Experiences from Path of Exile so far

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Jonathan wrote:

The thing with Titan Quest is that it didn't have random level generation. That means that they can place rebirth fountains at controlled locations. Rebirth fountains in TQ were generally placed at specific choke points in the level that can be specified by the designer.

If we wanted to do checkpoints then we couldn't do them in that way. Placing checkpoints randomly around the level probably wouldn't work.

In order to do checkpoints in Path of Exile you would have to come up with some kind of rule for when they occur.

An example is a rule like "When out of combat for 30 seconds, checkpoint" or some such. Already I can see plenty of problems with these kinds of schemes. Players would want to stand there for 30 seconds after each battle to make sure it checkpoints. The opposite of fun.

Something else to bear in mind with checkpoints is that games with checkpoints typically have one key feature. The world is reset back to the state it was in when you went through the checkpoint.

Games which make the decision not to do this can be fairly contentions. Do you remember the discussion when Bioshock came out with its Vita Chambers? I myself remember fights which were ultimately just respawn spamming at the Vita chamber and attritioning monsters.