Kickstarters

bolok said:

Chip theory does make nice stuff. 230 is still pretty spendy. But tmb with more of a single shot adventure is tempting.

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So far I’m liking it more than TMB. TMB is interesting in that you build the characters different ways when you play, but it feels kind of limited because you only have enough points and time to do a little bit with the character before you’re killing the boss. The battle mat always feclaustrophobic too.

This one you fully customize your character every time with a huge amount of combinations. You have your race specific stats and ability, then your class which there are a large amount of options, then you train specific skills within your various stances. I like the cooldown mechanic better because you get to use your skills a lot, where TMB you don’t use them as much. Then you have the maps which changed to hexagon and are larger and connect to each other so it feels much less claustrophobic. It’s also much longer before fighting the boss so you develop your characters quite a bit versus TMB. There’s also the overworld which TMB didn’t have. Yeah they had a little map but it was completely pointless. ES you’re actually making decisions and completely changing the way you play through your campaign. Going into towns to buy and train and stuff is pretty cool.

I think TMB still has a place at the table, it’s a nice one sitting yet still crunchy game. Elder scrolls just iterated and improved a lot of what TMB does. I’m pretty excited about it cause it just did a lot of things I wish TMB had in it. These are my early impressions anyways, I haven’t played it a ton yet.