I agree with Raze about the camera angles: a nice bird's-eye view is good. One of the things that originally attracted me to DD was that you could start playing it with a mouse and a few keys, then learn as you go. I don't want to have to study a book of 50 commands before I can even start playing: I have left games on the shelf that looked like I needed a degree in commands before I could even start playing.
I remember reading that the Larians kept the system requirements and controls for BD similar deliberately. They said there were improvements, but didn't want to exclude any player with older equipment. But the improvements are nice.
I assume they are doing the same for the next installment. It can't be easy to accommodate everyone's machine, what with all thhe different processors, mobos, graphics, and sound chips in use. They probably have to assume many of us will have an older mobo and be using the onboard graphics and sound (which would be very kind of them).
There is a picture on
www.larian.com/nextgen.php but it does not say it is related to DD or BD, nor do I see a release date for that game.
I DO HOPE Larian Studios knows that I will be one of tens of thousands of gamers who will pre-order for a copy as soon as they announce one. I wonder how to get in on that beta-testing?
