Fallen Earth Interview

Mad Max RW · Post by **Mad Max RW** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 5:37 pm

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<html><body><A HREF=http://www.gamebunny.com/fallen_earth_int.htm target=_blank>Gamebunny</A> aka ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…â€œwho the hell is gamebunny?ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬? completed a Q&A session with James Hettinger, CEO of Icarus Studios, about the MMORPG <A HREF=http://fallenearth.com/ target=_blank>Fallen Earth</A>. They briefly discuss influences from movies and games, trading stuff, a vague reference to magic, and a bit on classless character development:<blockquote>James Hettinger:
 We chose a classless character development system because we felt that class-based systems inevitably constrain what players can do. And there really is no reason to do this. In a lot of ways class-based systems are holdovers from the original D&D role-playing game. They have a lot of history but they carry a lot of baggage ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ they are virtually impossible to balance a class-based system. A single ability can alter the balance of the whole game. Trying to seek equilibrium becomes an endless process of chasing a moving target.
 
 As far as players go, a class-based system restricts them to a specific character type. Our goal is for players to define their characters by their actions - what they have and what they want to pursue, rather than a pre-defined template.</blockquote>Check the <A HREF=http://www.gamebunny.com/fallen_earth_int.htm target=_blank>interview</A> for the rest.</body></html>

Franz Schubert · Post by **Franz Schubert** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 5:41 pm

James Hettinger wrote:they are virtually impossible to balance a class-based system.

Hmmm, no it's not.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 6:51 pm

Is that the game with the funky monster that looked like a cock?

Phias · Post by **Phias** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 8:36 pm

I can never imagine myself playing ANY MMORPG at any time.

No matter how intelligent the concept is, or how intelligent its creators are or how mature its theme is, there will always be too many fools, too many annoying bastards plaguing you at every turn for items or directions, too many hackers unbalancing the game, and too many problems to list here.

It has never been succesfully completed, and I doubt we'll see a good one soon. It's just sad how good concepts are constantly ruined by ignorant consumers.

Spazmo · Post by **Spazmo** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 12:42 am

Stop covering MMORPGs, please.

T-900 · Post by **T-900** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 2:02 am

MMORPG's can be damn fun games. If you don't like them, that's just yer opinion... remember the definition of forum:

"A public meeting place for open discussion."

(one of them.)

Anyway, Fallen Earth sounds odd, looks odd, and will likely BE very odd... but a nice blend of action/mmo, with the ground deformation and vehicles could provide some entertainment *shrugs*

Max-Violence · Post by **Max-Violence** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 7:27 am

The only MMORPG I've ever played is Final Fantasy XI, and it's pretty damn good. I haven't seen or heard of any hackers and the newbie population pretty much fades out when you get farther into the game.

Just my opinion, though.