Game News Of Orcs and Men Released

[Crooked Bee]

Tags: Cyanide; Of Orcs and Men

It looks like Cyanide's Of Orcs and Men has been stealthily released and is now available on Steam.

Lead the revolution of the Orcs and Goblins!

In a world at war, the vast Empire of Men tries to extend its domination over the territories of the Orcs and Goblins, who are systematically persecuted, enslaved and massacred. Through this great role-playing game, lead a fearsome Orc warrior, and a Goblin master of assassination and stealth.

You have been appointed to fulfill an extremely dangerous mission, deep in enemy territory: to kill one man... the Emperor himself. Fight your way through a terribly hostile world to reach the objective of your quest. Level up, learn and develop powerful skills, and finally free your people from the yoke of the Empire!​

Do they really call it a "great roleplaying game" in the official description? Hah.

I gotta admit the premise sounds interesting, though, and I thought Cyanide's previous RPG, Game of Thrones, was pretty good from a story perspective, but $40 is a bit too steep a price for me to buy Of Orcs and Men blindly. If anyone here goes for it, be sure to share your impressions.

 

[kaizoku]

Of Orcs and Men | Review / Playthrough

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHZObRp9sjA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDXmGg9hcjc

if you like FPS's and things like that, don't waste your money on it at all.

it could be good

watching the vids now


edit:

the reviewer was fucking annoying *sigh*

console port (well, developed in parallel)
corridors
RTwP (slow motion)
seems to have some light strategy (different attack and defense skills)
lots of cutscenes (not sure if it's only in the first section of the game, explaining story and tutorial pop ups)
4 attributes and 8 derivate stats

It could still be a fun game if you're into story games, but I wasn't convinced from the little I saw.

 

[Bulba]

console port

not gona even try a pb demo version

 

[InspectorRumpole]

Seems like someone did a Metacritic raid http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/of-orcs-and-men/user-reviews

 

[Gruia]

yeah, i noticed myself those, even on the second the game was released, russian spammers. Apparently the game has some enemies .. maybe testers? who knows

 

[Jaesun]

so /v/ hates it?

 

[DarkUnderlord]

Of Orcs and Men | Review / Playthrough

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHZObRp9sjA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDXmGg9hcjc

I saw those. I skipped ahead. He was still on the cut-scene five minutes in. I closed.

Also, second the opinion that the reviewer was a tard.

 

[MicoSelva]

The premise looks nice, but I'm afraid the game won't be on par. We'll see, I guess.

 

[Morgoth]

This game looks like a corridor shooter action adventure with RPG style combat.

Still worth 10€ if the opportunity arises.

 

[Mastermind]

The premise looks like retarded way overdone liberal shit. What's with all these pussy fantasy races getting oppressed all the time?

 

[Gruia]

its in every DNA, real and fantastic

 

[sser]

The premise looks like retarded way overdone liberal shit. What's with all these pussy fantasy races getting oppressed all the time?

 

[Crooked Bee]

So Destructoid gave it 8/10

http://www.destructoid.com/review-of-orcs-and-men-236746.phtml

 

[Brayko]

As a storyfag, it looks kinda interesting. Gameplay looks like shit though. Consolized shit indeed. May check it out once the price drops dramatically. Not holding breath.

 

[Metro]

So Destructoid gave it 8/10

http://www.destructoid.com/review-of-orcs-and-men-236746.phtml

Apparently the check cleared. That and the review is by Jim Sterling who gives shit like Crysis 10/10.

 

[Morgoth]

...and Alpha Protocol 2/10.

Fuck that loser.

 

[Grunker]

...and Alpha Protocol 2/10.

That's harsh. 4/10 would be about right.