Open letter to Ritual

[DrWoo McM]

Things I would like to see in Rituals soon be announced new title:

Since community is the flavor dujour it only seem fitting that these features be included:

1) In game server browser buddy list. I need to know where my friends are.
2) Some sort of player stat system. I need to know who’s “king spry guy”
3) Server Browser server image. Battlefield 2 has this. I’m able to place a logo or graphic when someone connects to my server.
4) Built in punkbuster support. I don’t like punks (I’m not talking about the sex pistols variety)
5) This is just a wish more than anything, but it would be nice to see a servers rating. (I.e. how popular it is, by traffic or by some sort of voting or star system). This once again is about community and give a server operator something to shoot for.

What’s old that works:
1) One word: Nukes!
2) One word: Bikes!
3) One word: Spry!
4) Varity of power-ups in MP
5) One word: Pineapples! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
6) Location Damage and Damage Skins
7) Two words: Concussion Gun
8) Two words: Hot tub /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

What needs to be new:

1) Larger maps
2) Planes
3) Choppers
4) Built-in VOIP
5) Buddy list VOIP

I’m sure I’ll think of some other things later.

[TheDarthJedi]

i'll GLADLY second

"SPRY"
"NUKES"
"CONCUSSION GUN"
"BIKES" (damn those were FUN!!)

as for the rest, how could i possibly disagree with the esteemed DrWoo over here??

Basically, i think what he's asking for is everything that made SiN such a kick @ss game, plus a few improvements /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

knowing ritual, they will toss in something more that has us going "oh wow! I didnt think of that!!!"

cant wait /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[FliX]

that looks like an excelent list Dr. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
im all for it!

[JezzyBall]

Originally posted by DrWoo McM:
Things I would like to see in Rituals soon be announced new title:

Since community is the flavor dujour it only seem fitting that these features be included:

1) In game server browser buddy list. I need to know where my friends are.
2) Some sort of player stat system. I need to know who’s “king spry guy”
3) Server Browser server image. Battlefield 2 has this. I’m able to place a logo or graphic when someone connects to my server.
4) Built in punkbuster support. I don’t like punks (I’m not talking about the sex pistols variety)
5) This is just a wish more than anything, but it would be nice to see a servers rating. (I.e. how popular it is, by traffic or by some sort of voting or star system). This once again is about community and give a server operator something to shoot for.

What’s old that works:
1) One word: Nukes!
2) One word: Bikes!
3) One word: Spry!
4) Varity of power-ups in MP
5) One word: Pineapples! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
6) Location Damage and Damage Skins
7) Two words: Concussion Gun
8) Two words: Hot tub /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

What needs to be new:

1) Larger maps
2) Planes
3) Choppers
4) Built-in VOIP
5) Buddy list VOIP

I’m sure I’ll think of some other things later.




Yes what Woo said. Oh and OFF HAND GRAPPLE!!!!!! Woo should be winning the lottery any day now and will happily fund any overages in development time due to the communities suggestions.

But frankly....just let your creativity flow man.....let it FLOW!

p.s. levelord - I would happily ship you your vodka of choice in those mapper block moments.

[TheDarthJedi]

OFF HAND GRAPPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

how could we even dare to suggest to forget that!?!?

wow..

good call jezzy /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[DrWoo McM]

Originally posted by JezzyBall:

Originally posted by DrWoo McM:
Things I would like to see in Rituals soon be announced new title:

Since community is the flavor dujour it only seem fitting that these features be included:

1) In game server browser buddy list. I need to know where my friends are.
2) Some sort of player stat system. I need to know who’s “king spry guy”
3) Server Browser server image. Battlefield 2 has this. I’m able to place a logo or graphic when someone connects to my server.
4) Built in punkbuster support. I don’t like punks (I’m not talking about the sex pistols variety)
5) This is just a wish more than anything, but it would be nice to see a servers rating. (I.e. how popular it is, by traffic or by some sort of voting or star system). This once again is about community and give a server operator something to shoot for.

What’s old that works:
1) One word: Nukes!
2) One word: Bikes!
3) One word: Spry!
4) Varity of power-ups in MP
5) One word: Pineapples! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
6) Location Damage and Damage Skins
7) Two words: Concussion Gun
8) Two words: Hot tub /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

What needs to be new:

1) Larger maps
2) Planes
3) Choppers
4) Built-in VOIP
5) Buddy list VOIP

I’m sure I’ll think of some other things later.




Yes what Woo said. Oh and OFF HAND GRAPPLE!!!!!! Woo should be winning the lottery any day now and will happily fund any overages in development time due to the communities suggestions.

But frankly....just let your creativity flow man.....let it FLOW!

p.s. levelord - I would happily ship you your vodka of choice in those mapper block moments.



Well if you got the booze covered then I'll spring for the smut magazine

[phxTOM]

1) Larger maps
2) Planes
3) Choppers
4) Built-in VOIP
5) Buddy list VOIP




please, no planes, choppers, tanks, and so on.
the buggy is enough.
play bf2 if you want them...

[DrWoo McM]

Originally posted by phxTOM:


1) Larger maps
2) Planes
3) Choppers
4) Built-in VOIP
5) Buddy list VOIP




please, no planes, choppers, tanks, and so on.
the buggy is enough.
play bf2 if you want them...



Well I'm going to say that the buggy isn't enough. At the least they need hover bikes like WOS. Also it would be cool if they have Helicopters since they had them in the first game. This time though we should be able to pilot them.

[TheDarthJedi]

heh, i remember just getting to control the gun on one of them at the start was fun enough /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[phxTOM]

Originally posted by DrWoo McM:

Originally posted by phxTOM:


1) Larger maps
2) Planes
3) Choppers
4) Built-in VOIP
5) Buddy list VOIP




please, no planes, choppers, tanks, and so on.
the buggy is enough.
play bf2 if you want them...



Well I'm going to say that the buggy isn't enough. At the least they need hover bikes like WOS. Also it would be cool if they have Helicopters since they had them in the first game. This time though we should be able to pilot them.



okay, buggie and hover bike i can live with /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
most maps in sin that i remember would be no fun with vehicles.
imagine a helicopter and a tank in "bookcase".

what made sin beeing the best ctf game for me was that it was more hard for the offence to get the flag then defending it.
the games i played that ended 1:0 after one or two hours where the best i ever played.

there's already enough games with huge maps and all kinds of vehicles - please ritual, keep it oldschool /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[DrWoo McM]

there's already enough games with huge maps and all kinds of vehicles - please ritual, keep it oldschool



Don't get me wrong I love Sin for what it was. I suspect Sin was what it was mainly because of the technical limitations of the time. Ritual is not shackled by these limitations now and can build non-restrictive maps. Imagin Sin City as a city not just a city block... novel idea. IMHO if Ritual releases Sin 2 as an oldschool style game then the critics are going to say "same old same" and it won't do well in the store compared to it's modern competition.

Sin was very inovative for it's time and I for one would expect Sin 2 to be just as inovative. I look forward to the future of gaming being set by Ritual, not a bunch of oldschool cira 1999 DM. The key here is to capture the essence of Sin and it's multiplayer, not just re-release it with high poly-counts.

Just my .02!

[phxTOM]

Originally posted by DrWoo McM:
Sin was very inovative for it's time and I for one would expect Sin 2 to be just as inovative. I look forward to the future of gaming being set by Ritual, not a bunch of oldschool cira 1999 DM. The key here is to capture the essence of Sin and it's multiplayer, not just re-release it with high poly-counts.

Just my .02!





i agree. what i mean is, i hope they will not come up with just bigger maps, more vehicles, 12mil weapon combinations ....and so on, like the rest of the industry.
i would like to see it close to the original with some inovations and not just more and bigger.

[TheDarthJedi]

Originally posted by DrWoo McM:

there's already enough games with huge maps and all kinds of vehicles - please ritual, keep it oldschool



Don't get me wrong I love Sin for what it was. I suspect Sin was what it was mainly because of the technical limitations of the time. Ritual is not shackled by these limitations now and can build non-restrictive maps. Imagin Sin City as a city not just a city block... novel idea. IMHO if Ritual releases Sin 2 as an oldschool style game then the critics are going to say "same old same" and it won't do well in the store compared to it's modern competition.

Sin was very inovative for it's time and I for one would expect Sin 2 to be just as inovative. I look forward to the future of gaming being set by Ritual, not a bunch of oldschool cira 1999 DM. The key here is to capture the essence of Sin and it's multiplayer, not just re-release it with high poly-counts.

Just my .02!





Sincity doing Deathmatch with the offhand graple was just TOO MUCH DAMN FUN however /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

i can just imagine that, instead of being one street, and a few buildings.. being a block..

omg..

such..
FUN! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[DrWoo McM]

I just thought of something else that needs to be Sin 2.

More nudity. Lots more nudity. Personally I think that's what's missing from games these days. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[DrWoo McM]

Since Ritual has creative control with Sin Episodes I hope to see lots of nudity. <joking> Actually I hope to see a strong multiplayer game with the first episode. Later episodes should include more maps and different game types.

Should be interesting I'm waiting for more details.