I’ve been playing Fallout 3 on Xbox a lot lately. A thing I’ve noticed is that leveling up is done in the JRPG style, and not in the old AD&D one. For those unfamiliar, let me translate: JRPG usually have FAST leveling up. It means that you will level up quickly and constantly during the game, opposed to the AD&D system, where leveling up is a real “event”. I still remember the old SSI games based on the AD&D rules, the early levels were even acceptable, but then… going from level 10 to 11 was a real pain \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
To be honest I was a fan of the AD&D. Until recently. I mean, is cool that every level up is something unique, that brings new perks\/features to the character. But on the other hand, I really like constant reward to the player. In Fallou 3 (but also in other games like Everquest 2) for example you can experience points by just discovering new locations. Or every trap\/lock that you manage to disarm\/unlock without a key. Beside of course completing quests and killing enemies!<\/p>\n
It’s cool to see the EXP bar whenever you do one of those steps. It feels “right”. It’s like the game is telling you “YOU RULE”. I fell in love with it, and I am going to implement something similar to my VN\/RPG game Planet Stronghold. There won’t be a full 3d virtual world, but I’ll fill it with many quests and also will make sure there are places in which you can use the various non-combat skills.<\/p>\n
Speaking of which, two new screenshots: the skills screen, and the quests screen. They should both be final, no more change to skills \ud83d\ude42\n\t\t