Demons Age by Bigmoon Studios - turn-based RPG "highly inspired" by Chaos Chronicles

[Infinitron]

Don't we all.

 

[Bubbles]

Perhaps the best RPG of 2016?

 

[Old Hans]

"I'm playing this now, and it's amazing" -Ben Robin, Marketing Specialist

 

[Bubbles]

Demons Age gets a tiny bit of long overdue coverage in the Gamescom Report.

 

[Bubbles]

Aye, verily, some of ye backstory hath been revealed:

For centuries, Moragon had been a peaceful land where Elves, Dwarves and Halflings have lived their lives with little or no interaction between their respective communities. But when humans arrived, they brought with them trade and in the process established routes from the north to the south of the peninsula, radically changing the lives of the inhabitants as mutual benefits were enjoyed by all throughout. Yet, as is often the case with financial success, greed, jealousy and aggression soon followed, resulting in vicious power struggles amongst the different beings of Moragon. Taking advantage of the disarray, the opportunistic Vazuhr, the Lord of Darkness who had lain dormant for thousands of years in the depths of Moragon, seized the chance to rise again. He soon found a perfect ally in Zogalon, a powerful warlord who had already conquered the biggest port in Moragon and recruited Orcs into his ranks. Together, Vazuhr and Zogalon managed to open the portals of hell and unleash Vazuhr’s legions, but the people of Moragon stood firm and defeated the army of demons, banishing Vazuhr once again to the depths of hell, and restoring peace to the peninsula.

After a century of peace, rumors of strange events and demon sightings made their way to the current king, Konrad Lijak, who investigated the rumours. The news that was delivered to him by his mage, Kaldulor, drove him insane, and Konrad dissapeared without a trace. Despite Kaldulor’s attempts to explain what had happened, he was accused of treason and the King’s children, Princess Pellora and Prince Karan, were left to to rule in his stead. They tried to re-establish order in the peninsula, however the news that a sect is trying to open the gates of hell to unleash demons on Moragon plunges the kingdom into further chaos.

http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2015/09/12/demons-age-ps4-backstory/

 

[Infinitron]

Zogalon

Fuck yes.

 

[Excidium II]

Aye, verily, some of ye backstory hath been revealed:

Looks like they managed to use every fantasy cliche.

 

[Darth Roxor]

All that backstory lacks is Dargor, the shadowlord of the black mountain.

 

[Darth Roxor]

also i wonder if we'll get to fight any doragons

 

[Neanderthal]

Reminds me of Spaceballs opening scroll.

 

[Somberlain]

All that backstory lacks is Dargor, the shadowlord of the black mountain.

And Emerald Sword, the only weapon capable of defeating him.

 

[darthaegis]

Are the names derived from portuguese or something? Or just cribbed from 80s scifi?

They don't really sound portuguese, so probably the latter.

 

[ArchAngel]

Does anyone really care about good story or would you prefer good turn based combat?

 

[V_K]

Does anyone really care about good story or would you prefer good turn based combat?

Such lack of imagination in the story department makes good encounter design highly improbable.

 

[Dorateen]

I like this backstory better than Pillars of Eternity.

 

[Kem0sabe]

These guys being Portuguese, you can expect a lot of incompetence, with a fair share of lying through their inbred teeth.

 

[toro]

I like this backstory better than Pillars of Eternity.

Almost anything is better than PoE's story.

 

[Jaesun]

Holy shit that back story And rise of the Ancient Evil how Biowarian. Apparently you can take a man from BioWare, but you can't take BioWare from the man...

 

[Commissar Draco]

Evil Lord ZOGalon. Is this game made by KKKers?Seriously shame that we didn't got medieval setting game instead of this cheap Tolkien knock-off.

 

[Old Hans]

Does anyone really care about good story or would you prefer good turn based combat?

I have a hunch it will have neither

 

[Deuce Traveler]

I have a hunch it will have neither

And yet is has already given us so much entertainment.

 

[Infinitron]

Zogalon, scourge of Moragon

 

[Rivmusique]

"the events of moragon's history were somehow forgotten"

And will be forgotten again ~10minutes after watching.

 

[vonAchdorf]

I don't get why people like to repeat the old mistake to present long-winded background-stories upfront. Only people who are already invested in the game would even consider watching that. It's kind of a generic good vs. evil story which doesn't need an extensive exposition.
Moragon vs. Zogalon vs. Demon Lord sounds like straight from FanFiction.net, which wouldn't be half as bad, if the makers didn't assume, people are actually interested in the story before they can play the game.

 

[Jimmious]

For fuck's shake, who decided to use these names? They're fantasy names that DMs use to name worthless NPCs that the player meets for 10 seconds... Zogalon