Why is Arktwend such a great game
Verfasst: 26.05.2012 17:56
Well, Arktwend has its week spots, but in general it has TRUE RPG approach. As it's shown in this quest:
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In Stormwend there's a man desperately looking for his wife Leni. He knows she has a friend in a harbor. So you go there, you find this woman but she tells you only three words: "ruins of Storm". OK and now what? First I thought that "ruins of Storm" was just a name of some location which I would find during my next adventures. But two days later I found a book called "History of Stormwend" and because I LOVE digging in game's LORE and its world history I gladly read it. From the book I found out that the capital Stormwend has been built on the ruins of ancient city Storm. See - these are the "ruins of Storm". But where should I look for the ruins? And then I saw it. Of course - UNDER the city! So I entered sewers and there I really found location of ruined old city and Leni WAS really there - I was sooooo proud of myself!
Without reading the book and my clever calculation
I would never find it.
This is how IMHO real quest should look like - no map makers, no spell to show you the way like in Skyrim, just THINKING and SEARCHING. Old-school maybe, but still very STRONG approach for hardcore players. I love this!
************** BEWARE OF SPOILER *************** BEWARE OF SPOILER *************** BEWARE OF SPOILER **************
In Stormwend there's a man desperately looking for his wife Leni. He knows she has a friend in a harbor. So you go there, you find this woman but she tells you only three words: "ruins of Storm". OK and now what? First I thought that "ruins of Storm" was just a name of some location which I would find during my next adventures. But two days later I found a book called "History of Stormwend" and because I LOVE digging in game's LORE and its world history I gladly read it. From the book I found out that the capital Stormwend has been built on the ruins of ancient city Storm. See - these are the "ruins of Storm". But where should I look for the ruins? And then I saw it. Of course - UNDER the city! So I entered sewers and there I really found location of ruined old city and Leni WAS really there - I was sooooo proud of myself!
Without reading the book and my clever calculation
This is how IMHO real quest should look like - no map makers, no spell to show you the way like in Skyrim, just THINKING and SEARCHING. Old-school maybe, but still very STRONG approach for hardcore players. I love this!