And here I'm back again, after a while (yes, two months, a long while) of inactivity. Work has been a bitch, and my "to play" pile has been finally thinning a bit with The Last Remnant finished (a perfect example of a nice story plagued by an horrible, horrible, horrible technical realization. Probably we have to thank Microsoft and their silly timed exclusives that forced S-E to release the game before it was ready) and Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume halfway through (Beautiful story, overcomplicated gameplay for the sake of itself, making it more of a chore than a game).
Anyway, the Games Day Baltimore has come, and Mythic has chosen to reveal quite a lot of new information, footage and screenshots on their upcoming RvR dungeon. Can't lie about that, it looks absolutely awesome, both graphics-wise and, thanks to some footage, gameplay-wise. They promised some gameplay that would have reminded us of console games, and LotD looks like a mix of God of War and Tomb Raider in many ways.
You can find quite a lot of screenshots and info on the news section of Warhammer Alliance, more info on the Gaarawarr Gabs blog, after drooling on those, you can drool on this and this videos on G4TV.
Now, of course we don't know if Land of the Dead will play as good as it looks, but what we're seeing looks indeed better than more or less anything we've seen so far in a fantasy MMO. Most definitely on par with the beauty of the graphics of Age of Conan. As usual, I have to praise Mythic's art directors and designer. The detailing and style are just a pleasure to see.
On top of it, looks like Land of the Dead includes something that many fans of quests and storytelling have demanded for a long time. Cutscenes!
More coverage has been promised on Warhammer Alliance between today and tomorrow, so we've got to stay tuned and see what they have in store for us. I'll be honest, I can't wait for June.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
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console gameplay on a PC, exactly what we dont need
ReplyDeleteAnd exactly why? because very few PC gamers suffer for some kind of "gaming racism" towards consoles? :D
ReplyDeleteerm actually i have nothing against consoles (i own several) but console style gameplay on a PC is not a good thing
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