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RPS - RPG Scrollbars: Size Matters

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    [​IMG]On this week's "RPG Scrollbars", Rock, Paper, Shotgun takes a look at size. Towns, zones, whole worlds...do they convince you and make you feel immersed?

    Here's the question of the week - as you've probably guessed, it's which worlds have managed to convince you with their scale, and which have blown it completely? I've picked a couple of examples to get started with.

    On the good side, the city of Divinity's Reach in Guild Wars 2. In general, I think GW2 does a good job with this, but Divinity's Reach for me is what Stormwind desperately wants to be. It's a stunning place to explore, made even more impressive by the fact that it's not even the world's capital - that's the city of Lion's Arch. Nevertheless, it's a huge multilevelled place full of different districts, where the ceremonial artwork is as intimidating and patriotic as it could possibly be. It's also a brilliant example of game artistry in its own right, wasting little space where it could squeeze in a few tall buildings and unreachable but still visible places for its population to be crammed into. It's majestic, and all should bow to its majesty.​
     
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