Game News Updated demo of Eschalon: Book 1

[Monolith]

Tags: Eschalon: Book I

<a href="http://www.basiliskgames.com">Basilisk Games</a> released an <a href="http://www.basiliskgames.com/book1.htm">updated</a> demo of Eschalon: Book 1 which contains all bug-fixes from version 1.04 and two additional maps (2 hours of additional play time).
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Looks like they've listened to the criticism that the demo isn't all that representative of the whole game, with the story starting slowly.
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In addition to that they've anncounced the release date of the Mac version which is December 11, 2007.
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Spotted at: <a href="http://www.gamebanshee.com">Gamebanshee</a>

 

[Elwro]

Releasing an updated demo is a really smart move and shows the developers are listening to some of the concerns on the net. Downloading...

 

[Shagnak]

Version 1.04?
A 1.04 patch is coming soon perhaps?

 

[SpFiota]

So has anyone played through the additional maps? I'm wondering if things really do pick up. I want to like this game so bad, but to be honest I feel like I'm playing a really slow version of Diablo.

 

[Jedi_Learner]

Version 1.04?
A 1.04 patch is coming soon perhaps?

All the changes for the eventual 1.04 patch are in the new demo. It's a small change list actually, and I will probably add a few more things before I release the 1.04 patch:

[FIXED]: Bug with Haste III potions
[FIXED]: Even more map issues (most of these affect only the full version, not the demo).
[FIXED]: Enchant Weapon scroll has proper icon.
[FIXED]: ESC from Portal Spell works.
[FIXED]: The game should now work on most non-English versions of Windows, whereas the previous version would crash when not being able to see the English spelling of "My Documents".
[UPDATED]: Added an additional error message to the save-game process to notify players if there is a problem. (Ref)http://www.basiliskgames.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=6146&highlight=#6146

 

[kris]

downloading now, since i heard good things about it here.

 

[Jason]

Hint: don't expect to be blown away. And definitely don't expect the combat to be a saving grace.

 

[Jasede]

It's more about walking around, killing stuff, getting XP and killing tougher stuff and exploring places. Old-school, see?

 

[kris]

I was kind of impressed, it looks crisp. I am just not much into the killing your way trough the RPG game, games. Or old-school as Jasede describe it as.

Demo pointed out a well-nade game though.

 

[Rhett Butler]

Updated or no I still got a crash desktop bug. In the first (inhabited) town I noticed a horrible static noise every time I went near the pub, then it just died. Meh, I only lost about half an hour's play time, so I'm not exactly foaming at the mouth over it.

So far I like Eschalon. It seems to be nothing more or less than what it claims to be. Unless my opinion drastically changes before finishing the demo I will buy this game.