Preview Dungeon Lords ganderings at ActionTrip

[Saint_Proverbius]

Tags: Dungeon Lords

<A href="http://www.actiontrip.com/">ActionTrip</a> serves up a <A href="http://www.actiontrip.com/previews/dungeonlords.phtml">preview</A> of <b>D.W. Bradley</b>'s <a href="http://www.dungeonlordsgame.com/">Dungeon Lords</a>. It's based on a playable build of the game, so you can check it out if for no other reason than to see the nifty screenshots of the game you've never seen before.
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<blockquote>Several days ago I had the chance to play the latest build of DreamCatcher's fantasy RPG, currently under development by Heuristic Park, the authors of Wizards & Warriors. Its author is the famed David W. Bradley, the designer of several Wizardry titles (namely 5, 6 and 7). I hastily discharged it as 'just another fantasy RPG' with a cliché story and several playable stereotypical races. I was wrong. Although many game's elements still look rough and need some serious polish, it is obvious that Dungeon Lords manages to incorporate the RPG and the action elements in a very satisfying manner, making a pleasant mixture of sword-wielding, spell-casting and character development. After initial skepticism, I plunged into the dark and dangerous world of Dungeon Lords infested with goblins, bats, thieves, orc trolls and headless brutes. (In case you're wondering, the latter is a giant headless ungulate gone bad.)</blockquote>
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There's a certain irony that the word <i>cliché</i> is used in this paragraph.
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[Twinfalls]

Towards the end of the preview, the writer states:

"... I always preferred tactical combat to frenzied hack-and-slash action..."

It is an indicator of the extent to which dumbing-down has prevailed, that she seems unable to realise there might be an alternative to these two options...

 

[Ellester]

Regardless, I’m going to be looking at this one closely. Even though it’s labeled as an action rpg, Bradley has said it’s an rpg first, then an action game. Also, I can’t see him making a dungeon siege type of game. Furthermore he’s done pretty good job of character development in his games. A gut feeling tells me this will be like a gothic game. We’ll see though if it’s any good, but I’ll be taking a look to see if it is.