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Matt James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
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 Posted - 22 Dec 2010 : 14:16:43
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Makes me sad that I see no Forgotten Realms logo :(
http://bit.ly/i5qNnk
It does look to be a fun game though...
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
8035 Posts |
Posted - 22 Dec 2010 : 14:33:29
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It reminds me of Hexen. It looks to me like the FR logo is being phased out.quote:
Atari CEO, Jim Wilson
"The Dungeons & Dragons franchise remains a priority for Atari as we continue to build upon the ever-evolving narrative with Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale. As the first D&D cross-platform digital download title we look forward to expanding the franchise to a growing gaming audience."
Does this means Daggerdale is intended to be the first game in a series? Possibly also the software engine for any future games? |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3290 Posts |
Posted - 22 Dec 2010 : 14:45:11
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Looks interesting. |
"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
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Matt James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
918 Posts |
Posted - 22 Dec 2010 : 17:36:24
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This must be a different Daggerdale as they mention the Nentir Vale being included...
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Atari continues its push into the digital download space next year with Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale, which the publisher announced today for Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network, and PC.
Daggerdale will be an action role-playing game experience, featuring both single-player and cooperative gameplay for up to four players. Based on the trailer, the game looks to pack a fair amount of real time action of the hack-and-slash variety. And skeletons… lots of them.
Story wise, for you D&D fans, know that you'll be teaming up to destroy the nasty Rezlus and his vile Zhentarim. I don't know what any of that is, but places called Nentir Vale, Mines of Tethyamar, and the Tower of the Void are also involved.
Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale is out spring 2011.
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
4258 Posts |
Posted - 22 Dec 2010 : 18:08:32
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| Hope they at least get basic lore correct. |
The Old Grey Box and AD&D for me! |
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idilippy
Senior Scribe
USA
417 Posts |
Posted - 22 Dec 2010 : 19:34:17
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| Real-time hack and slash, huh? I'm getting images of Demonstone on the low end and Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance on the high end. Could be interesting, and at least it's not an MMO, I'll be interested in reading some reviews when it comes out and maybe trying it. I am sad it's not being touted as a Forgotten Realms game, but rather as a D&D game though. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 24 Dec 2010 : 17:52:11
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| Elimination of the FR logo is one of the most horrific things to occur in the history of LIFE!! |
Karsite Arcanar (Most Holy Servant of Karsus)
Anauria - Survivor State of Netheril as penned by me:
http://www.dmsguild.com/m/product/172023 |
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 24 Dec 2010 : 17:53:01
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| Anyways I am unable to look this game up here at work...I'll check it out from home, but it will be a definate purchase for me when it comes out. |
Karsite Arcanar (Most Holy Servant of Karsus)
Anauria - Survivor State of Netheril as penned by me:
http://www.dmsguild.com/m/product/172023 |
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GRYPHON
Senior Scribe
USA
527 Posts |
Posted - 25 Dec 2010 : 00:01:46
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| Has the potential to be a fun game from the look of it... |
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bladeinAmn
Learned Scribe
199 Posts |
Posted - 26 Dec 2010 : 05:48:55
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Originally posted by Alisttair
Elimination of the FR logo is one of the most horrific things to occur in the history of LIFE!!
They don't even have the FR logo on the BG series games, IWD series games, and NWN1 game on GOG.com, as well.
Daggerdale, eh? At least they didn't name it after Neverwinter. |
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Sandro
Learned Scribe
New Zealand
266 Posts |
Posted - 26 Dec 2010 : 08:34:11
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Daggerdale, Dalelands, Zhentarim.
Nope, no distinct ties to any particular campaign setting.
Just another geographically baseless Dungeons and Dragons game, folks. |
"Gods, little fishes, and spells to turn the one to the other," Mordenkainen sighed. "It's started already..." |
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Marc
Senior Scribe
662 Posts |
Posted - 29 Dec 2010 : 13:23:21
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| What's up with the game engines nowadays, the games from ten years ago looked better. I recently uninstalled a few rpg's just cause they looked ugly. |
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skychrome
Senior Scribe
713 Posts |
Posted - 30 Dec 2010 : 02:01:28
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Originally posted by Maruluthu Mistrivvin
What's up with the game engines nowadays, the games from ten years ago looked better. I recently uninstalled a few rpg's just cause they looked ugly.
Totally agree with you. I still do not understand why everything is ego-shooter style or 3D-NWN style now. Not that I do not like that style but... you cannot get anything else. It is all more or less the same. I would love to see more state of the art games but with isometric perspectives like the Infinity Engine did. |
"You make an intriguing offer, one that is very tempting. It would seem that I have little alternative than to answer thusly: DISINTEGRATE!" Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick 625 |
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Diffan
Great Reader
USA
4491 Posts |
Posted - 01 Jan 2011 : 12:55:38
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Originally posted by skychrome
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Originally posted by Maruluthu Mistrivvin
What's up with the game engines nowadays, the games from ten years ago looked better. I recently uninstalled a few rpg's just cause they looked ugly.
Totally agree with you. I still do not understand why everything is ego-shooter style or 3D-NWN style now. Not that I do not like that style but... you cannot get anything else. It is all more or less the same. I would love to see more state of the art games but with isometric perspectives like the Infinity Engine did.
Same reason why we don't see any more games with the likes of Super Mario Bros for NES. When the technology is better, we get better graphics and game-play. The Infinity Engine is what was used for the BG/IWD games right? A 2-D graphic character on a cell-type backround just won't cut it these days. If a game has any chance at re-creating that style and feel, it's best they go with the style of the new Diablo III game (still not released). Diablo had the same set-up of 2-D characters on a scrolling backround but with superior graphics. |
Diffan's NPG Generator: FR NPC Generator
E6 Options: Epic 6 Campaign |
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skychrome
Senior Scribe
713 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jan 2011 : 01:55:51
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| Right, that's what I was thinking about. Apparently the 2D has to evolve and I think D3 is a good example of how this might be done. Personally I think that the Infinity Engine could certainly be upgraded to today's standards. |
"You make an intriguing offer, one that is very tempting. It would seem that I have little alternative than to answer thusly: DISINTEGRATE!" Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick 625 |
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Ryss Firemaster
Acolyte
Denmark
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3290 Posts |
Posted - 31 Jan 2011 : 19:36:05
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Looks good so far.
I didn't like this part:
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Zandro Chan: What's in the game now are four selectable characters: the human fighter, the elven rogue, the halfling wizard and the dwarven cleric.
Really?
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"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
Alaundo of Candlekeep |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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Bakra
Senior Scribe
628 Posts |
Posted - 31 Jan 2011 : 22:05:57
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Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis
Ugh, looks diappointing. I was hoping for more. And yeah, I'm annoyed by the generic label, too. Does this mean that Faerun is now the default setting? Looks that way. figures- Grayhawk must have "played" itself out for them.
Based on the website and the article I'm not going to buy this product.
Unless the demo knocks my socks off.
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I hope Candlekeep continues to be the friendly forum of fellow Realms-lovers that it has always been, as we all go through this together. If you don’t want to move to the “new” Realms, that doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with either you or the “old” Realms. Goodness knows Candlekeep, and the hearts of its scribes, are both big enough to accommodate both. If we want them to be.
(Strikes dramatic pose, raises sword to gleam in the sunset, and hopes breeches won’t fall down.)
Enough for now. The Realms lives! I have spoken! Ale and light wines half price, served by a smiling Storm Silverhand fetchingly clad in thigh-high boots and naught else! Ahem . .
So saith Ed. <snip>
love to all,
THO
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Lily M Green
Learned Scribe
Australia
115 Posts |
Posted - 01 Feb 2011 : 22:11:08
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Mmm... I'm not sure about the limited character classes TBH. It seems like a step backwards to me when you consider that BG:DA II had five character classes (excluding Drizzit & Artemis) And the Everquest set Champions of Norrath games (Made by Snowblind who worked with Black Isle on the Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance Games) already went much further than that by allowing players a good degree of character customisation.
Having just watched the preview, visually it looks quite a bit like Gauntlet, which was good fun but I've only ever played it once. For me, no game has ever blown me away visually quite like the first time I put that Baldur's Gate disc in the PS2 drawer and I ran through that first pool in the Elfsong Cellar's. The thing is, I don't want my games to look ultra real because I know that they aren't, so that's not something that impresses me. A sharp, clean visual is and the developers got it spot on with the Dark Alliance games.
I'll more than likely give it a go, but I just wish that someone (anyone) would pick up the baton and finish the Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance series. It would have been nice for someone with a little flair for a good yarn to have tied it back to the PC games.
& Yes, I agree it's sad that there is no Forgotten Realms logo :( & ETA: BladeinAmn, I just checked my boxes, that little cream logo is definitely there, right on the top ;) |
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and taste good with ketchup.
A Dark Alliance - Beyond Baldur's Gate |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3254 Posts |
Posted - 02 Feb 2011 : 03:57:40
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| Add to the fact that they are only focusing on the first 10 levels, and you get a game that will have 40 game hours if you want to play each race/class combo. |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
Ashe's Character Sheet
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swifty
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
517 Posts |
Posted - 14 Feb 2011 : 08:40:38
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| i just hope its not as bloody hard as demon stone. |
go back to sleep america.everything is under control.heres american gladiators.watch this.shuttup. BILL HICKS. |
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Bakra
Senior Scribe
628 Posts |
Posted - 09 Mar 2011 : 19:56:51
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Here is some good news from Wired magazine:
http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/03/daggerdale-preview/
And another 'interesting' interview:
http://www.nowgamer.com/features/1248/dungeons-and-dragons-daggerdale-dev-interview
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I hope Candlekeep continues to be the friendly forum of fellow Realms-lovers that it has always been, as we all go through this together. If you don’t want to move to the “new” Realms, that doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with either you or the “old” Realms. Goodness knows Candlekeep, and the hearts of its scribes, are both big enough to accommodate both. If we want them to be.
(Strikes dramatic pose, raises sword to gleam in the sunset, and hopes breeches won’t fall down.)
Enough for now. The Realms lives! I have spoken! Ale and light wines half price, served by a smiling Storm Silverhand fetchingly clad in thigh-high boots and naught else! Ahem . .
So saith Ed. <snip>
love to all,
THO
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idilippy
Senior Scribe
USA
417 Posts |
Posted - 09 Mar 2011 : 20:51:05
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| $10? Worth a buy in that case, whether or not it turns out to be great as long as it's at all fun it should be worth it at that price. |
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Tyranthraxus
Senior Scribe
Netherlands
423 Posts |
Posted - 09 Mar 2011 : 21:44:05
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Players take quests, defeat hordes of enemies, make allies and develop their abilities as they adventure through the exhilarating world of D&D’s Forgotten Realms.
So this game is set in the Realms after all. |
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DBG
Acolyte
United Kingdom
29 Posts |
Posted - 10 Mar 2011 : 09:53:45
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I'm not convinced.
But I'm biased, I still play the OLD Turn Based Pool of Radiance and Champions of Krynn/Death Kinghts of Krynn games and the rest from SSI the Gold Box Series.
See wiki : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_of_Radiance
I prefer the game play as it's more like paper and dice.
When I want arcade I play Black Ops on the Xbox  |
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Chosen of Moradin
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
1120 Posts |
Posted - 10 Mar 2011 : 13:50:26
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| It appears to be good. Probably I got it. |
Dwarf, DM, husband, and proud of this! :P
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 21 May 2011 : 03:31:03
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Indeed. I might pick up a copy for the xbox.
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Originally posted by The Sage
I'll admit, I've haven't played any new D&D CRPGs since the earliest days of the first Neverwinter Nights game. But this new one does look interesting...
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Daggerdale cross-platform console game.
