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2D Skyrim

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 3:09 pm
by hallsofvallhalla
Was brainstorming and was thinking why no 2d version of a Skyrim type game? Inventory anything, design your own house, large living breathing world, great storyline, like a truly epic 2d version of Oblivion or Skyrim.

Re: 2D Skyrim

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 3:30 pm
by a_bertrand
That's always what I'm aiming for... but I can't say I succeed ;)

Re: 2D Skyrim

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 7:39 pm
by vitinho444
I played skyrim once, for about 10 minutes. Didn't enjoy the game but I understand how good it is. So my answer would be "Yes". 2D Skyrim sounds much more doable for a small team and it can be as good as the 3D one easily.

Go for it Halls!

Re: 2D Skyrim

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:26 am
by Jackolantern
I think that even as a 2D game, the content creation would simply crush a small team. To really, truly create a living, breathing world like in Elder Scrolls, you need a staggering amount of content with a staggering amount of mechanics or it all starts to feel like a grind. Maybe a very well-managed, talented, medium-sized indie team could make it happen. But I would have to assume plenty of teams would have tried already and must have failed. Something like this would be huge on mobile devices so I just can't believe no one has tried.

Re: 2D Skyrim

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 2:24 pm
by hallsofvallhalla
Yup I was going for more of a commercial project, why has no commercial team not built it? Heck why hasn't Bethesda not done it?

Re: 2D Skyrim

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 3:06 pm
by vitinho444
Jackolantern wrote:I think that even as a 2D game, the content creation would simply crush a small team. To really, truly create a living, breathing world like in Elder Scrolls, you need a staggering amount of content with a staggering amount of mechanics or it all starts to feel like a grind. Maybe a very well-managed, talented, medium-sized indie team could make it happen. But I would have to assume plenty of teams would have tried already and must have failed. Something like this would be huge on mobile devices so I just can't believe no one has tried.
Well said, make it all procedural, call it No Mans Skyrim and sell it for 59.99$ :D

Re: 2D Skyrim

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 12:10 am
by Kesstryl
I'm a long time Elder Scrolls fan because of the depth of their RPGs, heck my current MMO is ESO Online! I would love to see more games based on the concepts behind their version of RPGs.

Re: 2D Skyrim

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2017 12:05 am
by Jackolantern
In a lot of ways UO was a lot like a 2D Skyrim before Skyrim existed. You could go anywhere at any time, it was all skill-based, you could settle down in a city and just become the town's carpenter or travel the world to kill dragons.

Re: 2D Skyrim

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2017 9:06 pm
by hallsofvallhalla
Yeah I definitely see that.