08-09-2011, 12:06 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-09-2011, 12:16 AM by LemmingofGlory.)
(08-08-2011, 11:33 PM)Hammerskjold Wrote: Best as I figure it's not just one thing, but many small things. The grid tile helps, but also the timing both sound and animation, I dunno. It's probably closer to alchemy than hard science in getting it right. But whatever they did, D1 got it really really right for responsiveness.
Grid systems are great. It added to the precision of the game, and I really had no complaints about it. Fallout 1 & 2 and the HoMM games used hexagonal grids very well. I think the biggest drawback of the grid system is probably that anything in-game seems like it must fit on one game tile, so the game doesn't do large scale creatures very well. How can you be intimidated by Big D when he comes scuttling at you with his bright shiny red butt cheeks? Or Hellfire's Defiler, who seems strongly reminiscent of Trogdor?
I've heard that with Diablo 3, Buzzard's one-upping their previous missteps by changing the ending to D1. The dude in the end cinematic is allegedly no longer the hero of Tristram: it's Justin Bieber! ...wait, no. Close, but no. It's Prince Albrecht!