Development Info Eschalon: Book III Announced

[Jason]

Tags: Basilisk Games; Eschalon: Book III

<p>And by <a href="http://basiliskgames.com/the-first-book-iii-teaser-unveiled" target="_blank">announced</a>, I mean just <a href="http://basiliskgames.com/eschalon-book-iii" target="_blank">this picture</a>. But there's a big 'III' and a guy with a sword and everything.</p>
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[tindrli]

Great to know that someone is actualy make RPG!!

 

[UndetectedButthurt]

Sounds cool bros. I won't play it 7 times like DA2 though.

 

[Heresiarch]

Book I sucked and Book II sucked even moar so I bet Book III can suck your titties dry

 

[Elwro]

Hopefully Eschalon III has more content than II... and no poems. I liked both previous games, looking forward to this one.

 

[Fowyr]

Good news. Both books was OK games.

 

[laclongquan]

The man still dont understand the key to marketing rpg!

Where's my titties? Where's my chicks? A muscle male? Who the fuck care? A asexual silhouetted figure? Who double fuck care?

 

[turn_based_fanboy]

Yeah and no marlin manson and blood fountains

And WTF at 20$ for indie game?

 

[asper]

Well, at least it's a RPG.

 

[ortucis]

What that pic doesn't show is someone yelling in the background..

"LOOKOUT HE'S GOING TO JUMP"

*crowd claps*

 

[Einhander]

Cant Wait..Enjoyed the first 2 and there is nothing else coming out that is "RPG" these days.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Graphics don't exactly impress me, but the poem sure does.

Let's just hope he doesn't go overboard with poems because of this.

 

[Dyskolos]

I've been pretty happy with I and II. They're far from perfect but still a great effort combined with best intentions. I'm really curious as to what he'll do after III, whether he'll keep churning out pleasantly cliched throwbacks or grow a bit more adventurous in setting and particularly combat. I expect the former for safety's sake but its worth hoping.

 

[Konjad]

Beautiful picture. Beautiful series.

 

[Virtual Vice]

Hopefully the developer will learn his lesson from Book II.
I mean if he is not able to adjust his engine to allow for faster movement speed, he should at least be wise enough this time around to make content and locations more compact as in Book I, so that movement speed becomes a small nuisance instead of the gamekiller that it was in Book II.

I do hope the developer presents something more well rounded with Book III, for the indie rpg's reputation sake at least, I know his games have a particular focus on combat, stats and finding ways to reach locations, and the game is pretty solid when it comes to these aspects.
Still a bit of proper NPC interaction, a less linear main plot and maybe a couple of factions would be welcome additions in my opinion. As it is now the game world and characters are underdeveloped aspects to say the least. Everything beyond NPC traders and trainers, and the occasional plot relevant NPC that is there just to tell you where to go next is just decoration.

 

[Carlos' Bitch1]

I thought he was going to do a Blob game at some point? He mentioned it a few times now.

 

[Serious_Business]

Derpi game, Dragon age is better

 

[easychord]

And WTF at 20$ for indie game?

Here's a thought for you. Quality, almost bespoke, games for a specialist market should cost more than mass market titles. That price is very generous. Even with a market as cranky as RPG gamers, if we would be willing to spend $80 the quality would improve. And that would be a very reasonable price in adjusted terms compared to some of the classics from the 80s.

Example: http://www.matrixgames.com/products/372 ... .1941-1945

But, codex would be, lulz, looks worse than Metro 2033, not worth $5.

 

[Elwro]

@easychord, I'm pretty sure that was a joke.

 

[easychord]

Consider that a practice telling off if true but there is an outside chance that someone reading it will be enlightened by my highly original argument.

 

[Lightknight]

I'll buy it as long as there are no aliens, or some obscure dungeons named "Motherfuck"

 

[Jaesun]

I thought he was going to do a Blob game at some point? He mentioned it a few times now.

Yes he did. Honestly surprised that we are now up to III and no mention of it yet. Not sure if that means "Well Eschalon sold ok, but only enough to entirely work on that series" or "The second game is still in the works, but it's at a slow progress". I haven't snooped on his forums in a long while though...

 

[Carlos' Bitch1]

@easychord, I'm pretty sure that was a joke.

What is the joke here?

He is correct.

We have people here that have paid full price for Dragon Age 2 and so on. They then proceed to whinge and whine about the game, and declare it the worst game in history. You want to bet that they will do exactly the same thing with the next turd in a tiffany box that pops up?

Yet none of the people in question would pay the current price of a supposed AAA for an indy that included many of the aspects that are ranted about in these forums. Why? Because of the graphics.

While I do not like all of the Matrix list, they need to charge these prices when creating games for such a small market. A market that really should be smaller than a market for old school CRPG's, or even C&C style CRPG's albeit with lesser graphics. Matrix caters for the hardcore crowd of wargamers. Since the site has been selling games on there for years now, and the devs there continue to put these games out, I would argue the system is working. You won't find these games on steam sales and other rubbish though; strictly for the connoisseur of wargames.

Unfortunately, while this really is needed for CRPG's, it won't happen while many seem to need a certain standard in graphics in order to pay these prices. Sad but true.

I think Computer role playing gamers need to decide what aspects are important to them, and how much they are willing to pay for the privalege.

 

[Melcar]

Waiting...

 

[torpid]

We have people here that have paid full price for Dragon Age 2 and so on. They then proceed to whinge and whine about the game, and declare it the worst game in history. You want to bet that they will do exactly the same thing with the next turd in a tiffany box that pops up?

It's gaming addiction -- they simply must buy an AAA game even though they know that it'll be mediocre at best. Graphics and hype do work. For all the knowing mockery of casuals and retards being suckered into playing these games, a lot of people on the Codex fall prey to the same temptation. The same thing is going to happen with Skyrim.

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

They should start selling games for 165$ to make it more elite.