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What features do you want in a Dungeon Crawler?

Retro Dungeon View like Dungeon Master 2
2
15%
Modern 3D Dungeon View like Grimrock
2
15%
Dungeon View is a view port on the screen like Dungeon Master
1
8%
Dungeon View is full screen and Party is a Hud
1
8%
Single Character Party like The Quest
0
No votes
Full Party of Characters (4 - 6) like Dungeon Master
1
8%
Turn-base Combat like Dungeon Master
1
8%
Time-base Combat like Grimrock
2
15%
Story Rich Atmosphere with limited replayability
3
23%
Random Generation / Rogue-like
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 13

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What do you want in a Dungeon Crawler?

Post by redspark »

Hi,

I'd like to know what features players want in their Dungeon Crawler. Since most of these options are the opposite of each other, you are limited to 5 choices from the available 10 options. I'm also limited to 10 options in a poll so this is not an exhaustive list. However, if there are any features that you want beyond the given list, please post them in your comments. Thanks.

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Re: What do you want in a Dungeon Crawler?

Post by Ameena »

I think for many of those choices I'm not too bothered, as long as the end result is fun for me. One thing, though - combat in DM isn't turn-based. You are free to move around/attack as you wish, as in the later Grimrock games (which are a homage to DM so that's no surprise ;)).
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Re: What do you want in a Dungeon Crawler?

Post by Gambit37 »

Yeah I was confused by that too. DM is "real time", not turn based.

Also it would be worth clarifying the first two options. I think they mean "drawn with 2D images" and "built in true 3D". "Retro" and "Modern" could mean any number of things and are pretty vague.
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Re: What do you want in a Dungeon Crawler?

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Sorry, I meant to put in Wizardry for Turn-based.
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