A nondescript year for PC RPGs? - Page 2

Monolith · #16 (**permalink**) 02-18-2004, 06:37 AM

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Originally posted by The Z
I'm not worried about the action in The Fall. I'm just worried about whether the RPG elements of the game will be their (Storyline, Branching plot, Big decision making, non-linearity, etc.).

according to this, I'm not worried. They got a second Black Isle Studios guy on board...

Monolith · #17 (**permalink**) 02-19-2004, 06:07 AM

yea, and here we go: Preview: The Fall - The Last Days of Gaia

Dorian_ertymexx · #18 (**permalink**) 02-19-2004, 07:03 AM

Funny how the world goes... You guys think of it as a GOOD thing that they got Black Isle-folks on board. I rather lost interest instead. I am not much impressed with what they produced.
I'll check the link though, and see if I change my mind.

As for Dragon Wench's question, I don't think it is a fashion thing. Fallout is an OOOLD game by now, and the post-nuclear-war kind of RPG's have always been the second choice after the pure fantasy ones.

Profitseeking, though, is a sad thing indeed. To take such a deep and philosophical game as Vampire - the Masquerade (at least in its early additions) and make it into a hack'n'slash comp-game rather than a deep mystery-solving RPG... Blast. It's like making a movie of a Kafka-novell with Arnold blasting a bunch of giant ****roaches.

Dorian_ertymexx · #19 (**permalink**) 02-19-2004, 07:11 AM

*LOL* Blast it! They are actually called that! It is not a dirty word! I wrote cackroachas, but with the right spelling, and now I see that the first half of the word is blacked out with starts. Talk about over-sensitive page! ;>

Well, I looked at the site, and aside from a vague reference to Gothic-style NPC's, I wasn't mucn impressed. When all of the skills are about mechanincs or blasting things, I don't get the idea that this will be a game of intrigue and plots. But I might be wrong of course. Only time, and those who try the game, will tell.

Monolith · #20 (**permalink**) 03-12-2004, 03:25 PM

There seems to be another goldie in development. Check it out: Dungeon Lords

I read a preview on a german gaming-site (GAMIGO) and it's said to be a mixture of Gothic 2, Morrowind and Diablo 2.
According to Gamigo the atmosphere (especially in dungeons), AI of enemies and the detailed graphics are rather outstanding.

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