weather

[HatMaster]

Weather would be pretty sweet. Especially rain or snow, if only because it would allow my hat to have more versatility. One weather type I would like to see is fog. Can you imagine really thick fog on an empty plain? You know some giant boss is out there but you can't see more than a few feet in front of you. Then, suddenly, the battle music kicks in and out of nowhere a ball of fire comes hurtling at you. That'd be sweet.



Oh, and on a side note, an RPG the combines platforming and totally rocks...Kingdom Hearts anybody?

[NightHour13]

Imagine severe whether storms such as Brush Fire's, earth quakes, hurricanes and the good ol' tidal wave? Hah they already had SEED meteor showers, might as well add these in!

Hah just kidding, i don think they want to get apocatalyptic here. Imagine leveling up and a tidal wave comes and swamps the area you were leveling in...

[littleman2347]

And ur surfing it. weeeeeeeeeeeee

[OdinTyler]

Break out the Flowders!

[Kano-Okami]

On 2006-02-08 11:42, HatMaster wrote:
Weather would be pretty sweet. Especially rain or snow, if only because it would allow my hat to have more versatility. One weather type I would like to see is fog. Can you imagine really thick fog on an empty plain? You know some giant boss is out there but you can't see more than a few feet in front of you. Then, suddenly, the battle music kicks in and out of nowhere a ball of fire comes hurtling at you. That'd be sweet.



Oh, and on a side note, an RPG the combines platforming and totally rocks...Kingdom Hearts anybody?

Ever play Monster Hunter? it has quite a few moments like that. I just wish it had an active weather though, the game had set weather conditions for each area, no variations. If PSU has weather, I hope it'd change it up a bit..even its suttle as a light haze or heavy as a tropical storm. Heck, it even gives a chance for special weapons to change efficiency with the weather.
rain= Lightning Saber damage x2?

[vox3om]

This might sound stupid...but I think it would be cool if somehow they could sincronize the game with a common city. I guess in JP would still be cool. But somehow link it to weatherchannel or something and have the weather be the same that it is actually in that city...

[irun4fundou]

I like the idea of a sort of random weather system. Weather can go a long way in affecting the mood of a game. Look at console games like Shadow of the Colossus, and it's predecessor, ICO.

I see the weather system taking a bigger role in the offline single player game. Sonic Team could better use a weather system to affect key moments in the story.

Battling a boss online during a freak lightning storm would be amazing though. The idea of weather affecting the environment is interesting too. Like someone said, a flood coming through, it could hinder your adventure through the level and you'd have to find another route.

If they bring back something like Mother Brain from Phantasy Star 2 they'd at least have a good reason to have a weather system

[OdinTyler]

Actually, I think Moatoob had a similar environmental shift, as Motavia once did. Makes you wonder with so many similarities to the original 3 planets, why the game just doesnt take place in Algol?

[DeathMachine]

Didn't the CCA have fog in the main area? Not that it had any effects on the radar or weapons. Think Onma Gog in thick fog...at NIGHT! Your experience would shoot through the roof if you won (due to the difficulty).

[OdinTyler]

Well, heres something that hasnt been done before in a city: dustclouds. In the new trailer video, you see a city in Moatoob (probably Dagora City), where dust clouds are close to the ground. Really brings out the atmosphere. If we see such things all over, the game is going to have REAL ambience.