I hate when I hear the company's say, "We can change the map etc etc all in real time!" Yet when the game comes out they never even use it. Let alone find a good use for it.
Now if they can eventually say make your hair grow on a weekly basis. Or actually see your character get fatter or thiner based on your activities. There is an area that games really haven't started exploring yet.
I'm sure the guys would like to see their characters belly get nice and round by consuming beer! lol
I really just think they need to add a more diverse set of skills in games. Like a run skill or a jump skill (See Asherons Call) so that your character can truly be a custom thing. I really think each character only having so many skill points is a thing of the past. Where are the characters where you can gain skill by doing simple things.
For instance. I used to play text based games (MUD's). Some of the coolest things in those games still have yet to hit todays games. Where's the "Hide" skill where you can try and hide from an enemy and ambush them and actually get better at it by just doing it more and more often. (Referring to the Dragonrealms game) How about the more you use a weapon the better at it you get? How about a crafting system where you can design literally the look of your weapon.
How about weapons that don't have numbers attached to them. No plus this and that. How about you have to take them to a weapon smith (player ran or NPC) pay a fee (or have a friend) appraise it. Or heck appraise it yourself. The more you look and guess a price the better at it you get?
Hopefully someone will someday see the potential that is out there and put it to some good use.
Sorry for rambling but there are games already out there that your beard grows or simple things like that. Its not really a new thing. Just a newly implemented thing. Too bad its all on text based games.
I keep hearing the people at Play.net (Dragonrealms creators) are making a Game called Hero's Journey. From what I've seen it looks good. Hope they actually get it right like in DR.
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