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[Tobel]

Just saw this pop up on RPS today. Looks interesting, here's to hoping it makes its way to release.

RPS Article
Game Website - a little sparse at the moment it seems.

Blog:
Dev Blog 1

Features
Your kingdom, your people
Build and improve your own city. Communicate with other kingdoms, negotiate trade agreements and build alliances. Defend your city and your lands.
 
Classic RPG systems
In combat, depend on your own skills, rather than statistics on your character sheet. Use spells or weapons, you can play the game your way.
 
Living World
Living economy allows you to see the ripples of your own actions all around the world. Your steward will take care of your city while you are gone.
 
Explore
Discover worlds both above, and beneath the earth. Find precious mineral veins and other treasures.

[Lucidvizion]

Looks pretty ambitious... I hope they pull it off.

[FritzPL]

This is one of these things I always wanted to play but never knew... until now. PTW, see you in a year or two.

[Mictlantecuhtli]

Insert pessimism here

[Virtz]

Classic RPG systems
In combat, depend on your own skills, rather than statistics on your character sheet. Use spells or weapons, you can play the game your way.

What? What do they understand by "classic"? LARPing? I don't understand.

Anyway, it sounds a bit too much like "everything - the game" to turn out quite right. So far the animations look a bit stilted. The rest is to be seen once there's actual gameplay footage.

[burningpet]

This will be a very short greenlight campaign.

I have extremely high hopes yet low expectations.

something that bothers me a bit is that some parts looks scripted/purely animated. (Most of the FPS parts, the city building interface is done with a scripted mouse cursor, i suspect) and if i am right and its scripted while they aim for a summer release, then well, either they will release it too early or they wont even be able to release in the summer which makes their statement a bit naive.

Another thing that bothers me is that those towns looks wonderful. really, "hand made" wonderful which will require very strong and diverse building options to achieve and i suspect those are not present in the game yet.

[Tobel]

What? What do they understand by "classic"? LARPing? I don't understand.

Anyway, it sounds a bit too much like "everything - the game" to turn out quite right. So far the animations look a bit stilted. The rest is to be seen once there's actual gameplay footage.

I'm just speculating, but I think this might be one of the "the more you use it the better you get at it" kind of skill systems. So to do more damage with a longsword and be faster, you use a longsword. Whether that means they are "hiding" the stats or not I don't know.

Anyway I share your (and others) pessimism. I feel like there have been so many games I've been burned on over the last few years that normally while I would be super excited about this game in 2008, I just kinda go, "Huh, neat," now. Will keep an eye on this and post any relevant updates.

[PrimusRibbus]

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That said, the scope is so broad that I'll believe it when I see a feature-complete final product.

[Lucidvizion]

I'd be quite okay with an incomplete, quirky game as long as it's fun (and moddable).

see: Mount & Blade.

[Glloyd]

I have extremely high hopes yet low expectations.

My thoughts exactly.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

here's to the dream, baby. *champagne toast*

[Lithare]

Anyway, it sounds a bit too much like "everything - the game" to turn out quite right.

Has anyone made Everything:  The Game, yet?  Because I would like to play that.  Could be the DF followup that begins construction in 2042.

Also, this looks and sounds awesome.  To protect my heart, I must view it with Fable-like skepticism.  Or rather, the skepticism developed after the release of Fable.

[Neonivek]

Anyway, it sounds a bit too much like "everything - the game" to turn out quite right.

Has anyone made Everything:  The Game, yet?  Because I would like to play that.  Could be the DF followup that begins construction in 2042.

Also, this looks and sounds awesome.  To protect my heart, I must view it with Fable-like skepticism.  Or rather, the skepticism developed after the release of Fable.

They haven't really promised anything.

They are doing what I call the Bait and Reach. They give you a little vague info so you will fill in that information yourself, or rather reach.

The "Ripples" can mean as much as "if you buy a lot of pots, then the price for pots go up".

[Sirus]

PTW.

I have extremely high hopes yet low expectations.

Sadly, this.

[Varee]

Well even if they only pull off one tenth off the thing it will be awesome nontheless