[Noble713]

Originally posted by sachmo
Yes, but the problem with most of the above games is that the story is hard coded. Of course you are free to do what you will during the game, but eventually you have to beat the foozle and win the game. What the new Malfador games looks like is that the user is going to have the ability to, if they are so inclined, mod the game and play the entire Wheel of Time series if they wish. Or Game of Thrones. Or whatever. Now that, I personally consider superior to every game you mentioned.

So basically it will have a similar level of flexibility and world-making to Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. Morrowind, however, has one critical advantage: FAR superior graphics.

I don't know about others, but a large part of being immersed in a game for me is how realistic the graphics are. I won't feel like I'm really in a game world if the characters I'm looking at are small sprites with 5 frames of animation.

I'll stick with Morrowind. I've already begun some preliminary work to reproduce the Warhammer World, largely to see some of the awesome sites and structures in it. I don't think you'd get quite the same feel without a high-quality 3d engine.