Lots of stats and numbers and it was all explained, leaving me to play the game how I wanted to and enjoy myself. An example of doing it well is a little game called Orcs and Elves on the DS. I've lived through the frustrations of not knowing and to me they were just a way pad the game out and make the player start again once the system is understood. Sorry if that isn't old school enough for some of you but I've been gaming since the VIC 20 with Sword of Fargoal, Dungeon Master, Might and Magic and all their cousins. People are going to work this stuff out in a week and post the formulas online anyway so why hide it? Please, let me have the information I need in order to play the party I want to from the get go. When molding your party into what you want it to be, there's certain information you need to have and I don't want to be forced into playing the game for hours to experiment and figure out what does what before I can go back to the beginning and make the party I actually wanted. I know it loses some of that "old school" mystique but lets face it, some of that old school stuff died out for a reason. Does strength help with dagger damage or is that dexterity? Is my chance to hit in melee based off dexterity, or my weapon skill level, or my strength (which was always weird to me in D&D, wouldn't dexterity govern chance to hit and strength how hard you hit?) or a combination thereof? When I take a skill will it tell me exactly how it works and which stats affect it's power if at all? Am I raising the right stat to increase the power of my "whirling blades" ability or not? See what I'm getting at here? I've played a few indie rpgs lately which really frustrated me by keeping what my stats did in the dark. Probably with a mouseover or something along those lines.
Jools wrote:What I'm really hoping for is a very clear explanation of what every single stat and skill does before we commit to it.
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