Guild Wars 2 theory

[czymann]

Since the Sony/NcSoft deal I have been wondering what were they up to. A theory of mine would be to make GW2 both for the PC and P3 and make it so they both can connect to the same game. Since GW2 will be a no fee game, I personally think it would be the best possible platform and would make it the very first to do so.

[ShadowbaneX]

Interesting, but if they keep the skill bar idea there's gonna be no way to do that on a controller. Also not to mention all the seperate screens and the like.

Then again that' GW not GW2, there could be a massive redesign. Then again if they weaken the system to make it Console compatible I'm not going to be happy.

[czymann]

That is true. However the interface does not have to be exactly the same does it?

[Orc]

The problem is that very rarely do the companies bother to make separate interfaces for games on multiple platforms. Which usually means the PC version of a game is stuck with some awful console interface which is designed to be seen at distances of eight feet on a TV and not on a monitor. Even worse is they stick the PC version with the same control scheme as the console version. I really hope ANET don't do this.

[czymann]

Since there will be a Zoom feature distance of 8 feet on a tv and seeing the action from a few feet away won't make much of a differance. Controls would have to be totally differant but simular in action.
The P3 game controller can do just about every hot key needed. From what I remember about the controller is that they have top buttons that can act as shift keys. Use 4 of the normal buttons for spells/skills 1-4 and then hold down top button plus 4 normal buttons for spells 5-8. With the ability to make those top buttons act as shift keys you can easily have 20 or more hotkeys which can be used for skills,jumping,open inventory ect.
I would be surprised if Anet made a bad product and I highly doubt they would do so.

[Ethan al Thor]

Hmm, sounds interesting as it would likely get more players involved in the game. But, I just hope that they hold true to the PC gamers as I likely will not be in the market for a P3.