General News - 5 new RPGs @ C4G

[HiddenX]

C4G presents some upcoming RPGs:

5 NEW RPGs That Might Be Worth Your Time

• The Way of Wrath
• Holomento
• Fellowship Saga
• Luminary
• Dark Envoy

More information.

 

[Zloth]

Dark Envoy was made by the folks that did Tower of Time. I've got high hopes for that one!

 

[Shagnak]

That's a few games to add to my follow list.

 

[Carnifex]

Nod Zloth, I'm a bit eager for that one as well. I've got some great, vivid memories of Tower of Time.

 

[JDR13]

Luminary looks good. I like the emphasis on exploration there.

 

[forgottenlor]

Wishlisted the Fellowship Saga. Luminary and Dark Envoy I'll watch.

 

[henriquejr]

Luminary looks good. I like the emphasis on exploration there.

Luminary's main char looks like Aloy from Horizon Zero Dawn

 

[Hastar]

Wishlisted the Fellowship Saga. Luminary and Dark Envoy I'll watch.

I played the demo for Fellowship Saga. I enjoyed it a lot and hope it gets finished. It's one of my most anticipated games.

 

[JDR13]

Luminary's main char looks like Aloy from Horizon Zero Dawn

I thought the same thing. I wonder if the devs did that on purpose for the demo video.

In the actual game, players will get to create and customize their character.

 

[Ripper]

The main thing that struck me was the Zelda hang-glider. I do wonder how many of these lesser known games will ever realise their ambitions. On the Unreal Reddit people are always showing off their pet projects, and many of them look really cool. But taking them to them to the point of a full game is another matter.

 

[JFarrell71]

I put Dark Envoy on my list. I never got around to Tower of Time, but I did read some good things about it.

The thing about "exploration" is to me it's only relevant when there's something to find. To take an extreme example, "exploring" 10 square miles of empty fields of grass is my idea of hell, not entertainment. I don't see any evidence of meaningful exploration in Luminary, not based on that video. Maybe there is, but I would have to know about it first to be interested in the game.

 

[JDR13]

The groundwork for good exploration in a game starts with the level design. You can have the coolest loot in the world, but it doesn't mean much if the world isn't truly open. They have to start with a foundation first, and then loot is usually one of the last things to be implemented. I think the potential there is obvious.

 

[JFarrell71]

Who said anything about loot? I certainly didn't.

 

[JDR13]

Who said anyone was talking to you?

 

[JFarrell71]

I'll let other readers be the judge of that.

 

[JDR13]

Damn bro, you're just too cool for school.

 

[forgottenlor]

Good exploration games do require worthwhile things to find, and I wouldn't just call it loot. Because loot alone is boring. Good exploration games usually tie multiple game systems to exploration, whether its side quests, crafting, puzzles, et. But level design certainly plays a role as well. A well built map lets you go anywhere, but doesn't make it obvious everywhere you can go from the start.

 

[JDR13]

Yeah, I think that's pretty much stating the obvious. No developer worth their salt is going to make a game with emphasis on exploration and then not put anything worthwhile to find in it.

With a game like Luminary, it's going to depend on how good their procedural generation algorithm is. Apparently, the world is going to be hand-crafted while a lot of the content will be generated upon starting a new game.