how will the levels connect to each other?

[Cerberus_e]

yes, how http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/redface.gif

progressive loading is good, but doesn't that slow too much down?
little segments like HL and HL2 is very annoying, a 20 seconds loading screen after every 5 rooms draws you too much away from the gaming exprience, and when you start enjoying it, a new loading screen appears http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif
Will it use that system?
and does DNF have battlelords?
after all I like the level per level system the best, like doom 3, duke3d, far cry, etc... do it. especially if loading times are very short after you load a savegame in the same level where you were before you loaded the savegame.
I hope prey uses that system too? my second choice is progressive loading, if that's possible.

[hell-angel]

I prefer the level system, but the levels should be in sequence, like the first two levels of D3D for example:
At the end of level 1 you go down in an elevator and you begin level 2 in the same elevator. That is the kind of thing I want to see. That and big levels of course. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif but I am sure they got that covered. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Viper Knight]

Cerberus_e said:
and does DNF have battlelords?


What does this have to do with Prey?

[Ivan]

Viper Knight said:

Cerberus_e said:
and does DNF have battlelords?


What does this have to do with Prey?



Battlelords are like Cerberus_e's trademark.

[Lengis]

Those big guys in Prey kinda look like Battlelords http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Viper Knight]

Ivan said:

Viper Knight said:

Cerberus_e said:
and does DNF have battlelords?


What does this have to do with Prey?



Battlelords are like Cerberus_e's trademark.


Well, I think he's getting a bit carried away. Don't you?

[Viper Knight]

I'm not sure what type of loading system would be the best. Well, obviously the progressive system would be the best if the hardware available is capable of handling it.

[George Broussard]

It's a traditional system of level after level.

[Spooger]

George Broussard said:
It's a traditional system of level after level.



Would be kinda cool if the end of a level is a portal (so you can actually see the beginning of the next level)

[Cerberus_e]

George Broussard said:
It's a traditional system of level after level.



thanks, that was where I voted for http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Parkar]

Spooger said:

George Broussard said:
It's a traditional system of level after level.



Would be kinda cool if the end of a level is a portal (so you can actually see the beginning of the next level)



Well wouldn't that effectively make it not level after level or do you mean just a small view of the next level like in hl and the game loads the next level once you enter the portal?

[Spooger]

Exactly what I mean, Parker. It's just a subtle detail that makes the levels feel consistant even though they're disconnected.

edit: though, I don't suggest this method for every level -- only where it makes sense (if portals can make sense, that is)

[Ivan]

George Broussard said:
It's a traditional system of level after level.



Good choice! We don't really need something too fancy.

[Ronald McDonald]

Doesn't matter really, the experience is the same.

[Cerberus_e]

Ronald McDonald said:
Doesn't matter really, the experience is the same.



no, little segments draw you too much out of the game (see hl2)

[Beelze]

Ronald McDonald said:
Doesn't matter really, the experience is the same.


Yeah. As long as your computer is fine, there'll hardly be a difference.

[Roger]

Spooger said:
Would be kinda cool if the end of a level is a portal (so you can actually see the beginning of the next level)



You know, that's a cool idea.