Kickstarter Games - Pathfinder: The Dragon's Demand on September 24

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Ossian Studios will start a Kickstarter campaign for Pathfinder: The Dragon’s Demand on September 24:

Kickstarter Launching September 24

Ossian Studios and Paizo are thrilled to announce the Kickstarter campaign for The Dragon’s Demand will be going live on September 24th, 2024!

Developed by Baldur’s Gate and Neverwinter Nights veterans, Pathfinder: The Dragon’s Demand is the first CRPG to feature a comprehensive implementation of the Pathfinder Second Edition rules. The return of a legendary dragon long vanquished sees the town of Belhaim once again under dire threat. The game will present a huge, interactive world to explore, with hundreds of characters and dozens of quests that react to the player’s choices. A cast of colorful companions, including iconic characters such as the goblin alchemist Fumbus, will be on hand to join the player’s party, each featuring their own motivations and backstory.

Pathfinder: The Dragon’s Demand showcases a unique visual style, presenting a game world and miniature-based characters that recreate the look and feel of tabletop roleplaying. The unique, grid-based system allows for fully three-dimensional, turn-based combat. Players will need their wits about them as flying enemies swoop down from the skies to attack, and enemy wizards levitate above the field of battle to toss fireballs down upon their foes. The endless tactical and role-playing opportunities encourage players to explore Belhaim and the surrounding lands in their own way, recreating those feelings of excitement and discovery that make the best tabletop campaigns so memorable.

With over 30 hours of gameplay accompanied by a beautiful soundtrack and professional voice acting, gamers can look forward to a classic, single-player, party-based CRPG experience where they will be able to:

• Create deep, custom character builds from a choice of 7 ancestries, 16 classes, and more than 30 backgrounds.
• Play as a dwarf, elf, gnome, goblin, halfling, human, or an orc.
• Choose their path as an alchemist, barbarian, bard, champion, cleric, druid, fighter, investigator, monk, oracle, ranger, rogue, sorcerer, swashbuckler, witch, or wizard.
• Form a party of four with up to three companions out of a possible dozen characters encountered during their adventures to forge bonds of friendship and even romance!
• Level up characters to level 8.
• Wield a multitude of powerful spells from all four magical traditions: Arcane, Divine, Occult, and Primal.
• Equip hundreds of unique armors and weapons, and see them dynamically change on miniature characters.
• Explore the region using an interactive world map to travel to many mysterious and dangerous locations across the Dragonfen, Verduran Forest, and the town of Belhaim.

Be sure to check out the trailer and press kit, and join Ossian Studios’ Kickstarter campaign on September 24th at DragonsDemand.com!

Thanks Couchpotato!

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[ChaosTheory]

It's worth throwing some money at if the story and characters are done well. Gosh, I wish it were a longer game, though. Hard for me to get invested in something that is over when most recent RPGs are still in Act 1 at 30hrs... I realize that's a perfect length for many, however.

I enjoyed Mysteries of Westgate, but again, it was too short for my liking. Left me wanting more. More never came, at least with NWN2's universe. I'd rather Ossian just do a proper NWN3.

 

[purpleblob]

I'm not feeling it... I will pass on KS and wait for the impression once the game is released

 

[Couchpotato]

I'm not feeling it... I will pass on KS and wait for the impression once the game is released

Agree it looks interesting but it's not a CRPG, and Owlcat RPGs are more my tastes.

Having said that hope they get funded and I don't rule out trying it someday.

 

[JDR13]

It's worth throwing some money at if the story and characters are done well. Gosh, I wish it were a longer game, though. Hard for me to get invested in something that is over when most recent RPGs are still in Act 1 at 30hrs... I realize that's a perfect length for many, however.

I enjoyed Mysteries of Westgate, but again, it was too short for my liking. Left me wanting more. More never came, at least with NWN2's universe. I'd rather Ossian just do a proper NWN3.

To be fair, it does say more than 30 hours, so I think the exact length is still to be determined.

For me, the figurine characters are a bigger issue. I'm not sure I could get used to them.

 

[Morrandir]

I'm almost sure I would be fine with the figurines in combat.
But I still can't imagine how it would work outside of combat.

 

[Redglyph]

I've never seen so many announcement for a KS that hadn't even started yet. Is it the hammering method?

 

[Couchpotato]

I've never seen so many announcement for a KS that hadn't even started yet. Is it the hammering method?

True the last two were basically previews.

This one is mostly about the launch date.

 

[Morrandir]

I've never seen so many announcement for a KS that hadn't even started yet. Is it the hammering method?

We could launch a platform called Kickstarterstarter or Kickstarter² where you can start campaigns to collect funds to prepare a Kickstarter campaign.

 

[daveyd]

Agree it looks interesting but it's not a CRPG, and Owlcat RPGs are more my tastes.

Having said that hope they get funded and I don't rule out trying it someday.

I'm curious why you say this is not a CRPG. Based on the description, it seems to tick quite a few boxes on the CRPG analyzer.

 

[Stingray]

I'm curious why you say this is not a CRPG. Based on the description, it seems to tick quite a few boxes on the CRPG analyzer.

I was wondering the same thing, but chalked it up to some weird personal definition of CRPG (which is fine, everyone's got their own). By the usual definition, this looks about as CRPG as you can possibly get. It's got unusual art, but art style was never part of any definition of CRPG I've ever seen.

 

[Carnifex]

I'll at least read the pitch and go from there.