vonFlampanker

Currently playing through Tactics Ogre and it's good. What's more there's a lot of it. Some medium level annoyances including the fact that it's sometimes hard to get new units up to speed since you level the jobs, not the units. Want your level 14 Warrior to switch to Dragoon? Back to 1 he goes. Unless I'm missing something important, that's a major headache.

FFT is good (I forget if it has the "killing blow unit gets the XP" thing). Whoever suggested Jeanne D'Arc is correct as well. That's a very enjoyable game.

@FeverSteed: Gotcha. I think if I had my druthers I'd leave that role to a mass of regular Z's rather than a specialized individual. I realize it's weird to bring up realism in this case but it's a little less suspension of disbelief.

Having played DayZ for the first time last night: quick and easy item management.

Would also love a fleshed-out system for fortifying a building or area.

Also from DayZ experience: incentive not to just open fire on other survivors you encounter. Maybe risking damaging someone's supplies if you shoot them up, thus making it more worthwhile to talk to them and barter.

How about a system for maintaining and repairing vehicles? I liked Fort Zombie's concept that a horde from a larger city was inbound and there was a sort of time limit. Scrounging for car parts and fuel up against an approaching disaster would provide a good amount of tension.

Lots of great ideas in this thread. Not sure about the "boss zombie" idea or having AI non-zombie enemies (would prefer to keep it "pure"). Maybe vary the speed/toughness of the Z's to provide some variety. Agreed 100% on the thorough character customization and using hunger/thirst/supplies to keep you moving. Also agreed 100% on quick and easy ability to communicate with others.

For what it's worth, I ordered a new hardcover book from a local-to-the-author store ( they're in upstate NY and I'm in Chicago). They were a joy to work with and the book they sent was signed. I like amazon and use them all the time but there's value to be had in local business.

I think the mom-n-pop stores were pretty well done in by the big box stores, now we're seeing big box stores suffer at amazon's hands. Personally I hope the cycle comes back around to local owned and operated soon.

After Limbo and Bastion, I adopted a policy of having patience and waiting for the Steam releases of these types of games. Appears to have paid off in this instance.

@Seppli said:

A Bethesda-style RPG (Elder Scrolls Games, Fallout 3) set in the Dark Tower universe by Stephen King. Fallout is close, but not quite fantastical enough - Dark Tower would fit the bill, and being a Gunslinger would be awesome. Just imagine the cool storyline and quest opportunities enabled by the doors between worlds/alternate dimensions/timelines and such. Mindbending stuff really.

Fucking SOLD. Who wants my money?

@Nightriff: I don't know if "enjoy" is the right word ... it is a hell of an experience for sure.

Good, will never finish the first at this rate.

@MildMolasses said:

Welcome back Patrick

Seconded!

Also, this could be a very cool idea. Sorta reminds me of that Batman/Planetary crossover where they kept running into all the different Batman versions.