Thanks for the responses, but i think i need some more discourse-
: >: (time freezes), like they were in Durandal/* (time
: >: continues),...
: >
: >Dependent on what causes less headaches..
: But don't think that you're going to be able to stand
: there at a terminal surfing the web for hours without
: some three-legged critter sticking one of those
: wonderful glowing staffs right up your serial port.
I think that, since we really are a cyborg in that game, time could stop once we uplink to a computer. 5 Hours wouldn't be more than 2 seconds, really, since we would just be doing a massed DL of the data.
: >: 06. Can I safely assume that at least half the BOBs
: will
: >: be female this time around?
: >
: >No... BOB will be 100% male...
: We're even considering adding pork rinds, tractor pulls,
: and a BOB-adjusts-genitals animation.
you know what i was referring to! =) Would half the population of the crew born on board Marathon be born female this time? Roberta is a name too, may i remind you.
: >: 07. Will the incorrect Naval terminology ("the
: Pfhor
: >: have invaded the Marathon!" instead of
: "the
: >: Pfhor have invaded Marathon!" [correct v
: >: original]) remain in the console text?
: >
: >Uh... Wow... You're hardcore ain't ya? It will be the
: way the
: >original story was told... Mistakes and all.
: I presume you meant to type "the Pfhor have boarded
: the Marathon!". It is debatable whether that
: would be the correct terminology since the Marathon
: was both a ship and a moon. You board a ship but you
: invade a moon. Shrug.
That was an example phrase- ships and moons are not referred to with definate article (the)- they are personal pronouns, describing things with their own personality. therefore, the phrase "the Marathon," with reference to the ship OR a moon, could only have been written by a landlubber.
: >: 09. Will you support a prologue like what was
: written in
: >: the manual text ingame or otherwise (prefight
: movie,
: >: etc.)?
: >
: >We hope... We'd like to... But we'd also like to get
: the fans
: >something to play with as well... Dependent on how
: much
: >midnight oil we're interested in burning.
: What, you're not going to ask about the cut scenes as
: well? As far as I'm concerned, one equals the other.
: The intro text would just be an extra cut scene before
: the one for Arrival. Whether cut scenes will make it
: in at all is an open question. I have typed in all the
: text from the intro in the Marathon 1 manual. Also I
: have exported all the cut scene PICTs. I have looked
: into implementing the cut scenes but not far enough to
: render a verdict yet.
I was considering an additional question on the cutscenes/cutpics, but i thought it would have been redundant. Of course, people love FMVs and cutscenes of all types- i say if you want to, go for it.
: >: 12. How close to the original will the
: 'protagonist' we
: >: play as (the cyborg/human debate rages still) be
: >: portrayed?...
: >
: >Story is preserved entirely...
: As far as I'm concerned there is no argument. Everything
: necessary to settle this debate was present in
: Marathon 1. (Hint: How did the level Blaspheme
: Quarantine serve the plot?)
Well, *I* think its frankly obvious that we played an undead cyborg, AND that we were labeled with the brand "Mjolner," but some people aren't totally convinced.
: >: 13. Since the original look of Marathon is not
: integral
: >: to the story, will you give her an update?
: >
: >Slightly.
: I don't grant your premise that "the original look
: of Marathon is not integral to the story". It has
: not been proven to me that you can have the
: "feel" of Marathon without having the
: "look" of Marathon. Without having the
: "feel" of Marathon the story would suffer
: from not being as immersive as the original was (and
: still is).
Well, the huge chunk of rock that was Marathon was also poorly rendered as a giant pic. I suppose you will be changing it (espically that candy-striped engine unit thing).
: >: 14. Will ALL the details from the original be
: transposed?
: >: even the secret writing on the hull of level one
: that
: >: is rumored to exist?
: >
: >Damn... We will not be pursuing rumors... You are
: 1337
: >man, I bow to your hardcore pursuit of Marathon.
: Secret writing? Have you been into the mushrooms? The
: secret room will be there, as will all secrets from
: the original. Will we be adding our own secrets? That
: would be telling. :-)
Well, i heard that if you mod the game to allow you to jump up on a window to space in Arrival AND make it so the character would be small enough to fit, that you could run out and see some writing on the wall that would not be viewable in any other way. Of course, rumors are rumors, and i have not attempted to verify it.
