03-24-2006, 05:56 PM
SwissMercenary,Mar 24 2006, 02:16 AM Wrote:All I've heard about it, is that it is, well, Morrowind 2. Nothing revolutionary, or somesuch. Brick-dull personalityless NPCs, performance issues, and not overly engaging combat make a repeat appearance. Meh. Felt quite overhyped to me.It depends on who you listen to. For me, the combat is extremely engaging, challenging, and fun. You'll get performance issues if you try to turn the settings up too high, which is true of any game. I've seen it running smoothly on a 9600 Pro, it's fine. There are some brick-dull NPCs, but there are also some fantastic and fantastically funny ones. You wouldn't believe the things I've seen.
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Still, judging from the official forums, most people who are complaining just haven't played it enough to see some of the great AI antics.
My complaints:
- Dual development. The game was developed for the PC and Xbox 360 concurrently. Because of this, it does NOT feel like a PC game. The interface is bloated and clunky (you can only see 7 items or spells at a time) and is not customizable at all. In the interface, there are a total of 24 tabs, if memory serves. Obviously, painfully designed for a controller and not a keyboard/mouse.
- Bizarrely limited keymapping. For example, you cannot set M to bring up the map. What in the hell?
- You cannot fullscreen the map. Only a very small portion of the world map is viewable. What in the hell?
- You cannot name your saved games. What in the hell?
- When you speak to an NPC, the camera breaks first person view and zooms in on their face. This is extremely disconcerting to me. I would be much happier with the Valve philosophy if keeping you "in character" all the time.
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