Questions
by Ten Ton Hammer Premium Members
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Answers
by Chris Klug, Creative Director,
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From the outset, Ten Ton Hammer has designed the
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Membership program to help bring players closer to the
developers who create the games they love. When a Premium Member
suggested (
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that a great way to accomplish this goal would be to allow Members to
submit interview questions for developers, we knew we'd just heard a
great idea. Now Ten
Ton Hammer is putting that plan into action.
Introducing the first installment of our new series called VIP Access,
where Ten Ton Hammer Premium Members get a chance to have their
questions answered by the developers. First up in our series of games
is Stargate Worlds (SGW), Cheyenne Mountain
Entertainment's adaptation of the wildly successful science fiction
television series based on the Stargate movie.
Ten Ton Hammer Premium Members submitted questions to ask the Cheyenne
Mountain team about SGW, and here are the answers.
heerobya: Will
content take place only in our galaxy or also within the Pegasus galaxy?
Our Own galaxy.
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take players literally anywhere.
heerobya: With nearly
infinite possibilities for content expansion in virtually any
imaginable setting / time period etc., what plan do you have to keep a
unified, consistent feel throughout the game?
coherent story that feels like a season on the show. Each
mission is part of that story, and the players travels through the
universe are all related to the fight against the Big Bad.
heerobya: What kind of
combat
system can we expect? Considering the
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focuses primary on ranged combat, will we be looking at a more FPS
[first person shooter] system, a straight RPG [role-playing game] auto
targeting system, or a hybrid of the two like we see in titles like
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hybrid of an FPS and an RPG. Its kind of like FPS for
Dummies in that it has all the visceral feel of FPS combat without the
need to be a twitch expert. Its quite revolutionary.
evenchin:
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Bombardment Ability work? And will it not be too overpowered?
by an ability and subject to cool down. Final details are
being worked out.
evenchin
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with the drones; they feel like one character. Will
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style="font-weight: bold;">customizable then? If so, how?
Drones become customized through Ability Tree Choices. Based
on which Abilities are chosen and/or which trees are emphasized, that
affects the Drones look and feel.
evenchin
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quite fragile. Even though they area fragile race with no real
protection, will there be a shielding technology that keeps them from
not being killed at the first shot?
function somewhat as shields, and [Asgards] do get high-tech armor.
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Players can expect
some different looks on the field.
drevan: Will the game
also incorporate content from Stargate:
Atlantis?
Not at launch. It may end up in an expansion.
cirric: Will a Goa'uld be
able to defect and be member of the SGU? Or would they just be
considered Tokra? Similarly, would you be able to be an Asguard on the
side of the Praxis?
There is no ability to switch sides during play.
cirric: How soon can we
expect to see vehicles we can drive, both space and ground [vehicles]?
are nowhere in the foreseeable future. I dont know if well
ever get them, the technology challenge there is pretty
formidable. If any team can overcome it, its this team,
however. Space vehicles are much more likely.
cirric: How strictly will
you be sticking to the Stargate
mythos? Meaning will you be introducing different technology, different
worlds and different races/creatures that were not in the various
series.
given great license by the shows creators to expand the
license. They have explicitly told us to Do the things that
we cant do on the show, please! And we run material by them
and work with them on continuity. Everything in the show is
treated as canon by the show runners.
cirric: How much
interaction will we have with General Jack O'Neill? That guy just plain
rocks!
he is important to the story.
IvanTv: Do you have any
plans for
large-scale ship battles (ie. a Goa'uld mother ship vs. an Earth ship,
both being controlled by players inside)?
shipping product.
Kralle: Do you support
"packrats" with plenty of storage to pack my stuff away?
with storage.
Kralle: Will quests have
the possibility to have an unknown ending or reward?
We have twists and turns in the story, so I suppose the answer to the
first part is yes. Most times, you are told what the reward
will
be.
Kralle: Will quests and
challenges
give players different choices to solve them leading into a different
path in said quest/challenge (dynamic quests, so to speak)?
The story is fairly linear. Missions change depending on the
archetype, but we want people to all end up in the same place.
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Different worlds and
cultures are sure to mean unique architecture.
Kralle: Do we need to
suck-up to "higher beings?"
the heroes of the story.
Kralle: Will items like
clothing, weapons, artifacts, talismans and the like have a strong
impact on abilities and skills?
important effect on your combat ability.
d3athre1gns:
18. Will there be any voice overs or
characters
in the game from
anyone who was in the show?
characters from the show (and not from the show) are voiced.
d3athre1gns
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travel [like horses in other games] in the game?
Travel through Stargates and rings helps us out quite a bit here.
d3athre1gns
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the game.
you become incapacitated and you revive in a med tent. There is a mild
penalty but not very much.
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