I'll admit I did a search on this, and didn't find anything, but the game name leaves a lot to be desired. Can you get more generic than "The Dwarves"?
Still, it looks pretty interesting, and I'm a big fan of the first book.
A link to the Kickstarter project. As of this writing, they have six days left to go. They're technically funded, but a little more money will unlock additional stretch goals.
Pull quotes and the like from the pitch page:
We had the idea to make a game with epic battles between a handful of heroes and hundreds of enemies (think "Battle of Helm's Deep" in "The Lord of the Rings") and combine these cool battles with a great story and a unique group of playable characters.
- Learn all about the coolest fantasy race out there
- Explore a huge game world with an ever-growing group of companions
- Experience an epic story with many optional side-quests and tough decisions
- Discover unique traits about your 15 different companions and improve their skills
- Fight against hundreds of enemies in epic real-time battles that combine dynamic action and tactical depth
Our Crowd Combat System uses physical parameters like mass, dimension and momentum of individual characters to calculate a realistic flocking behavior. If an enemy in the front is hurled into an ally behind him, the information instantaneously travels across the entire group and causes them to react accordingly - everyone is affected.
You can, and have to, make use of this “physical chaos” to hold your own against huge enemy hordes. Additionally each hero has a range of individual attacks available that you can combine into powerful combos.
So it looks like a combination of Action RPG (something like Diablo?), turn-based strategy (for the world map), and real-time strategy (optional slow-mo for when controlling multiple heroes).
So, what do you guys think? I think it looks like a lot of fun, and I look forward to playing it.
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Topic: Kickstarter: A game based on Markus Heitz' "The Dwarves" (Read 894 times)