Ishar: Legend of the Fortress<\/h1>\n
Three enclosed zones: dungeon (gray) and two towns (blue). Dungeon area isn’t finished as there was no need to do it after sweeping the area. I shaded corridors with pencils because it was hard to distinguish empty space from walls. Incidentally I gave it a 3D look.<\/p>\n I like Ishar<\/a> because it drops you in the world with little information and you have to figure out things all by yourself. You carry an outside area map<\/a> but it’s vague and orientation skill only helps to identify names of neighbouring provinces. Using compass is a must. Other than that I like colourful graphics and ambient sounds.<\/p>\n What I don’t like is that I don’t have enough feedback (e.g. can’t deal with enemy – do I need to raise strength or agility?) or that increasing attributes is a gamble (pay for a chance) which leads to grind.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Prince of Persia 2 features extensive dungeons which aren’t smoothly scrolled and that led me to mapping the area. Parts of Level 3 and Level 6 were all over the paper so I merged them in image editor.<\/p>\n Game was annoying for me (particularly fighting floating heads) and on Level 11 I lost motivation to play. I don’t plan to get back to it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n This is a partial map of the Sheogorath region (northern part of the Morrowind province). I started drawing with black pen. After a while I’ve noticed it was rather bland so to thicken the contours I outlined shoreline with pencil. I like the look of it. To make locations stand out I supplemented with red marker. Plain black or red dot looked uninteresting in my opinion.<\/p>\n In Fighter’s Guild one of the quests is to find a legendary mine with golden eggs. The only hint you get is that it’s somewhere on Sheogorath. In-game map doesn’t mark minor locations so I began to draw my own map. Starting from the right (fighting mad people on Ald Daedroth) and moving left towards the center of the island, brushing vertically. I was disappointed when the “legendary, lost” mine was down the road and turned out to be a fully lit, copy-cat dungeon.<\/p>\n After that I did not continue to draw the rest because the map served it’s purpose.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n This one was made by my brother when he was playing Ambermoon<\/a>. Paper size is A3 and scale is 1:10. I find it impressive because I saw the amount of work he put into it.<\/p>\n Game features it’s own coordinate system (your x\/y position is displayed once you obtain special magical artefact). My brother noted position of the shore points, converted numbers to a map scale, layed dots and then connected them. It’s unfinished<\/a> due to laziness.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Most of our maps aren’t as elegant but rather quick & dirty. To demonstrate here’s my map of the labyrinth on Crete.<\/p>\n If you’re confused after taking a glance then you know how I felt while wandering without a map.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"Maps](\"http:\/\/ofp-faguss.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/maps_ishar.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nPrince of Persia 2<\/h1>\n
<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/center> <\/p>\nThe Elder Scrolls: Morrowind<\/h1>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nAmbermoon<\/h1>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nIndiana Jones: The Fate of Atlantis<\/h1>\n
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