Company News New project from Larian Studios

[Vault Dweller]

Tags: Larian Studios

<a href=http://www.larian.com>Larian Studios</a> has <a href=http://www.larian.com>announced</a> a new RPG called <b>CaRPG</b> that lets you play as a car cyborg <a href=http://www.hasbro.com/transformers>Transformers</a>-style. Here is the first <a href=http://www.larian.com/Site/artwork/CarPG.jpg>screenshot</a>
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<blockquote>Mount over 60 different weapons on your vehicle and choose between 20 different cars, ranging from a very basic buggy (pun intended, see screenshot) up to very heavy trucks. Upgrade your character with several shields, armors, spikes, batteries, engines and so on. You'll start with basis of a steel-wire buggy, covered only with a leather hull, but look out for the chain-fence, full plate or titan armor plates! The weapon range is from a basic Katana up to multiple grenade launchers or even Ion canons.
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When you get more experienced you will not only get faster and stronger, you also get bonus skills and equipment after reaching a certain level, such as special bumpers for escape saltos with your car, rocket boosters for high jumps or even gravitation belts for levitation. What more would a car want?</blockquote> That definitely sounds cool. A Transformers RPG is long overdue.
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Spotted at: <A HREF="http://www.homelanfed.com">HomeLan</A>

 

[Volourn]

LOL Before clicking on the link this bit sounded more like an April Fool's Joke than the Fallout thread.

Anyways, doesn't sound like my type of game. Never was a big fan of the Transformers.

 

[Vidder]

Riiiight..

 

[Whipporowill]

Today, I'm sceptic to everything that sounds weird... and knowing the Larians and their take on humour - heh!

 

[Flarnet]

Those who doubt that this is an April fools joke should go ahead and check out the screenshot.

 

[Whipporowill]

Those who doubt that this is an April fools joke should go ahead and check out the screenshot.

Yeah. Just some render one of their artist did for laughs - I'm sure.

 

[deadlus]

Looks like photoshoped Unreal screenshot.

 

[Elwro]

The background looks just like Quake 1.

 

[Spazmo]

Never was a big fan of the Transformers.

That's probably where your life started going wrong. From hating Transformers, it's only a short leap to liking BioWare. Remember, kids, Optimus says, "The Infinity Engine is poison."

 

[Seven]

Yeah, but Megatron said that it was good.

 

[Jed]

Yeah, but Megatron said that it was good.

And that's why he was The Badguy.

 

[POOPERSCOOPER]

Sadly the game sounds better than Beyond Divinty.

 

[Volourn]

Talking about leaps, Spazmo went from me saying "I'm not a big fan" to 'hating" the Transforemrs. WOWSERS! :shock:

 

[Seven]

Talking about leaps, Spazmo went from me saying "I'm not a big fan" to 'hating" the Transforemrs. WOWSERS! :shock:

Quit knit-picking, we all know what you meant, *waves fist menacingly*. :wink:

 

[Jarinor]

Remember, kids, Optimus says, "The Infinity Engine is poison."

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Optimus Prime is a fucking champion.

 

[DarkUnderlord]

CaRPG is April Fools joke on 02/04/2004 by lynn

For those who haven't figured it out yet, the announcement of CaRPG was our April Fools joke. Please stop sending us mails for interviews, screenshots, and previews... please...

HA. HA. That's the funny right there.

 

[Vault Dweller]

Wow, can't believe that somebody fell for it. I had to throw in the Transformers to make it less obvious as half-man, half-car thing was a dead giveaway. What do you know, people are stupid.

 

[Spazmo]

Talking about leaps, Spazmo went from me saying "I'm not a big fan" to 'hating" the Transforemrs. WOWSERS! :shock:

I don't need your foul anti-Transformer propaganda. I am secure in my faith that when the Day of Reckoning comes and Cybertron is retaken by Rodimus Prime and the remaining Autobots, you will pay for your venomous slanders.

And you still suck for not liking Transformers, Care Bears boy.

 

[Sol Invictus]

People actually believed that?

Hah. Jokes on you.

 

[dunduks]

Too bad this was aprils fools, I just wish someone would really make a more or less original/unusual game. I'm getting tired of this D&D/fantasy crap.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

I hate april fools

 

[triCritical]

Too bad this was aprils fools, I just wish someone would really make a more or less original/unusual game. I'm getting tired of this D&D/fantasy crap.

I think something along the lines of Car Wars following the Gladius archetype would be good. But there would not be a whole lot of CRPG roleplaying depth I guess...

 

[Otaku_Hanzo]

I think something along the lines of Car Wars following the Gladius archetype would be good. But there would not be a whole lot of CRPG roleplaying depth I guess...

I soooo want another Car Wars computer game. But NO RT!!! I wish someone would do that.....