Well I guess the title says it all, I was just wondering who ya'll thought were the most active 'forumers' in this part of the AG forum. Opinions, that what this Forum is going to be, pure opinions, and yes you can say 'Me'.
Of course you can't have such ridiculously fast movement and we're talking about the 1800s here. You can't expect too much action.
You can form wagon trains, patrol the trail on horseback, guard from raids, attack indian camps you stumble on, hunt for food, all sorts of stuff. Seriously, there is a lot of potential for it if done right. Red Dead Redemption actually changed my opinion on western themed games which is what makes me think a remake of O.T. could be a success.
Red Dead Redemption actually changed my opinion on western themed games which is what makes me think a remake of O.T. could be a success.
agreed. it would also be nice to have a customizable family or wagon members, make it somewhat like an rpg, but not too complex to scare away a lot of buyers.it would also be nice to have to start at the bottom and work your way up to train leader or whatever.
I don't think you get just how slow wagon trains were. I mean, they went around 2 mph. That is very, very slow. Not even close to the horse back speed of Red Dead, and still lagging far behind human running speed.
If you keep a realistic speed, and don't scale down the trail, we're talking six months of playing time. To get it down to a normal game length (12 hours), you would need to cut out 99.7% of the trail.
Really, can you even imagine how boring it would to travel for even three minutes in a video game at two mph?
The strategy aspects could be amazing, as could hunting, fighting, bartering, etc. But the actual traveling would be excruciating.
now that we talk about this, it doesnt seem to have ENOUGH content for a full-scale realistic video game.... could be a downloadable like on steam and be downloadable for xbox and ps3... just doesnt seem like enough to lay down $ 60 for....
But... The entire point of the Oregon trail is that it was very long...
I mean, if we're going to scale it down, why even bother with the trail at all? Why not just have the game take place in one town?
If you keep a reasonable playing time and a reasonable wagon speed, you're only going to travel around 24 miles. So you might as well just not travel the trail at all.
it is just hard to copy such a good game like that and make it more in depth....
it would be somewhat nice to have maybe a western game about the indian wars? two split campaigns by a good developer, maybe an online, now THAT would be pretty awesome if done right.
But... The entire point of the Oregon trail is that it was very long...
I mean, if we're going to scale it down, why even bother with the trail at all? Why not just have the game take place in one town?
If you keep a reasonable playing time and a reasonable wagon speed, you're only going to travel around 24 miles. So you might as well just not travel the trail at all.
That won't be Oregon Trail any more.
I'm sure there's a way this can be done, whatever it is.
A realistic version of the Oregon Trail... that'd be one for the most diehard of diehard fans.
Of course I can see more appeal in something like that (as long as you could save), than other real-time life simulations like, say, Second Life. At least I'd be pretending to live from a completely bygone era rather than trying to live a life I don't have merely because I'm spending it in front of the computer.
Anybody heard of "Tales Of Middle Earth"? Now that's frustrating.
not nearly as frustrating as most rogue-likes. most of them dieing = perma death, or massive pentalities that gets you killed even faster then before. right now, i found a rogue like that makes me lose about 30ish% of the money i have on me plus some random items i have, and thats still mild compared to some other games.
