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Preview GamesDomain previews Dungeon Lords

Vault Dweller

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<a href=http://gamesdomain.yahoo.com>Games Domain</a> posted a <a href=http://gamesdomain.yahoo.com/feature/19173>preview</a> of <a href=http://www.heuristicpark.com>Dungeon Lords</a>, a fantasy action game that <i>combines the character improvement of an RPG with fluid, arcade-based fighting controls</i>, which means it's a shooter with stats.
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<blockquote>Developer Heuristic Park is calling Dungeon Lords the <u>"very first combat RPG,"</u>(?) and cites its purpose is to create games that are fun to play, accessible, and more open to the casual gamer while still inviting to the hardcore
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While the fighting is a prime feature, Dungeon Lords' real purpose is to let players experience a completely immersive adventure in a world full of details like swaying foliage, weather effects, and even accelerated diurnal cycles. Combat is all about "your" character; while it's possible to play what Heuristic calls a "sitting-back, Dungeon Siege-style," the message here is that you are the hero, and hands-on fighting is much more engrossing than simply managing your allies. </blockquote>So, while fighting is the main feature, you can skip it and just stare at the screen. Yep, that's what I call "open to the casual gamer".
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Diogo Ribeiro

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The very first combat RPG where you can avoid combat. 'Tis truly revolutionary.

I also like the bit where 'immersive' is all about folliage, wheater and time cycles. Whoa. That's deep.
 
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It's amazing how game developers insist that we are all complete idiots that will swallow whatever they shovel out and then wonder why their companies crash?
 

voodoo1man

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Dungeon Lords' real purpose is to let players experience a completely immersive adventure in a world full of details like swaying foliage, weather effects, and even accelerated diurnal cycles.

Beavis: He he he, check it out, Butthead, the dude said urinal, hehe.
Butthead: Whoa! Do you know what this means, Beavis? We can like, go take a piss in virtual reality. This is cool!
 

ArcturusXIV

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I wont have any complaints if it turns out something like Gothic or Daggerfall. Otherwise, count me out.
 

Ortchel

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Well, it doesn't look a thing like Gothic or Daggerfall to me.

It looks more like Deathtrap Dungeon for the PSX than anything else.
 

Astromarine

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they made DD? from Fighting Fantasy DD? And it *SUCKED*? HOW COULD THEY
 

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