27-09-19, 13:06 | #1 |
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Your ideal Angel of Darkness sequel!
Let’s imagine we’re in 2003. The game was a hit (no bugs, polished graphics, critically/financially successful) and a sequel was announced to it. It *may* be released around 2004-2006. What would you want to stay, what would you want to be polished, what would you want to be removed/added? Literally the game you imagine to be AoD’s sequel... ^.^
Things that should... ...stay: Lara’s personality Urban environments Hub system Black top - camo short/pant combination ...be polished: Animations () Lara’s face Money system Medicine system NPC model details ...be removed: Strength upgrades (Lara’s at her best by the end of AoD) Branching dialogue system Kurtis () Horror elements/gory stuff ...be added: I don’t have a lot of stuff for this but adding Xbox OG-360 support could be appreciated... And a cameo of the classic outfit () |
27-09-19, 13:12 | #2 |
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Things I strongly agree here, remove Kurtis.
Things I strongly disagree here, remove horror elements/gory stuff. Everything else is agreeable. Things I'd add: Croft Manor just for fun. At least as a generic tutorial area. Dual pistols |
27-09-19, 21:02 | #3 |
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Hey,
I just have the feeling that a sequel wouldn't have the same magic. I read countless sequel material, and it all felt a bit of a repeat of AOD. (Another cabal, another Sleeper etc) But I will create a list anyway. But if it was a perfect it: ...Keep: Keep Kurtis but change everything about him. Branching dialogs stay, but there are more interesting choices ..be polished: Polish the existing stories a lot more. [Especially, alchemy and the Nephilim] Polish the Backstories. [Lux Veritatis etc] Urban Environments -I read something about the story being set in French countryside. That might work as an interesting Hub. But unless the hub itself is historical there is no point. ...added Assassins Creed system for the Cabal secret society [Each main member has other minor members] Each main member is controlling a different hub. (5 hubs in total) They are all trying to revive a Sleeper. [Or creating their own proto] There is one LV member (ally) in every hub. Each main hub has 3 components: Urban - Restricted - Underground Additionally: 1- One hub is about the fugitive storyline to tie that up. 2- The second one is about Egypt to clear up the Putai and the Last Revelation storyline. 3- Nephilim Hub 4- LV Hub 5- Cabal Hub Introduce one of the fallen angel that fathered the Nephilim. ...removed Lara getting tired. |
28-09-19, 08:46 | #4 |
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if AOD was a perfect hit than:
...Keep:
..be polished:
...added
...removed
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28-09-19, 10:47 | #5 |
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Ideally AoD would have just been a stand-alone story and not engaged in any pretentious pre-planned trilogies, so a sequel being TR7 would just be it's own game with it's own beginning, middle and end.
What was unpolished about the animations? They're most realistic ingame movement animations I've seen in my gaming life. Unless you mean controls, but that's completely different... |
28-09-19, 11:09 | #6 |
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Imo, the controls were OK, but the animations were slow, and some lacked transitions. Adding transitions and speeding-up/altering some animations would be called ‘polishing’ imho........
Things I can remember right now that needs polishing: Lara’s running, sprinting, handstand, swan dive, crawl-space flip-out, wielding duals, the variation of swim animation, the variation of the climb-up animation (as seen in Industrial Rooftops, in the abandoned ware-house with the medipack) ^.^ |
28-09-19, 13:55 | #7 | |
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there's transition animations for pratically everything and most of them mix and match incredibly fluidly. not to mention they manage to give lara some realistic weight. as _seth has said, it's more likely that your issue lies with the controls. |
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28-09-19, 14:27 | #8 |
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Stay:
Improved:
Added:
Eliminated:
That's all I can think of. |
28-09-19, 15:43 | #9 |
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My ideal sequel would have more Kurtis cutscenes and playable sections! It would be so cool to have him around helping Lara to solve puzzles!!
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28-09-19, 16:44 | #10 | |
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