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Auf Wargamer.com steht ein sehr interessantes Interview mit dem Gamedesigner Gus Smedstad von 3DO online, hier ein Auszug:

TW: With the new focus on individual heroes, please give us a quick taste of how building heroes up has changed?

GS: You must pay more attention to skills than you used to when building a hero. Skills, far more than level, determine the hero's ability. A 5th level Barbarian with Expert Combat Defense will stand up to as much damage as a 30th level hero with no Combat Defense skill. There's also a strong incentive to specialize, since 2 heroes with Grandmaster skill in different areas is much better than 2 heroes with Expert in both areas. [...]

TW: With new graphics and an altered game system, what changes were necessary to offering an editor?

GS: The editor now supports terrain elevations, so you can drag a section of the terrain up or down. There's also a fairly complex scripting system available now.

TW: With the new graphics, what might be the target for minimum system requirements?

GS: We're looking at a 400 MHz Pentium II with 64 MB of RAM as the minimum. I highly recommend more memory when playing larger maps.

Vor allem die Systemabforderungen gefallen mir, sind ja für heutige Verhältnisse recht human. Aber auch das der Ausbau der Fähigkeiten stärkere Auswirkungen hat wie bei den Vorgängern klingt nach interessanten startegischen Finessen.