Outside or dungeon?
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Outdoor scenes when moving between levels are fine by me, i.e. a scene as the dungeoneer arrives at the next castle and a scene as they leave it - no problems whatsoever and even better if there is an obstacle. Dungeons are the main theme though and I believe they should dominate.
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after reading my post i think it maybe dident make sence..ill try again.
I prefer the dungeons.
It feels alot more clustraphobic. Whitch adds to the game IMHO.
Also the dungeons had better chalenges, traps and clue rooms.
But what i did like about S4 onwards was the use of Real life locations - treepaths, taverns and the like.
If they had applied that tecnology to the dungoen format i would have been a very happy bunny.
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I liked the dungeon, I think Nikki (my puppy) liked the forests.... I'm not sure
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Personally, I like the dungeons more, as in my opinion it makes it far more atmospheric. Also, I like dungeons! They always look so cool! ;D
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I, personally, like both.
I love the mix on S7, where you have them walking into apparent danger as they go deeper into the new VR world that is the Mire/Goth. It puts a new edge on the quest.
There again, I liked the look of S4 very much too, had a magical feel to it.
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having, as far as i can remember, never seen series 1-3 i really feel un-equiped to compare. according to...everyone the first three were a lot more dungeony and i an't wait until i do see them. im sure they are brilliant.
i know what you mean about "finding the dungeon" but with only level 3 being the actual dungeon the name dungeoneer is now slightly misleading as they spend the majority of the quest elsewhere just an observation.
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I liked Dunkley Wood in series 4 because you wondered along it and then found the pub, which I liked.
I think this may have more to do with my subliminal alcohol addiction though.
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I only actually got to see series 6 and 7 when I was younger (maybe only series 7)
But after I have seen most of the episodes I think that I liked series 3 best, although 5 wasn't too bad.
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I must say that I prefer the series 1-3 dungeon, before they went on safari. I prefer the graphics; lots of nice colours. I also like the fact that each room was different to the last one - you never knew what was coming next. Looking at it psychologically, I'd imagine the inside dungeon would be better at creating suspense because the Dungeoneer is trapped. In a wood, there is somewhere to run to. It is, after all, a far friendlier environment (in terms of human instinct).
Also, the action and pace tends to get a bit diluted when there are Eye Shield sequences every few minutes.
I'm not sure what a mixture of outdoors and indoors would be like. Mind you, if the outdoor scenery looks as nice as the series 1-3 style dungeon (not to mention the indoor scenery!) and if the pace is maintained (which I'm sure would be the case now that the need for guiding has been dispensed with) I think it could work.
Then again, I've never really been a fan of the more Tolkein/Pratchett-esque side of the show. I've always loved the sci-fi flavour that the show has always seemed to have ("manifestation," the Life Force clock and the clever play-on-words in spellcasting, to name a few examples) but particularly so in the early series. I quite liked the Technomancy theme in later series but I think that was mentioned and discussed too explicitly. In the early series the underlying sci-fi theme was only ever implied, nothing more. I think that's flasher and, ultimately, more menacing.
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