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Off-Topic => All of all! => Topic started by: psychofreak on July 05, 2008, 03:25:12 AM

Title: World Maps or no world maps?
Post by: psychofreak on July 05, 2008, 03:25:12 AM
I'm just looking for opinions. So which do you prefer?
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Post by: Grandy on July 05, 2008, 03:59:56 AM
Worldmaps.
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Post by: Xecoa on July 05, 2008, 04:00:30 AM
depends on the game honestly........
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Post by: psychofreak on July 05, 2008, 04:04:16 AM
Oh and I would also prefer it if you post reasons why you prefer one or the other.
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Post by: Grandy on July 05, 2008, 04:06:09 AM
 Worldmaps. Because.
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Post by: Zerlina on July 05, 2008, 04:30:07 AM
If you want an epic feel, use a world map.
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Post by: Meiscool-2 on July 05, 2008, 07:51:50 AM
I use world maps, but I don't make it to where you can walk on them, just use a pointer to choose which place to kinda "warp" to.

I perfer the kind of world maps that are in SoM to the kind in FF and such.
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Post by: Fisherson on July 05, 2008, 02:38:32 PM
I like world maps myself,becuse it feels realistic.
They are very convient if you make maps in real life(like your a board game RPG geek,like me).
But some pepole don't have time to make every city and dungeon a little graphic,so they use
the warp to a deistination system,but i like the feel of a world map myself.
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Post by: A Forgotten Legend on July 05, 2008, 05:28:02 PM
It depends really.  I think that its more realistic to only use a world map as a reference.  But, if you are going for the Final Fantasy style game, World map would be useful.
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Post by: Moosetroop11 on July 05, 2008, 06:50:48 PM
I used to love world maps but now I'm not so sure... If you want epic airship travelling then world maps are unavoidable. If you want your game to have a more realistic feel then you might want to have big multi direction grassy dungeons between towns. That works better if the monsters are visible on screen, though.
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Post by: Dominicy on July 06, 2008, 02:08:27 AM
Story-based: world map

Non-linear (I think that's the word for it) : No world map.

It all depends on what kind of game it is.
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Post by: Fisherson on July 06, 2008, 02:14:14 AM
Did anyone notice this is in the RP section?
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Post by: Zerlina on July 06, 2008, 05:13:03 AM
I was gonna say, but I thought I'd be nice...


...way to be a jerk, fisherson :P
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Post by: Dominicy on July 06, 2008, 07:01:17 AM
...way to be a jerk, fisherson :P

I wouldn't say THAT ;P
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Post by: Almeidaboo on July 06, 2008, 01:00:48 PM
Man, world maps, always...they're just all so awesome. Please, use world maps! I hate the point and click maps, they don't feel epic at all.
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Post by: zuhane on July 06, 2008, 02:30:42 PM
Really does depend. Final Fantasy 10 is my favourite ever RPG but has no world map, which makes it what it is. Yet I prefer world maps sometimes.
Really depends how the story is.
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Post by: Red Fox on July 06, 2008, 03:05:08 PM
No world maps for me. Just maps with monsters walking around.
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Post by: A Forgotten Legend on July 06, 2008, 03:47:27 PM
It also depends on how BIG of an area your character can actually set foot on.  If it is a HUGE world.  You may have some problems creating all those routes map wise.
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Post by: Red Fox on July 06, 2008, 03:53:42 PM
Aye, kinda depends on what kind of game it is. If the player follows a specific "route" or if he can roam around and make side quests, visit different towns/dungeons that hasn't anything to do with the story. On the latter I would probably use a world map.
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Post by: Miss Muffet on July 13, 2008, 10:09:45 PM
I don't like point and click maps either. They just take away from the sense of adventure. Anyways world maps are fun (if you don't have an excess of monster encounters) and they also make the game longer ( i dunno if thats good or bad). But I stink at making world maps.
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Post by: Archem on July 13, 2008, 10:31:46 PM
No world maps. Make everyone walk through miles and miles of city streets and hillsides to get to their destinations. It's more realistic that way, and everyone knows how hard it must be for the characters to walk that far in mere seconds.

They must be sprinting like motherfuckers.
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Post by: Zerlina on July 13, 2008, 10:32:52 PM
I think ff12 is reason enough why you should have a world map.