Is it time for a new Dark Sun game?

[Klarion]

Is it time for someone to do this? So much time has passed since the last game and it would be cool to see a sequel/remake/reboot.

 

[pippin]

Beamdog are working in a D&D game

 

[Goblino]

It's time for a lot of games to be made. What's your point?

 

[TOUGH GUY]

Yes. Yes it is.

 

[StrongBelwas]

What studio is out there that could realistically get the license and not screw it up?

 

[GrainWetski]

I don't personally want some Dark Sun action game, but whatever floats your boat.

 

[ghostdog]

I would be great if someone remade both dark sun games with a new TB isometric engine.

 

[Goblino]

I wish more RPGs used an engine like the one in Silent Storm.

 

[vonAchdorf]

What studio is out there that could realistically get the license and not screw it up?

I think Bethesda is pretty good at creating vast but empty and deserted landscapes.

 

[Somberlain]

inb4 with get a Dark Sun game and it will be RTwP designed by Josh Sawyer

 

[ghostdog]

 

[Excidium II]

I hope not. Let it rest. Dark Sun setting already went to shit long before CRPGs did.

By the way, the original writer of the setting had kickstarted some new Dark Sun-inspired system-agnostic setting book that even had a concept prog album to go with it. What happened to that?

 

[thesheeep]

Honestly, it would be time for any game to come out to actually depict a PnP ruleset well with turn-based combat.

What was the last one of that? Temple Of Elemental Evil still (which is definitely worth a replay with Temple+ now). Or Knights Of The Chalice, if you want to count smaller indie games.

 

[Klarion]

inb4 with get a Dark Sun game and it will be RTwP designed by Josh Sawyer

what's wrong with RTwP?

 

[Keldryn]

I hope not. Let it rest. Dark Sun setting already went to shit long before CRPGs did.

One of the good things that they did with 4e D&D was revert Dark Sun mostly back to its original form, undoing the events of all of the novels except for the The Verdant Passage. So the sorcerer-king Kalak of Tyr has just been overthrown, but none of the other setting-altering nonsense from later books was incorporated. Would have been even better if they'd just gone all the way back and had Kalak as a potential foe for the PCs, but it was a refreshing surprise after what happened with the 4e Forgotten Realms.

Sure, the 4e version had to make some alterations to incorporate certain core elements of 4e (eladrin, dragonborn, etc), but I actually thought that (for once) these were generally improvements and didn't feel shoehorned in. Still couldn't stand 4e as a game mind you.

At any rate, yes, it's time for a new Dark Sun game. A non-bug-ridden one this time, please.

 

[Excidium II]

The 4E art and the integration of 4E stuff are still fucking awful.

 

[Rostere]

Short, obvious answer: yes.

 

[Roqua]

What studio is out there that could realistically get the license and not screw it up?

TSI could easily I'm guessing. With WL2 (but excluding the console focus on Torment after lying to the backers) I would say InXile. I would much rather have some buck rogers remakes and see if anyone could possibly find a way to fit the skill system that had into 3.5 rules. That would be a robust system. And those are hands down the best GB games.

 

[Azalin]

God yes

 

[Keldryn]

The 4E art and the integration of 4E stuff are still fucking awful.

Yeah, the 2e (Brom) art was better, but I thought the stuff with the eladrin and only pockets of the Feywild still in existence was kind of cool. Bug-people never really held my interest.

 

[udm]

By the way, the original writer of the setting had kickstarted some new Dark Sun-inspired system-agnostic setting book that even had a concept prog album to go with it. What happened to that?

Dragon Kings. I have the stuff from Kickstarter, but haven't read through them.

 

[J1M]

Only time for Dark Sun if it is turn-based. 5e rules preferably.

 

[Excidium II]

Why the hell would anyone want a 5E CRPG?

 

[J1M]

Why the hell would anyone want a 5E CRPG?

A turn-based 4e game is politically untenable.

 

[Orobis]

I would be great if someone remade both dark sun games with a new TB isometric engine.

And Ultima VII: The Black Gate.