How did you come up with the name Tilted Mill

[NeilV]

This may have been answerd before but i Have not seen it. how did you come up with the name for Tilted Mill? and is there a reason for the name?

Thanks :)

[David Beebe]

http://www.tiltedmill.com/articles.htm#Do%20you%20have%20a%20mission%20state ment

Burried deep in the 2002 grist... :eek:

[NeilV]

Thank you for your reply i often wonder how companies come up with names :)

[Bugsy]

Not in the FAQ, When you first enter TM's Site, you see a nice entrance graphic, and it says at the bottom: Strategy, Simulation, Role-playing.

Are you refering to role playing as an RPG refers to it, or in a different way? Can we expect a RPG game (akin to Baldur's Gate), from TM? Or is the role-playing the role we take on as Pharaoh in building our city? (And later, whatever other roles you have in the works.)

[NanaBanana]

Not in the FAQ, When you first enter TM's Site, you see a nice entrance graphic, and it says at the bottom: Strategy, Simulation, Role-playing.

Are you refering to role playing as an RPG refers to it, or in a different way? Can we expect a RPG game (akin to Baldur's Gate), from TM?

I never played Baldur's Gate, but I do love RPGs. KQ, LoL, the Kyrandia trilogy to mention a few. I would love to see more games like than so I can kick Orc butt! :D

I tried the Hobbit, but it was a little too strange for me, not too mention slightly difficult.

RPGs seem to have gone the way of the wagon train. Nice idea in it's time but not practical now. :(

[MaxxQ]

RPGs seem to have gone the way of the wagon train. Nice idea in it's time but not practical now. :(

I don't know...NWN and TES 3:MW seem to have a strong following. My problem is that I couldn't get past the differences between the BG games and NWN/Morrowind. Then there's the Deus Ex series, which are more RPG/FPS hybrids.

To take your analogy further, the wagon train is now motorized and armored, but still a wagon train :D

[NeilV]

[QUOTE=Bugsy]

RPGs seem to have gone the way of the wagon train. Nice idea in it's time but not practical now. :(

Their is a very large following for RPG's Neverwinters night's forum has over 2 million registered members And with games like Knights of the old republic 2 coming out soon And TES 4 a lot of RPGs have been appearing on consoles but they have cut the RGP element down a bit so they are more like deus ex. And there is a large market in MMPORPG with new ones coming out all the time. I hate to say it but it is most probably a bigger market than city building.

[Innovan]

I'm not sure of the distinction of what's an RPG and what isn't either.

Isn't Lionhead's Fable an RPG?
Grand Theft Auto has skills that improve with use, levelling, quests, side quests, buying equipment. It's not a dungeon crawl, but it seems an RPG also.

[NeilV]

There are a lot of diffrent types these days games like Deus ex GTA SA have added the skill improvments to a FPS up game so yes they are FPS RPG I think a lot more games will start doing this as it helps the games a lot I read that you evan get better at driveing cars or bikes in GTA SA so with the bikes you dont fall off so often. A lot more FPS should have some kind of RPG ellement in it to keep us intrested and stimulated while you play. :D

[NanaBanana]

Ok Guys! Dummy here! I don't understand all those letters. I know what FPS is, but TES? NWN? MMPORPG?

I finally figured out that NWN is Never Winter Nights. My hubby has the Deus X game, but it didn't look like anything I would like.

KQ8 was ok... but it kinda lost something. The main character looked like a paper doll.

I will check out some of the websites for the games you mentioned.

Thanks

[Son of Moose]

NanaBanana:

MM(P)ORPG --- Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game. :D

The MMO prefix can be added to many of the genres --- such as RTS. :)

Personally, I would love to see the advent of MS(P) [Massive Single Player] games where one could play against 32, 64 or even 128 computerised opponents --- provided that they could display a wide range of ai tactics. :D :cool:

[NeilV]

sorry TES is for The Elder Scrolls we are currently on 3 which is Morrowind with 4 coming out next year. :) I will try to stop cutting down names to initials ;)