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Brandon Sanderson's (author of Mistborn/Stormlight Archive) Top 10 Games List
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I hope they never do because quite honestly I feel that it'll be ruined.
He's just overall a pretty good dude. Bloodborne high on his list tells you he knows what he's about.
He's Mormon, but seems pretty open and kind. I watched a YouTube video of a lecture he gave at BYU (a hyper-conservativeMormon school [with a few notable exceptions to that conservativeness, but I digress]) he spent time talking about feminist theory and writing whole people, not stereotypes. Did a pretty decent job, especially considering the crowd.
He's Mormon, but seems pretty open and kind. I watched a YouTube video of a lecture he gave at BYU (a hyper-conservativeMormon school [with a few notable exceptions to that conservativeness, but I digress]) he spent time talking about feminist theory and writing whole people, not stereotypes. Did a pretty decent job, especially considering the crowd.
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The feel of movement would be paramount, so Insomniac could be a good fit for sure
Yes, it's a matter of finding a studio that's A) passionate about the material, B) has the skills to pull it off, and C) has the independent funding necessary to pull off a decent level of production values (sounded like he wanted at least AA).
He wasn't too interested in the idea of a retro-style turn-based RPG take on Mistborn, but he did mention that he thought a 2D Metroidvania might work well. I suggested a few indie studios that I thought would be up for the task. That was a while ago and I haven't heard anything since so it probably didn't go anywhere.
Oh and I knew him at college (I had a class where he was the TA and then later a creative writing class when he was a new teacher), that's why I thought to contact him in the first place.
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I never thought about it, but it kind of is, isn't it? Suddenly I have (very slight) interest in Godfall
I never read that far, tbh; I stopped reading after the second book, but I really enjoyed both, so there's that.
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I remember that. Man, it's great to see creators that are this involved with their community
he says that he plays a couple hours a day after his kids go to bed lol
The creative director has highlighted it in interviews. Will be interesting to see how much they borrow.
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If they have the weapons basically beat for beat shardblades I'd be okay with that, honestly
That's a great list that is hard to argue with. I couldn't change it without being hyper focused on one genre. It's quite balanced.
How does he find the time while writing so much?!?!
How does he find the time while writing so much?!?!
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I'm impressed that this isn't just a nostalgia list for that reason. He's obviously actively gaming
He decided to play some video games instead of accidentally writing another whole-ass series of novels.
I'm sure they could Preserve the original intent. Or maybe reach a Harmony of sorts.
I know he said that he prefers single player games. But based on what he said about the games in the video, I kind of really want him to play FFXIV. But if anything is a time sink...
There apparently was gonna be a game like 8 or 9 years ago but it fell through.
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I hope so, else they would have to bear the Odium from wasted potential.
I'm on The Gathering Storm right now, and yeah. He's done an amazing job.
The push and pull mechanics that Kelsier & co use for traversal remind me a lot of web slinging so yeah
Him selecting Civ 6 just tells me that he hasn't played Civ 5.
To be fair, nearly every single FF is better than X. But yes, IX is a masterpiece.
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Heck, with Sunset Overdrive they could make some mean Edgedancers for a Stormlight game
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Great List! For the Mistborn game I actually think there are too many powers/systems and that this would make the gameplay too complicated.
could you imagine playing as a Mistborn and having to constantly swap between using different kinds of allomancy? What would the restrictions be? Would you have fuel (metal ) levels on each metal, or choose different loadouts for missions in advance? I think a game with a twinborn like Waxillium would work better. Or maybe an RPG/strategy game where you control/manage a thieving crew and each character only has 1 power and you can call in a mistborn summon or something like that
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On the topic of FFX, it's a respectable choice. The combat is arguably the best in the series and I love the sphere grid system. Brandon also has good points about Tidus not being your typical JRPG protagonist
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How about an MMO? You can only really be a misting, though that would take some of the fun out of not having the push and pull mechanics
I can't stand Sanderson's popularity because I think he's not a very good writer at all. His characters and dialogue are so shallow and tropey and he couldn't write a woman's perspective to save his life.
However, he put Bloodborne at #2. So, I guess he's not that terrible.
However, he put Bloodborne at #2. So, I guess he's not that terrible.
Honestly that doesn't seem too hard at all?
Meat of gameplay would be the Push/Pull from Iron and Steel, which I can't imagine would be too complicated to implement (it's basically just a telekenetic ability with a specific target). Then for the other physical metals you have Tin, which enhances senses (you could implement as a Ubisoft Super Vision thing) and Pewter, which enhances strength (straight attack buff). Then for non-physical you have Bronze, which lets you detect allomancy (radar-implementation), Copper, which lets you hide allomancy (stealth) and Zinc/Brass, which manipulate emotions (this would be the hardest to manage, and might need to be limited to specific instances). And then Atium and the other super-metals for special abilities.
You'd need to simplify the resource system since I don't think anyone wants to keep track of like, 8 different bars (maybe just have a generic "metal" resource), but the actual mechanics is only like, one or two steps above the typical Ubisoft protagonist at most.
You'd need to simplify the resource system since I don't think anyone wants to keep track of like, 8 different bars (maybe just have a generic "metal" resource), but the actual mechanics is only like, one or two steps above the typical Ubisoft protagonist at most.
I think an MMO would be too ambitious. And as you said the mental powers would be a bit boring.
It would probably work but it would needed to be streamlined a lot, like you said, resource management would be the hardest part.
I still think that playing a full mistborn would be overkill.
Everyone has their own personal favorite FF and while it's not my favorite, X is a good pick. The last truly great FF imo.
