cRPG 2 : what setting would you prefer ?

[Christo]

Last time I checked the bulk of the Rhodok, Khergit, Vaegir, Swadian and Rhodok items were renamed to reflect their real world medieval counterparts. This is no longer Calradia.

You can still find some remnants though, like the elite armors for an example.

 

[Anal Bleeding]

Vietnam

[Jarlek]

Not necesarily for cRPG, but I wouldn't mind playing a mod in the medieval Asian theater of war. Either East-Asia only, or all of it.

For cRPG, I'd like to have it as we do now, but without the silly "Plate helm, samurai armour, Scimitar and Huscarl shield" setup some people have.

[B3RS3RK]

The Problem imo is that there are sooo many AWESOME Time Periods!

I mean, ancient greece - awesome
Rome - awesome
Medieval times - awesome
Renaissance - pretty awesome, too

It´s all freaking awesome.

Which is why I would like cRPG like it is now but with even more stretched boundaries, have roman and maybe ancient greek and celtic gear etc.

I think cRPG could only profit from that.

But no weaboo stuff.Period.

[Entaro]

I'd also prefer the western Europe medieval setting along the lines of 100 Years War, but the current state of cRPG doesn't bother me with all the goofy items.

Probably a good question to ask along with setting is time period.  In cRPG we have Japanese stuff & viking gear along with some gunpowder era items "because they are cool", so it is really a hodgepodge right now.  I still don't like the Samurai stuff, but I get that a lot of people are Jap crazy.

Deadliest warrior parody, good analogy. 

[Kafein]

Deadliest warrior :

Who's the best, the Naginata + crossbow guy in byzant armor, or the axe thrower with a board shield wearing a samurai armor ?

[Thomek]

Well.. first of all:

Have a clear vision of what the mod will be like and stick to it!

cRPG is a good a example of what process and time can do. It works and is fun because we have a common understanding of what it means to us. It is made step by step, with game mechanics always in the front seat. The mood is unique because it is made by the players themselves.

Now all that is good, and take these experiences into cRPG2.   Having a collaborative spirit and a semi-open process like we have is also great, as it gives great loyalty to the playerbase, and allows mixing of thoughts and resources between devs and players.

But.

Please try to imagine some more specific "world" or vision for cRPG(2). A concrete collection of ideas to what it will FEEL LIKE to play the game. Connect with an artist like Kajia, send her pictures, poems, texts, films, music, whatever is close to your vision, and make her draw 20 versions of the same image until it's exactly what you feel. Then show this picture to others, and see if they get it.

Now, the great thing is that you can imagine whatever the fuck you want. You are not bound to try and replicate the feeling of the "classic romantic" medieval times, or the standard current "classic romantic, BUT GRITTY!" that we see in movies these days.

It could be a filthy FILTHY version of medieval, with dirty and smelling, unhealthy as fuck characters (and armor and weapons). Fighting in a similar dirty world.
It could be a kind of Valhalla where fighters from all over the world die and live to fight every day with their armies. (My fav.. )
It could be an ultra violent game, where you put great effort into modding the graphics and sounds.
It could be a complete parody of the medieval genre, with focus on humour.
It could be whatever the fuck But it should be Original of course. Maybe you should even ask the players for their ideas. All of us should go to bed, stare into the roof, and imagine our dream game.

So basically. I'm not worried that cRPG2 would have great gameplay and understanding of game. This is what irc has proved they have already. I'm more worried about lack of creativity and strong vision.

Cook up a vision, and sell it to us.
We will come along.

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Oh.. and this process can start Now.

[SixThumbs]

Last time I checked the bulk of the Rhodok, Khergit, Vaegir, Swadian and Rhodok items were renamed to reflect their real world medieval counterparts. This is no longer Calradia.

Of course they took some inspiration from real-life counterparts, and that's all well and good, but I'm sure there are people like me who play the game just for the gameplay mechanics (however slip-shod they are from time to time) and to create their own little narrative. It's not like I can actually use the fauchard and other forked weapons to hook my opponents', break pikes with the flameberge, grapple with a dagger, etc. so why would I want strict period based equipment, that I'm more or less assuming had their own martial styles, when all I want to do is party in Veluca before it becomes part of a faction? It's why I don't play the total war games, I don't want something simultaneously historically based but then have very little actual history happen.

[Thomek]

I'm sure there are people like me who play the game just for the gameplay mechanics (however slip-shod they are from time to time) and to create their own little narrative.

The core of what makes cRPG great and unique.

No one is forcing a semi-bad narrative or style down your throat. I think whatever the new incarnation of cRPG would be it should make room for this, and create a setting roomy enough for it. But still make it stronger than what it is now if you catch my drift..

[Captain_Georges]

I voted something else because I think the setting should be in the 41st millenium when there is only war.

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[Logen]

Finally Georges managed to say something that makes sense. Well done!

[Banok]

Wheres my option for medievil period but as many world cultures as possible.

think age of empires 2, we have china, korea, japan, britons, vikings, celts, huns, goths, mongols, byzantines etc. etc.

it even had aztecs in expansion.

[FF_Patrick_Henry]

American Revolution.

[SteelDevil]

theme battles on mass ^

[rufio]

kajia is a him thomek but nvm,, ontopic, i like the fact crpg is diverse as it is atm, and feel that we should atleast keep the current diversity in styles since thats fair towards the pretty dedicated playerbase, appart from that adding new styles = always profit imo