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Abridged and Unabridged Campaign (Just for fun)
« on: January 24, 2010, 08:39:56 pm »
Probably my biggest work in this project is planning.  Every time I'm ready to draw some graphics or program some code, something pops up that I have to plan.  One of these is, indeed, S.A.D.'s campaign.  To tell the story in detail, there's almost as much text as there is in Starcraft's campaign, Original and Brood War combined...the first 2.5 missions, which I just finished the draft of, take 7 pages of text.

So I'm going to have an abridged version of the campaign available for people who either don't like reading much text, or for those people who want to save space.  The unabridged campaign is divided into several parts and will use compression, but that still might be too much space for some people.

So just out of mere curosity, who would play the abridged campaign, who would play the unabridged?  This will not alter my decision in making both, because it shouldn't be hard to do so.
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Re: Abridged and Unabridged Campaign (Just for fun)
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2010, 09:25:01 pm »
I voted for unabridged because I think I'd play it more, though I'd probably play both.   I like lots of text, but sometimes I want to play quickly hence my decision.
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Re: Abridged and Unabridged Campaign (Just for fun)
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2010, 09:38:06 pm »
Like I said, the game will come with both
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Re: Abridged and Unabridged Campaign (Just for fun)
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2010, 10:04:24 pm »
Well if the unabridged one doesn't take several hundred of KB of memory I would be fine with it, same if it doesn't take 10 minutes to go through introductions (unless they're skippable)
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Re: Abridged and Unabridged Campaign (Just for fun)
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2010, 10:09:46 pm »
Skippable...I didn't think about that.  Good idea
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Re: Abridged and Unabridged Campaign (Just for fun)
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2010, 10:10:27 pm »
I didn't vote, because I would play both :p
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Re: Abridged and Unabridged Campaign (Just for fun)
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2010, 10:37:24 pm »
Quote from: Hot_Dog on January 24, 2010, 10:09:46 pm
Skippable...I didn't think about that.  Good idea
Well, I may be biased now that I beaten Star Ocean 4. The ending sequence is four and half a long lenght and cannot be skipped. X.x
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Re: Abridged and Unabridged Campaign (Just for fun)
« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2010, 12:04:35 am »
hmm id have to say both as i would play the full first then use the other just to save space XD
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Re: Abridged and Unabridged Campaign (Just for fun)
« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2010, 11:48:12 am »
The Ultimate Solution (unfortunately requiring flexible design+more planning...) is of course giving it as a compilation option :).

I'd have the abridged version as default, though.
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Re: Abridged and Unabridged Campaign (Just for fun)
« Reply #9 on: January 27, 2010, 10:13:18 am »
I voted for unabridged... I like game stories, and I guess that's why I like RPGs and Starcraft. They have beautifully written stories.
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Re: Abridged and Unabridged Campaign (Just for fun)
« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2010, 02:39:20 pm »
Quote from: jsj795 on January 27, 2010, 10:13:18 am
I voted for unabridged... I like game stories, and I guess that's why I like RPGs and Starcraft. They have beautifully written stories.
Agreed.
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Re: Abridged and Unabridged Campaign (Just for fun)
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2010, 04:28:24 pm »
Quote from: Silver Shadow on January 27, 2010, 02:39:20 pm
Quote from: jsj795 on January 27, 2010, 10:13:18 am
I voted for unabridged... I like game stories, and I guess that's why I like RPGs and Starcraft. They have beautifully written stories.
Agreed.
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