Prosper Realms of Arkania: Shovelware Edition

[LordDenton]

next gen as fuck!

That looks fucking awesome. We (I) desperately need decent first person RPGs with decent graphics.

And to whoever said this "looks bland": you are fucking retarded.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Well, of course it looks bland - it's a bunch of sheds in the middle of nowhere. I'd be impressed if they managed to make it look teh epiczors.

 

[octavius]

Well, of course it looks bland - it's a bunch of sheds in the middle of nowhere. I'd be impressed if they managed to make it look teh epiczors.

That's what they get for not using piss filters or (not enough) Bloom...

 

[RK47]

This can only end up in tears. If they make the character creation less tedious hardcore then I might see myself replaying it. I know for some it's a big part of the experience, but I honestly don't have the time nor patience to spend a whole day rolling for decent stats. Can't be assed with RNG anymore, especially as penalizing as RoA's. Everything else can stay.
Of course they should have the vanilla RNG stat rolling in for those who want them, though.

Yea, but I'm still optimistic. This series can really be great.
I still love the overland map and combat being a non-blob affair.

 

[Modron]

I do not really think the RoA series need remakes they are still very fun and have aged better than say the EotB series. That said I wish the game had just one more row of inventory space, I just wore winter gear for most of the first game instead of better gear cause I did not care for managing the limited inventory and reading ahead to know when I would need said weatherizing.

 

[BobtheTree]

That looks fucking awesome. We (I) desperately need decent first person RPGs with decent graphics.

Bethesda, bro.

 

[buzz]

Games used to look a bit more cheerful.
Anyway, if the gameplay overhaul is not as awful as it sounds, it might be pretty good. who the fuck am I kidding

 

[LordDenton]

That looks fucking awesome. We (I) desperately need decent first person RPGs with decent graphics.

Bethesda, bro.

You missed the first "decent" in my sentence.

 

[buzz]

I'd say he missed the second "decent" as well.

 

[Xavier0889]

I'm tired of this Electric Boogaloo Remastered Enhanced HD 1080p bullshit, ffs.

 

[Jaesun]

There is nothing wrong with an Enhanced Edition. However there is the right way to enhance it, and then there is the wrong way.

I await to see which one this is.

 

[Xavier0889]

You are right, but still it's not like the game is completely unavailable in the interweb. GOG sells the whole trilogy for 12 dollars, and you can get the original files from other sites. It's pretty much the same situation we faced with BGEE. I hope they leave the rules intact, specially the character creation process which is a dream.

 

[mondblut]

The towns in the first two games sucked big time. Especially Blade of Destiny. That screenshot was pretty vague, but at least it wasn't a 1 to 1 remake of the town layout. Endless generic huts with guys with malformed heads calling you a Prem flounder-nose is not a good way to make a town.

It is. Surprisingly, an average medieval town is not populated exclusively by people who need their dog saved by you, nor is it a shithole of 2 barns and 3 denizens. In an average medieval town, there are several thousands inhabitants, and save for a chosen few, not one gives a flying fuck about you wandering in.

RoA is pretty much the only RPG that actually did the towns right. It and Daggerfall.

Or think about Lowangen. There was some cool stuff in the town, but it fucking blew to spend days searching for Dragan to ask him three questions (and if you didn't ask him about travel you were just stuck there forever). So I think there's a lot of stuff they could improve, but overall I'm just glad people remember this game from 2 decades ago and want to remake it. If it sucks, too bad.

I think about Lowangen and see a town which, for a change, was not constructed for the sole purpose of handing me some quests on a platter.

 

[Irenaeus]

RoA is pretty much the only RPG that actually did the towns right. It and Daggerfall.

Zelda II also did towns right.

 

[mondblut]

On topic - if they fix the fucking "only shoot in 8 directions" issue in BOD and put nice shiny visuals on the table while leaving discrete movement at least as an option (and eventually reintroduce it into Riva) and change nothing else whatsoever, that would be the most inclineful thing to happen since, well, 1994?

But who we are fooling here, they will ruin it without doubt.

 

[mondblut]

RoA is pretty much the only RPG that actually did the towns right. It and Daggerfall.

Zelda II also did towns right.

Maybe, I was speaking about RPGs.

 

[Xavier0889]

It is. Surprisingly, an average medieval town is not populated exclusively by people who need their dog saved by you, nor is it a shithole of 2 barns and 3 denizens. In an average medieval town, there are several thousands inhabitants, and save for a chosen few, not one gives a flying fuck about you wandering in.

RoA is pretty much the only RPG that actually did the towns right. It and Daggerfall.


I think about Lowangen and see a town which, for a change, was not constructed for the sole purpose of handing me some quests on a platter.

This. One of the best things about RoA was actually thinking and searching for ways to solve quests and problems.

RoA is pretty much the only RPG that actually did the towns right. It and Daggerfall.

Zelda II also did towns right.

I am error.

 

[Irenaeus]

RoA is pretty much the only RPG that actually did the towns right. It and Daggerfall.

Zelda II also did towns right.

Maybe, I was speaking about RPGs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelda_II:_The_Adventure_of_Link

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, released as The Legend of Zelda 2: Link no Bōken(THE LEGEND OF ZELDA 2 リンクの冒険?)in Japan, is an action role-playing video game with platforming elements.

 

[mondblut]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelda_II:_The_Adventure_of_Link

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, released as The Legend of Zelda 2: Link no Bōken(THE LEGEND OF ZELDA 2 リンクの冒険?)in Japan, is an action role-playing video game with platforming elements.

They say so about Ass Effect, too. Why would I care?

 

[Irenaeus]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelda_II:_The_Adventure_of_Link

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, released as The Legend of Zelda 2: Link no Bōken(THE LEGEND OF ZELDA 2 リンクの冒険?)in Japan, is an action role-playing video game with platforming elements.

They say so about Ass Effect, too. Why would I care?

I guess I can't amuse you with this.

 

[Lord Andre]

Well, EXCUSE ME princess !

Sorry, couldn't resist.

 

[eric__s]

The towns in the first two games sucked big time. Especially Blade of Destiny. That screenshot was pretty vague, but at least it wasn't a 1 to 1 remake of the town layout. Endless generic huts with guys with malformed heads calling you a Prem flounder-nose is not a good way to make a town.

It is. Surprisingly, an average medieval town is not populated exclusively by people who need their dog saved by you, nor is it a shithole of 2 barns and 3 denizens. In an average medieval town, there are several thousands inhabitants, and save for a chosen few, not one gives a flying fuck about you wandering in.

RoA is pretty much the only RPG that actually did the towns right. It and Daggerfall.

Or think about Lowangen. There was some cool stuff in the town, but it fucking blew to spend days searching for Dragan to ask him three questions (and if you didn't ask him about travel you were just stuck there forever). So I think there's a lot of stuff they could improve, but overall I'm just glad people remember this game from 2 decades ago and want to remake it. If it sucks, too bad.

I think about Lowangen and see a town which, for a change, was not constructed for the sole purpose of handing me some quests on a platter.

There's more content in roleplaying games than just quests and fighting. The problem isn't that the towns aren't constructed to hand quests to the player, they're largely devoid of content. It's fine, great even, that there were large towns. The problem was that there was nothing in them.

 

[mondblut]

There's more content in roleplaying games than just quests and fighting. The problem isn't that the towns aren't constructed to hand quests to the player, they're largely devoid of content. It's fine, great even, that there were large towns. The problem was that there was nothing in them.

There is a plenty of shops, taverns, and people who don't care about you. That's as much content as you gonna get when you enter any city in the world.

 

[Spectacle]

Maybe, I was speaking about RPGs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelda_II:_The_Adventure_of_Link

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, released as The Legend of Zelda 2: Link no Bōken(THE LEGEND OF ZELDA 2 リンクの冒険?)in Japan, is an action role-playing video game with platforming elements.

Seriously, referencing Wikipedia in a discussion of what an RPG is on the RPGCodex?!

 

[Irenaeus]

Maybe, I was speaking about RPGs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelda_II:_The_Adventure_of_Link

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, released as The Legend of Zelda 2: Link no Bōken(THE LEGEND OF ZELDA 2 リンクの冒険?)in Japan, is an action role-playing video game with platforming elements.

Seriously, referencing Wikipedia in a discussion of what an RPG is on the RPGCodex?!

Jesus Christ, it was a joke. You were supposed to go haha. Nevermind.