Might & Magic 10

[JustTimmY]

I hate the movement by tiles. If they will force you to follow the road and the freedom of movement outdoors will be 0, then I'll go back to M&M 6-8.

[Bandobras Took]

Are you suspecting there will be no such thing as grass/forest tiles?

[JustTimmY]

No, I'm suspecting you will be very limited by rocks, bushes, hills, etc.

If that will be the case, no more Fly spell for example.

For now we don't know that many details about the game but so far I'm not convinced.

[Sir Charles]

FYI, there was a fly spell in the early tile-based MM games too. They allowed you to fly from one map section to another. C3, D2, A1, etc. They also had skills such as mountaineer and pathfinding that allowed you to pass through mountain tiles and dense forest tiles.

The PAX demo for example you could move around on the road and pathways, and the grassy areas...but not through the trees. That doesn't mean you won't be able to later on with the proper skills.

[Variol]

Did enemies re-spawn in the older tile-based games?

[GreatEmerald]

Did re enemies re-spawn in the older tile-based games?

Secret of the Inner Sanctum: Yes, there are only tile-based encounters, and random encounters are always a possibility, while set encounters respawn after you exit and enter the area.
Gates to Another World: Same thing, but random encounters are much rarer.
Isles of Terra: Enemies respawn from enemy generators. You get a lot of money and items if you destroy the generators. This led people to leave generators, as the enemies that spawn also give you extra money.
World of XEEN: Enemies don't respawn. This led to a finite amount of money in the world, which is not sufficient for training up to highest levels.

[Dharcness]

I was hoping for a free roaming expansive world like in MM6~MM8. Not to mention a continuation of MM1~MM9 storylines/lore.

Well, here's to hoping MM10 will turn out good.

Btw, looking at MM10 gameplay. I'm sure some people will scream "zomg! It's a Legend of Grimrock Clone!!11!!"

[GreatEmerald]

Btw, looking at MM10 gameplay. I'm sure some people will scream "zomg! It's a Legend of Grimrock Clone!!11!!"

Will? They have been screaming that for quite a while now.

[JustTimmY]

Legend of Grimrock is a good game but M&M X should be a lot more.

[Marzhin]

Legend of Grimrock is a good game but M&M X should be a lot more.

It is.
For starters, MMX is not only about dungeon-crawling.

[JustTimmY]

I'm waiting to see how a city looks, where and how you find the trainers or quests.

I'm hoping for a big world to explore.

[GrayFace]

World of XEEN: Enemies don't respawn. This led to a finite amount of money in the world, which is not sufficient for training up to highest levels.

For me that and maybe generators are the best options. I can't imagine myself playing a game with that crazy respawn rules of MM1&2 (respawning set encounters part mostly) you described.

[hellegennes]

Constant enemy respawn is a thing for either 20-year old RPGs or adventure/action RPGs like Diablo, Legend of Zelda, etc.

[tolich]

World of XEEN: Enemies don't respawn.

Nightshadow does. Winterkill does as well, though not after being cleansed.

Constant enemy respawn is a thing for either 20-year old RPGs or adventure/action RPGs like Diablo, Legend of Zelda, etc.

Diablo? There's no respawn in Diablo. Well, you may restart the game, preserving your experience, skills and stuff, but it's not respawn.

[ThunderTitan]

Will? They have been screaming that for quite a while now.

To be fair, if Grimrock didn't succeed we wouldn't have seen any MMX... or at least not with it's current gameplay...

[GreatEmerald]

For me that and maybe generators are the best options. I can't imagine myself playing a game with that crazy respawn rules of MM1&2 (respawning set encounters part mostly) you described.

It's not that bad, as most of the time you don't need to fight them more than once anyway. There is usually no reason to leave the area and come back, and until you do so, set encounters won't respawn. Plus, there are certain spells that make going through areas much easier, like Jump, Teleport, Etherealise, Surface, and (in MM2) Lloyd's Beacon.

The fact that you can only save at inns is annoying, though, I'll admit that. Though in MM2 Lloyd's Beacon mostly negates that, and in MM1 dungeons are usually pretty straight-forward, so you don't need to save that often anyway.

[hellegennes]

World of XEEN: Enemies don't respawn.

Nightshadow does. Winterkill does as well, though not after being cleansed.

Constant enemy respawn is a thing for either 20-year old RPGs or adventure/action RPGs like Diablo, Legend of Zelda, etc.

Diablo? There's no respawn in Diablo. Well, you may restart the game, preserving your experience, skills and stuff, but it's not respawn.

Monsters do respawn in all three Diablo games (same goes for Titan's Quest, which is very similar to Diablo). They just don't respawn within the same game session. Of course the most egregious example would be Sacred, which had a respawn timer and monsters would respawn rapidly, in the same session. If my memory serves me right, Diablo 1 only had monster respawn on multiplayer.

[hellegennes]

The fact that you can only save at inns is annoying, though, I'll admit that. Though in MM2 Lloyd's Beacon mostly negates that, and in MM1 dungeons are usually pretty straight-forward, so you don't need to save that often anyway.

Saving in any place you like allows for more difficult and challenging dungeons and game experience in general. Because there's no excuse not to. If you have to save at certain points, the game need to be easier, otherwise it's frustrating.

[GrayFace]

Constant enemy respawn is a thing for either 20-year old RPGs or adventure/action RPGs like Diablo, Legend of Zelda, etc.

Today it's only fit for MMOs. In Diablo 2 it was a rediculously stupid decision.

[Variol]

In a non-linear game, we need to be able to save, because there's no way of knowing how tough an area is.