I deciding to go with the 1st/3rd person style rpg.
My next big decision will be about the engine behind the game. There are a lot of choices so that may take a while.
