Codex Interview - posted by Ausir on Tue 7 December 2004, 03:28:55
Tags: CD Projekt; Witcher, The12. In The Witcher there won't be a clear distinction between Good and Evil. Could you give an example of a morally ambiguous situation from your game?
The whole world of The Witcher functions without the clichéd simplification of Good vs. Evil conflicts — therefore we will encounter moral dilemmas all the time. Sometimes there is no doubt that finishing a profitable quest will require us to violate law, the witcher code, or just your own idea of what is right. Most people can't distinguish between a monster slayer and an assassin, and will often request someone to be murdered. Sometimes while working on a quest you'll realize that you were cheated, and what you're actually doing is wrong — the quest of rescuing a princess turns out to be actually about kidnapping her for ransom. Some of them will require choosing one side of the conflict, where everyone is equally vicious and wicked. A classic example is racial hatred — in revenge for pogroms, the persecuted elves answer with acts of terror and murdering innocent people. Which side will our hero choose?
Another VT:M Bloodlines Review
Codex Review - posted by Exitium on Sat 4 December 2004, 07:08:09
Tags: Ian Miles Cheong; Vampire: The Masquerade - BloodlinesVampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines Review
Codex Review - posted by Spazmo on Mon 29 November 2004, 22:38:46
Tags: Troika Games; Vampire: The Masquerade - BloodlinesThere are 22 comments on Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines Review
Troika's FAQ of Bloodlines Troubleshooting
Information - posted by Saint_Proverbius on Thu 25 November 2004, 00:20:18
Tags: Leonard Boyarsky; Troika Games; Vampire: The Masquerade - BloodlinesThere are 30 comments on Troika's FAQ of Bloodlines Troubleshooting
Elaborate S.C.O.U.R.G.E interview
Codex Interview - posted by Vault Dweller on Wed 10 November 2004, 22:43:50
Tags: S.C.O.U.R.G.E.: Heroes of Lesser Renown2. It's been almost 25 years since Rogue was released. How has the genre evolved? Have you paid attention to what other developers did, direction they took, features they added? What are your favorite rogue-like games?
I'm not an authority on roguelike games. However, what strikes me as their most enduring feature is the uncompromising focus on gameplay. While the professional industry appears to writhe under the heal of the console
economy, roguelikes offer a unique experience that people still find enjoyable. I am not a gaming purist either way, so in S.C.O.U.R.G.E. I try to blend the best of both worlds.
Information - posted by Exitium on Sun 22 August 2004, 00:28:44
Tags: Josh SawyerCodex Interview - posted by Exitium on Thu 19 August 2004, 06:55:43
Tags: Liu Jiang; Object Software; Seal of EvilCodex Interview - posted by Saint_Proverbius on Mon 16 August 2004, 17:15:45
Tags: Omega Syndrome1.) Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? Your background with CRPGs? Why you decided to make one?
I am a programmer by trade and my passion is programming CRPGs. I don't play CRPGs these days as I spend all of my spare time working on OS. As to my background with CRPGs I have only played a few: Wasteland, Ultima 7 & 8, Fallout 1 & 2 and Baldurs Gate. Of those games my favorites are Ultima 7 and Fallout. The game that influenced me most in terms of game play is Fallout. The game that influenced me most in terms of game engine creation is Baldurs Gate.
Several years ago I stopped playing computer games, as I no longer found them fun or interesting. At the time I thought I had grown out of them, but then I discovered Fallout and really enjoyed playing it. After the Fallout experience I realized I hadn't grown out of computer games at all, its just that very few great CRPGs are ever made. So instead of complaining about the lack of great games, I decided to learn how to make my own computer games and The Omega Syndrome is the result of those efforts.
Kult: Heretic Kingdoms interview
Codex Interview - posted by Ausir on Thu 29 July 2004, 13:09:18
Tags: 3D People; Kult: Heretic Kingdoms- Peter: The Heretic Kingdoms look and feel different to the usual fantasy world : and the further into the game that player goes, the more obvious this becomes. Story-wise, god is dead, religion is outlawed, and the Inquisition — the player is an Inquisitor — has absolute power. Many people are poor and weak, but a few notable people, specifically the Scarred, have access to potentially limitless power. It's hard to explain, but so many of the details of Kult separate its background from those of other games. We're not trying to create something completely new, by any means — we love fantasy stories and art, and games — but we wanted our world to be individual and recognisable. To be worth the time and effort it takes to explore it.
Minions of Mirth 13 questions and 13 answers
Codex Interview - posted by Saint_Proverbius on Tue 20 July 2004, 17:21:40
Tags: Minions of Mirth; Prairie Games6.) Can you provide us with an example of good and evil instances in the game? How is good and evil handled? Are there consequences for evil actions?
There are four alignments in the game: Good, Evil, Neutral, and Monster. A character can be any of the first three (and at some point we may support monster characters). Depending on your race, you start borderline good, evil, or neutral. There are good/evil quests and good/evil NPCs to aid or vanquish. If you play both sides, you'll be considered Neutral (though, technically I would call this evil). Importantly, there is also a political system which is based on opposing factions. This works much in the same way as alignment, but allows us some liberty in the writing.
Good, evil, and eeeeeeville.
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Blast from the past: Lionheart Review
Codex Review - posted by Vault Dweller on Fri 9 July 2004, 22:25:31
Tags: Black Isle Studios; Interplay; Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader; Reflexive EntertainmentLionheart is one of the things that I "don't get". I would really like to see the design doc for this one.
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V:tm - Bloodlines; Leonard Boyarsky interviewed
Codex Interview - posted by Whipporowill on Wed 30 June 2004, 18:20:01
Tags: Leonard Boyarsky; Troika Games; Vampire: The Masquerade - BloodlinesConsidering fire is one of the only things than can seriously hurt and/or kill a Vampire in the World of Darkness, it's pretty serious stuff. Will there be Flamethrowers or Molotov Cocktails, and if so, how does fire psychics work? Will it spread through the area and take hold or just flicker and die as in most games it's been used?
We're currently at work implementing the flamethrower, but there are no Molotov cocktails. Fire isn't affected by physics, so it doesn't spread on its own. It does cause aggravated damage to vampires, as it should, but a lot of other damage types affect and are dangerous to vampires in the White Wolf system.
Mmm. Nothing like the smell of burning undead in the morning. Click here for the rest of the mouthwatering interview.
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KOTOR II: Interview with Frank Kowalkowski
Codex Interview - posted by Exitium on Thu 24 June 2004, 02:57:08
Tags: Obsidian Entertainment; Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith LordsThere are 36 comments on KOTOR II: Interview with Frank Kowalkowski
Interview with Gearhead creator Joseph Hewitt
Codex Interview - posted by Spazmo on Sun 6 June 2004, 15:44:17
Tags: Gearhead; Joseph HewittI've tried to fill GearHead with as many different
activities as I can. Many of these are drawn from
anime. The PC can join the army, become a pop star,
collect superpowered pets, take a vacation at the hot
springs resort, find a girlfriend or boyfriend,
construct an intelligent robot, and do many other
things.
Interaction with NPCs is very important in GearHead.
It's the only way a starting character can get jobs.
In most RPGs the easiest character for a beginner to
play is one who is good at combat... in GearHead, I
think that the easiest character for a beginner is one
who is very charismatic.
I've always wanted to be a charismatic robot. Read more here.
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Lionheart: Kicking A Dead Horse
Codex Review - posted by Exitium on Wed 24 March 2004, 03:32:05
Tags: Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader; Reflexive EntertainmentBest DECKED Gladiator and Seraphim Contest
Competition - posted by Saint_Proverbius on Wed 10 March 2004, 20:31:30
Tags: Encore Software; SacredFor full details, click here.
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Geneforge 2 review: Better Late Than Never
Codex Review - posted by Spazmo on Thu 19 February 2004, 10:33:38
Tags: Geneforge 2; Jeff Vogel; Spiderweb SoftwareIf you ask the staff members of the RPG Codex for their favourite CRPGs, you're likely to find two common answers from all of them: Fallout and Geneforge. The first is something of a no-brainer but many gamers have never heard of the latter, which is a real shame given how good it is. For a mere $25, the good folks at Spiderweb Software would sell you Geneforge, easily one of the best CRPGs in years. Geneforge was a solid success for Spiderweb, prompting the development and release of a sequel, Geneforge 2. We're happy to report that Geneforge 2 is a fantastic game and lives up to its predecessor admirably.
Anyone surprised? No? Good!
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Codex Review - posted by Saint_Proverbius on Thu 5 February 2004, 18:39:10
Tags: Nival Interactive; Silent StormAdditionally, you can blow up walls and structures with mines and grenades. You can plant explosive traps in windows, doors, and other devices you can directly interact with in order to bring the house down. Of course, this tends to kill anyone in the building, so it's an expensive way of wiping out a nest of snipers sitting in an attic loft rather than risking other methods of direct confrontation. The only major problem with this is that you can't plant explosives directly on walls themselves. You have to plant them in the doors, windows, and so on or on the ground. It would have been nice to be able to blow up a support column by slapping a charge directly on the column itself and running.
I hate limits on my ability to blow stuff up!
Editorial - posted by Spazmo on Fri 23 January 2004, 02:08:59
Tags: The Year in ReviewDuring the summer of this year, the people at Bethesda Softworks saw fit to inflict upon us another expansion to The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.Bloodmoon has you investigating werewolves on the snowy island of--oh, who gives a shit? It's the same old hopelessly dull Morrowind gameplay. You run around fairly pretty countryside beating the tar out of hordes of stupid cliff racers doing completely pointless quests that involve murdering people for no real reason and occasionally 'talking' to the walking search engines the game calls NPCs. Morrowind is a terrible game and the expansions for it don't seem to fix any of that horror.
Oh, dear. Critical levels of sass are being attained, folks.
Codex Interview - posted by Saint_Proverbius on Tue 20 January 2004, 02:13:14
Tags: Akella; Alexander Filatow; Metalheart: Replicants Rampage10.) Can you tell us a little bit about the factions in the game? For example, if your character is a Nomad, the story has differences than if you were a Human. Can you elaborate on this?
Lets make things clear. There are two main characters. Pre-generated characters. They are humans. And just cannot be nomads or somebody else. You can develop them in lots of ways, but in the end you're playing the role of a man trying to survive and escape. The factions in the game, as I said before, have their own behaviour "patterns". And the world in Meatalheart is alive, so you have to build relationship with different races, different groups.
No character creation is definitely a bummer.