gunsmoke on 24/1/2014 at 18:02
So, it's sounding a lot like Gothic 1 & 2 by the description. Color me interested.
Aja on 26/1/2014 at 02:44
Combining the open world of Skyrim with Dark Souls' combat sounds about perfect, but I'm not convinced about this combat yet. Dark Souls didn't use inverse kinematics; they just had tons and tons of animations along with appropriate sound effects. What they're showing in the video looks floaty and unsatisfying, a little like Oblivion. I hope I'm wrong.
Muzman on 26/1/2014 at 07:21
This actually sounds like the original feature list of Stalker, but with swords. Which was madness to this day. But madness I like.
I dunno about Dark Souls as the comparison point. They made it sound a lot less rigid than that (and I hope it is). But it's a good popular recent name-check for 'hard, but fair' I suppose.
Oh and I love the "free-to-play MMO for iPad" dig
Jason Moyer on 26/1/2014 at 08:34
Quote Posted by dethtoll
Chris Avellone improved considerably from his Planescape Torment days
Every game that he's been the principal writer/designer on has been of fairly equal quality, and they all have very similar mechanics in terms of how the player has the ability to alter the story, which is the real reason people say that he's a good writer. Then again I've actually played/enjoyed every Black Isle/Obsidian game so I feel somewhat qualified to make that statement.
june gloom on 26/1/2014 at 16:53
planescape's writing is terrible, though
Renzatic on 26/1/2014 at 17:26
What's so terrible about it?
june gloom on 26/1/2014 at 17:48
It's not like I haven't gone over this a hundred times.
LoLion on 26/1/2014 at 18:11
Plus I am sure whatever you have to say is “bland like a Linkin Park album” anyway.
The game is actually going to be set in the real world setting (Czech lands in 1403) and is based directly on the events that took place at that time (ie the Czech king Václav IV being imprisoned in Austria and later saved by a group of loyal knights).
At first I expected they will base the game in some randomly created world (kinda like Mount & Blade: Warband), so I wonder how close they are actually going to stick to the historical events. In any case it seems they are quite serious about the whole “realistic RPG” thing!
june gloom on 26/1/2014 at 18:35
Quote Posted by LoLion
Plus I am sure whatever you have to say is “bland like a Linkin Park album” anyway.
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nicked on 26/1/2014 at 18:45
Planescape: Tormenting dethtoll.