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[Ioric Kittencuddler]

For anyone that doesn't know, DbtS was an action adventure game published by Interplay involving a fairly generic plot about a talkative Scottish accented warrior descending into a trap and monster infested labyrinth in order to rescue his girlfriend (who really should have been paying more attention) from her kidnappers.  The combat in the game was one of the major important features because the control system was so unique at the time.  You moved the sword with either the mouse or the numpad, and it moved in the way you actually told it to with your input.  there were a few keys to make the weapon extend, or go into parry mode, so basically you technically had complete control.  Of course it wasn't always so simple in practice.  It was a little hard to get the hang of the system.  The game was just really awesome though regardless.  The main character had all sorts of humorous lines to yell in combat and just to talk about his predicament.  You could hack off enemy limbs, and the enemies would still fight on.  Not really realistic, but cool anyway.  I remember playing this and the original AvP constantly at LAN parties with my friends.

You can buy the game on GOG.

Now, just imagine a game like that but with refined controls, a longer single player, more varied multiplayer, and modern technology.  Of course we'll never see it from a mainstream dev, but I think indies could totally do it.

[Pillow_Killer]

Die by the sword!
Damn, game was awesome. I remember hacking orc arms off, and hen beat the aforementioned orcs to death with them.

[Ioric Kittencuddler]

I remember playing dwarf ball with my dad.  He would play a dwarf and try to do a spinning jump and hit me in the head while I played an ogre and would send him flying.

[Tilla]

Finally something Ioric has said I can whole-heartedly endorse! I have no idea why there hasn't been another game with this much detail in combat since..especially with motion controllers all the rage, you'd think there'd be more of this. Bah.

[Ioric Kittencuddler]

Well one problem is that Treyarch has been making CoD 3 and 5.   Still, I'd much more prefer a dev who had a vision beyond making tons of money to make this game.  Otherwise well... we wouldn't get VSIM at all for one thing.

Hm, I wonder if this could be done in UDK.

[Xotes]

ORCS: THE OTHER WHITE MEAT

Heheh, good times.

[Darkone]

Well one problem is that Treyarch has been making CoD 3 and 5.   Still, I'd much more prefer a dev who had a vision beyond making tons of money to make this game.  Otherwise well... we wouldn't get VSIM at all for one thing.

Hm, I wonder if this could be done in UDK.

Yes. I remember a UE3 game, forgot the name, with similar controls to this game. But the game itself wasn't as awesome.

[Deadmeat1471]

Die by the sword!
Damn, game was awesome. I remember hacking orc arms off, and hen beat the aforementioned orcs to death with them.

I must aquire this gem.

[mendonca]

Yes, I agree with the OP.

I never got past the fire-ball wielding orc.

That is all.

[Soulwynd]

Oh, I loved that game. I remember I had an acrobatic move that always either killed me or would hack someone's limb/head off.

xD

I used the numpad for moves instead of the mouse, it was much simpler, I think, but it limited things a bit.