Half-Life 2 Vet Guides Bold Look of Dishonored

Cowabungaa

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Andy Chalk said:
It's Arkane! That's all you need to know!
Memory leaks hoooo!!Really, that's the only thing that's really stopping me from enjoying Dark Messiah.

Regardless, I like the look of this game. I adored Half Life 2 for it's art direction, so it's definite good news for me that one of HL2's contributors is working on this game. The few snippets of gameplay information tickly my fance as well.

By the way, judging by the pictures and him talking, I have the feeling that we won't just see that sci-fi world, but that the game starts in 1666 and is brought forward into the future as the game progresses. Which would be totally awesome. I mean that picture with swords and a flintlock-style pistol doesn't look like it belongs in the future. Then again, it has those stilt vehicles with dudes wielding what looks like longbows, so eh I guess anything could happen. It sure is interesting, that's a given.
 

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King Toasty said:
But... what is it? FPS? RPG? Racing? FPSRPGRacing?

I can't even tell the flavor of the game. Steampunk? Decopunk? Retropunk? I DON'T KNOW. D:
I can tell you what I've gleaned from the hints the devs have been dropping on their forum.

In terms of openness and structure, think Thief + Deus Ex. It'll have light RPG elements, but it's not really an RPG and it's not open world -- though it WILL have multiple ways of getting to your objective. The entire game is first person.

It sounds like the combat is mainly comprised of swords, traps, and magic, (and is completely optional) but details are sparse on that subject. I don't think it would be a huge stretch to say that the swordplay will probably be like Dark Messiah.
 

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ResonanceGames said:
King Toasty said:
But... what is it? FPS? RPG? Racing? FPSRPGRacing?

I can't even tell the flavor of the game. Steampunk? Decopunk? Retropunk? I DON'T KNOW. D:
I can tell you what I've gleaned from the hints the devs have been dropping on their forum.

In terms of openness and structure, think Thief + Deus Ex. It'll have light RPG elements, but it's not really an RPG and it's not open world -- though it WILL have multiple ways of getting to your objective. The entire game is first person.

It sounds like the combat is mainly comprised of swords, traps, and magic, (and is completely optional) but details are sparse on that subject. I don't think it would be a huge stretch to say that the swordplay will probably be like Dark Messiah.
I've gleaned: First-person stealth with RPG elements, possible platforming, different ways to complete objective. Set is vaguely steampunk-y decopunk-y dystopian future, he had magic powers given to him by a magic/robotic mask. He's an assassin wrongly convicted of a crime he didn't commit, and now he's killing people for some reason.

Huh. When you look into it, you can get a lot of info. I'm interested.
 

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You know what'll suck?

This game is going to be the next Edge of Twilight. Fucking amazing-looking game gets cancelled and becomes the least deserving vaporware ever. I know it's gonna happen ;-;

Hopefully either this or Edge of Twilight will pull through and see the light of day at some point, but, well, that's unlikely.