[UA] CRPG

[Ysidro]

Gareth Hanrahan wrote:
> 
> >A UA game would
> > have to be built on a Sims-level concept, with shifts into first-person
> for
> > action sequences. That way, you would spend a lot of the game with the
> > deterioration of the PC's personal and domestic life being made apparent
> to you
> > through the interface. You could see his apartment fall apart as he
> neglects to
> > clean while studying mystic tomes; his wife leave him because of his
> involvement
> > with the mafia, and the Isolation meter begin rising; his sanity slip as
> he
> > neglects every facet of daily life but those that attune him to The
> Executioner.
> >
> > Actually, I'm liking this more and more...
> 
> Wacky idea - the player takes on the role of Alex Able or one of the other
> "faction heads". You've got a stable of spies, agents, adepts and thugs.
> You've got to keep an eye out for wierd occurances, and send out the best
> agents to deal with the wierdness. On a mission, you actually control the
> agent...
> 
> Hmm. now that I describe it, it sounds more and more like Unknown Occult
> Football Management.
> 

More like Unknown Thirteenth Floor Armies.  Or is it Floor 13?  Any
which way, it's a great little game where you play the head of a secret
british agency.  All you get to do is sit and read reports and give
orders.  You never even see anyone personally.  But it's fun to try to
get those last few poll points in the PM's favor before you get thrown
out a window.

Ysidro

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