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[Spazmo]

Tags: Akella; Metalheart: Replicants Rampage

Apparently, the Russian post-apoc RPG Metalheart: Replicants Rampage is finished. Here's the straight poop from the <a href=http://www.metalheart.ru/english/index.html>offical website</a>:<blockquote>Akella and Numlock Software are glad to inform you that the post-apocalyptic RPG Metalheart: Replicants Rampage is complete! The gold master is sent for the final prerelease test. The exact release date will be announced next week. Please feel free to explore the Metalheart web site to find the comprehensive information concerning the game.</blockquote>I personally had completely forgotten about this game, but I guess this is good news.
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[aboyd]

According to this page:

http://www.metalheart.ru/english/info.html

...it's a hardcore RPG gamers wet dream. But will the translation suck? Will there even BE a translation to English? I can't find any statement on their Web site. Of course, their site is translated to English, so that bodes well.

-Tony

 

[Fresh]

Finally. Im glad to hear they didnt cancel the game. Now we will see if its any good.

 

[EvilManagedCare]

I had forgotten about this one. Graphics look a lot like Fallout, which is fine with me. With it being turnbased I am even more interested. Let's hope this isn't another Dungeon Lords.

 

[Balor]

Hmm.... the title of this thread should read:
Metalheart is out of beta-testing and willl go gold shortly.
But it's not GOLD yet. Meaning, it's not being replicated... it's on the last steps of final testing.

 

[Deacdo]

I've been anticipating this game for ages (along with Goldenlands, which looks dead).

AFAIK, the development team who worked on this game is pretty good, and the they're making no bones about Metalhearts being Fallout and Arcanum inspired. I just hope it all turns out well and the FO style multiple endings for each region is there.

I haven't touched a PC game for ages. This title may finally get me to get a new PC or do something about my bug-ridden one.

BTW, the combat system seems to have as much in common with JA as it does with FO

 

[space captain]

Fallout (and essentially Wasteland) will haunt RPG gamers till the end of time

its not neccesarily a bad thing, as long as it reminds developers what should be done

 

[Kamaz]

But I dont like how they constrain you to the pre-generated main characters and I hate any implants. Therefor I have no interest in this game.

 

[Surlent]

The game itself looks okay, but I wonder what the quality will be like. Hope patches are plenty and bugs minimal.

 

[Balor]

2 Kamaz
Then you must have hated Planescape:Torment too? I pity you. I really pity you.

 

[Slaytanic]

Wish I knew russian.
Looks like it might be teh cool game people have been waiting for.
But doubt it.

 

[oddity]

DreamCatcher Signs Metalheart: Replicants Rampage

http://gamershell.com/news/22207.html

A veritable Jeckell/Hyde conucopia

Dungeon Lords/Metalheart(or vice versa)

So anyway, I imagine US release.

 

[Sol Invictus]

Looks somewhat promising. It's probably better than Kult.

 

[Elwro]

It'll be out in Poland on June the 3rd (translation is finished), but the price is high so I'll perhaps wait for a proper demo.

 

[GrudgeHolder]

After having played the demo, I think I'll pass. The implant idea was kinda sorta neat, I admit (it's so much fun, mutilating your character while trying to wire him), but what killed the thing for me was the 'orrible dialogue. So OK, this might have been an early demo and the English translation was clearly a rush job - but then, if this is the way they wanted to promote their product (unless I'm totally wrong on the whole point of making demos available), they've got another think coming.

 

[Sol Invictus]

What demo? That 'demo' that got released was a pre-alpha tech demo made in early 2003, leaked out sometime in late 2004.

 

[RGE]

Yes, but GrudgeHolder has a name to live up to! :shock:

The reviews of this game will decide whether I buy a new computer sooner rather than later. If less than four out of five nomadic cybermutants approve I might as well wait until Oblivion to see what kind of computer would work best for that and (I assume) Fallout 3. I'm way overdue for an upgrade, but where's the game that makes it worth the cost?

 

[Claw]

I don't care about playing a pre-generated character and love any implants, so this game is for me!

I don't see it being a reason/excuse to upgrade, though, being an isometric RPG rather than an FPG boasting groundbreaking graphics.

 

[GrudgeHolder]

What demo? That 'demo' that got released was a pre-alpha tech demo made in early 2003, leaked out sometime in late 2004.

Shit, I dunno whether it was the same one, didn't track Akella's progress on that job too closely, and in any case my connection with gaming industry is, like, 99% passive (i.e. they sell, I buy). The demo, or 'demo', sported Akella's logo and whatnot, so I checked it out in good faith... If they managed to improve on the thing I saw, more power to them. If not, well, implants or no, include me out.
And, yeah, I've got the nick to live up to :D

 

[RGE]

I don't see it being a reason/excuse to upgrade, though, being an isometric RPG rather than an FPG boasting groundbreaking graphics.

Perhaps you already have a decent computer with Windows XP?

I still have Windows ME, and I couldn't get that demo to run, and the site didn't list Windows ME as being supported, so I figured that it might not be. Perhaps they've added support to lesser systems though, because it certainly doesn't seem like a game of that type would require a better computer than mine. Unless the game is badly optimized, which wouldn't surprise me. Optimization seems to be one of those expensive boring things which Creators don't always bother with to a large enough extent.

 

[Claw]

I use Windows 2000. Sorry to hear you got ME, how did you catch that?

 

[RGE]

A friend offered me his spiffy new version when I upgraded my computer a few years ago. I thought the NT versions required some extra work in order to get games going, so since I'm not a poweruser I haven't bothered to check them out.