Thread: Gemstone IV
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Old 03-21-2015, 08:44 AM   #2
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Re: Gemstone IV

I played GS III from late beta up through the early-90's. The combat mechanics were great, in large part because they were based on Rolemaster. The game lost something for me when Simu parted ways with Iron Crown and published on AoL, but I still have an account there and stick my head in from time to time. I left GS to play a little known but what I think was a bit of a transformative game called Legends of Futures Past. LoFP was built by a group of former GS players who had become disenchanted with the game. I miss both games a lot.

In my opinion, game designers can learn a lot from Gemstone (GS III, at least). It was a near perfect blend of character building and socialization with a set of genius mechanics (whether intended or not) that forced players to congregate in one place.
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