Zone iPhone - How much is ACTUALLY zone?

[dylan]

I've been wondering for awhile- what about Zone iPhone actually links itself to Zone PC?

I can think of a few things, but for the most part, it's just incorporated many servers into one (Shangri-La, Bomy Island, Skills) and called it Zone iPhone, as it takes place in a futuristic realm. It's ditched the 8-dir weapon system and made it a full 360 degree turning system. If I'm right, didn't Zone PC actually have a 360 degree system once upon a time? Along with click shooting?

The character sprite layout that make Kingdoms and Zone somewhat stand out has been ditched for the oldschool sprites. While some of the enemies have the old zone character layout, I doubt that will last for long.

So, what makes Zone iPhone relevant to Zone PC? Some shared weapon sprites and a map or two with Zone PC tiles? That, to me, doesn't justify the right to reserve the title of "Zone iPhone." Even with the weapon tiles, it still has the ugly and blotchy bullets that are supposedly "lasers."

Codein once said that obviously the direction of Zone PC didn't work, so Zone iPhone would be taking a different direction. If you want to change a server the the point of making it almost unrecognizable to the parent, rename the damn thing.

Why not just take the current Zone PC, remaster it will iOS integration, then re-release for both PC and iOS? It makes no sense whatsoever to release a product that seems to have hierarchy to another product, but carries no relevance beyond one or two aspects.

My point is that if you want to make a server that is formed out of multiple past servers, change the damn name to something unique, rather than just taking a name of one of the servers and slapping it on.

Sorry for being such a negative nancy, it just burdens me to see this being carried out...