Why does my character carry an iPad around?

Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 4:57 am

It seems your character in this game is equipped with an iPad. You have access to fancy, futuristic menus and even a Google Earth-like map complete with GPS and satellite imagery. How do you rationalize that from a role playing perspective?
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Aman Bhattal
 
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 7:03 am

It seems your character in this game is equipped with an iPad. You have access to fancy, futuristic menus and even a Google Earth-like map complete with GPS and satellite imagery. How do you rationalize that from a role playing perspective?


The menu is just a menu, a necessary immersion breaking moment needed to smoothly play any game really. The map...well he's tapping into his dragon soul for a moment and closes his eyes to see what a dragon sees as it soars over the terrain.

Haha, not a bad one now that I think about it, but honestly I just see the map as...a pretty map. I've even gotten pretty used to it, it was kind of a pain at first but it's starting to get easier to interpret and follow now.
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Post » Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:43 am

I really like that dragon soul thing... I might start using the map... Once I kill a dragon... Atm im rping that im trying to get my old life back together
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:24 pm

It seems your character in this game is equipped with an iPad. You have access to fancy, futuristic menus and even a Google Earth-like map complete with GPS and satellite imagery. How do you rationalize that from a role playing perspective?


Yes bad design choice ...

I think something like Uncharted when consulting a map would have been waaay easier and look waaaay better....
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Post » Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:17 pm

Todd likes iPhones and pods. He even said that in one interview.
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