Not the Time for Dragons

[Diogo Ribeiro]

No, this isn't a treatise on dragonkin abolishment from CRPGs. Just spotted this tidbit at the RPGDot news forums.

I will quote this directly from Eddard Stark since as the site is in Russian:

We have some new of an action/RPG "Not the time for dragons" screens on CRPG.ru: Click here to view.

The game is done on the base of a fantasy novel written be Nikolay Perumov nad Sergey Lukyanenko. It is a stimpank in some way. The game uses Blood Magic engine. 2 screens demonstrate the game interface. It's very much like Dungeon Siege - Dungeon Siege 2 (I mean the interface).

Check the screens here. They look nice indeed.

 

[Watermark]

Loved the book.

 

[kingcomrade]

You can't live in Russia and Canada at the same time. It's impossible.

 

[Elwro]

I read Perumov's tolkienesque trilogy and it didn't go beyond standard fantasy literature. Well, the outcome of the third volume was rather surprising and truly epic!1!, but overall I don't think he's a distinguished author. Not that it's essential for a video game.

PS. "Stimpank"

 

[spacemoose]

It looks good but its advertised as an action rpg, so I guess that means realtime combat, and combined with a horrible translation into english (I would bet money on this) means I won't be getting this.

Also try saying "stimpank" in a Russian accent a few times, its really funny.

 

[Watermark]

It's impossible.

According to whom, pumpkin? I have property and citizenship in both countries and travel back and forth three times a year.

I'm too lazy to see who's developing the game plus i lost all faith in "home made" games after Knyaz' and Knyaz' 2 so i won't be getting this masterpiece anytime soon.

P.S. What the hell is "Stimpank"?

 

[Temoid]

Perumov is a hack whose books are nothing but shitty pulp which is usually hawked by hobos next to a train station.
PS: Perumov sucks.

 

[Section8]

Excellent! I was hoping someone would come along and revive the long dead "Action RPG" genre! I just wish people were actually developing MMORPGs these days too. Hey, while I'm at it, here's hoping we can also get a World War 2 FPS to break that drought, too.

Now, while it's all well and good to get games based off books, when are we going to see more games based off movies? I could really go for a Star Wars game. Or even better, what about a sci-fi action game based on a pop R&B star? Brandy should be in every game.

 

[Frau Bishop]

What the hell is "Stimpank"?

It´s a typo. He meant "stimpack". A stimpack (short for Stimulation Delivery Package) contains many healing Chems. A soup of healing medication, if you will.

 

[Drain]

Found some information about the game:

http://games.1c.ru/nvdd/?type=news

It's in Russian, but I'll translate the key features:
-Detailed reproduction of popular steampunk universe in 25 locations.
-Dynamic and fascinating game process of a party based RPG with convenient controls
- Large scale battles with elaborately animated participants
- Up to ten characters under the player's control
- Ability to pause the game to give orders
- Hi-tech game engine: completely 3D world that uses the most up-to-date graphics technologies and impressive special effects
-Fresh gameplay elements (items-manipulators, totemic transformations (whatever that means, it sounds cool, doesn't it?), etc.)

 

[Drain]

PS. "Stimpank"

It's steampunk

 

[kingcomrade]

It seems like the only new RPGs I ever hear about are Oblivion, NWN2, and an endless stream of Russian games.

Watermark, my sweet sexy peach, I was referring to your person.

edit: Just by the way, you don't use "whom" in questions. As a matter of fact, I would recommend never using it, it's too archaic.

 

[DMKW]

more archaic then the word "archaic"?

 

[dunduks]

The book is very good, but I have somewhat lost my hope to see a really good and accurate adaption of books into movies/games. I guess we'll have to wait and see how this one will turn out.

totemic transformations (whatever that means, it sounds cool, doesn't it?)

It's just a fancy name for mage transformation into his/her clans totemic animal. Basically in that universe there are 4 elemental clans (water, earth, air, fire) and a bunch of totemic clans with their respective animals they can transform into.

 

[Balor]

Well, it uses engine of Blood Magic, and it's indeed quite good.
Now, if they will get rid of balance problems, and apply enough polish - it may indeed be a good game.
Not exactly RPG, but oh well.

 

[Spazmo]

It really doesn't pay to get excited about Russian games. It usually leads to disappointment.

 

[Elwro]

PS. "Stimpank"

It's steampunk

Holy fuck, I'd have never guessed :shock: .
Guess I'll wait for some skrinszots.

 

[Balor]

"It really doesn't pay to get excited about Russian games. It usually leads to disappointment."
Erm... Space Rangers? H&S?
Oh well, there were some mediocre/shit games made in Russia, but, if you compare to ratio of shit/good games made anywhere else...

 

[Section8]

There are some tzrinschurz in the first post, but only one of them shows anything remotely stampaink.