Of Orcs and Men Gets a Proper Home
I talked briefly about this last year [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/109715-Of-Orcs-and-Men-Screens-Hit-the-Tubes] but for those who missed it, Of Orcs and Men is a fantasy RPG with a twist. The Empire of Man is waging a campaign of extermination and slavery against the green-skinned peoples of the South - orcs and goblins - and while decades of war have resulted in a certain unpleasant stability, a looming alliance between the Empire and the dwarves and elves threatens to upend that delicate balance. The only solution? Send the biggest, meanest orc of them all on a suicide mission to kill the Emperor before it can happen.
Of Orcs and Men looks like a pretty action-heavy RPG, which I suppose is about what you'd expect when your lead character is basically the Hulk with melee weapons. But stealth promises to be a big part of the action as well thanks to the presence of Styx, a uniquely talented goblin who's everything that Arkail, the orc, is not: A silent, deadly master assassin, who can go places and do things that an orc never could.
The new trailer provides a more detailed look at the story but not much insight into how the game is actually played, and given that neither of the developers making the game, Spiders [http://www.cyanide-studio.com/.], have any major mainstream successes under their belts, there's some room for doubt about how this thing will actually go. But I dig the concept so much that I can't help but be optimistic.
Of Orcs and Men is slated to come out in September for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. To learn more about the game, check out the spiffy new site at oforcsandmen.com [http://www.oforcsandmen.com/index.php].
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Of Orcs and Men has a fresh website and a brand-new trailer.I talked briefly about this last year [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/109715-Of-Orcs-and-Men-Screens-Hit-the-Tubes] but for those who missed it, Of Orcs and Men is a fantasy RPG with a twist. The Empire of Man is waging a campaign of extermination and slavery against the green-skinned peoples of the South - orcs and goblins - and while decades of war have resulted in a certain unpleasant stability, a looming alliance between the Empire and the dwarves and elves threatens to upend that delicate balance. The only solution? Send the biggest, meanest orc of them all on a suicide mission to kill the Emperor before it can happen.
Of Orcs and Men looks like a pretty action-heavy RPG, which I suppose is about what you'd expect when your lead character is basically the Hulk with melee weapons. But stealth promises to be a big part of the action as well thanks to the presence of Styx, a uniquely talented goblin who's everything that Arkail, the orc, is not: A silent, deadly master assassin, who can go places and do things that an orc never could.
The new trailer provides a more detailed look at the story but not much insight into how the game is actually played, and given that neither of the developers making the game, Spiders [http://www.cyanide-studio.com/.], have any major mainstream successes under their belts, there's some room for doubt about how this thing will actually go. But I dig the concept so much that I can't help but be optimistic.
Of Orcs and Men is slated to come out in September for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. To learn more about the game, check out the spiffy new site at oforcsandmen.com [http://www.oforcsandmen.com/index.php].
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