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There's quite a discussion going on here, but as that is supposed to be about the upcomming DMOD's list and the discussion doesn't really seem to stop yet I thought a seperate topic might be a good idea.
So the question essentially is where the borders between romp, quest and epic lay. Now I'm not going to repeat everything what's been said over there except this bit by cocomonkey:
Anyway, I don't think "epic" should be a quality judgment. The description on the Files page is plainly about length. That's what really bothers me - it's treated like an exclusive club with no firm criteria for entry. There should be a clear standard for what is an epic and what isn't so that it doesn't become a dumb political thing like it is.
Which is something I absolutely agree with. However, what would this firm criteria be? Officially it's pretty simple: A DMOD that takes about 4 hours or more to finish. But does that simply mean that a DMOD's length can be determined by simply the number of screenlocks being used? I feel that the DMOD should simply have 4 hours worth of content. There are many other things I find important (which I posted about in the other thread) but ultimately that should be the criterium. What is content is a bit debatable but I think if the DMOD isn't somehow artificially inflated this should simply be the playing time. I'm going to play through Malachi the Jerk again and if I find that it takes me close to 4 hours or so I'm going to say that it should be an epic.
So the question essentially is where the borders between romp, quest and epic lay. Now I'm not going to repeat everything what's been said over there except this bit by cocomonkey:
Anyway, I don't think "epic" should be a quality judgment. The description on the Files page is plainly about length. That's what really bothers me - it's treated like an exclusive club with no firm criteria for entry. There should be a clear standard for what is an epic and what isn't so that it doesn't become a dumb political thing like it is.
Which is something I absolutely agree with. However, what would this firm criteria be? Officially it's pretty simple: A DMOD that takes about 4 hours or more to finish. But does that simply mean that a DMOD's length can be determined by simply the number of screenlocks being used? I feel that the DMOD should simply have 4 hours worth of content. There are many other things I find important (which I posted about in the other thread) but ultimately that should be the criterium. What is content is a bit debatable but I think if the DMOD isn't somehow artificially inflated this should simply be the playing time. I'm going to play through Malachi the Jerk again and if I find that it takes me close to 4 hours or so I'm going to say that it should be an epic.
