2010-07-06, 07:40 AM
It's just a really odd approach. Som was clearly not meant to be a general purpose game engine. If you do "30 new items" they're not really new unless they integrate with the existing items. Because basically an author more than likely has to decide which set they'd prefer to use for their game. I really like a lot of the items in Som visually. I couldn't imagine not using them unless the alternative was somehow better. I'm shocked anyone would come to Som trying to do all their visuals from scratch. That seems like so much work it blows my mind... it's a feat that even makes Dark Destiny look pale. Sophisticated one man games are pretty much unheard of. Of course if you're going to pull off the impossible it helps to have no idea what you're up against.