Monte Carlo

Yeah, he's sending a PM to Bobby asking him if he finds this thread as tragic as he does.

One for the PS Fans while we wait.

Now Sawyer's lurking. Laughing. Watching.

Don't forget wandering monsters, or are the claret and donuts on cooldowns?

Nah, but I've got five cases of claret and some dunkin' donuts if you want to sit next to me.

Bobby drunkenly poured martini down the back of his computer and hasn't back the screen-shot up.

It's Adventure by Atari.

P:E sneak peak....

I am at a pissing wet bus stop in London checking this on my uber slow Blackberry....

Bobby get out of the bar and back to the office.

25 minutes.

'Tis certainly on my list of approved tactical options.

I think that will be about 8pm in the UK. As for VO as long as they get good screaming noises as my barbaric horde cleaves its way across the world, and they get the lamentation of their women just right then I shall be satisfied.

The best way to give money is to put it in an envelope, in cash (UK Sterling preferably). Post it to: Monte Carlo The Schloss Monte London Eng-er-Land Thanks.

DAMN THAT SHIPPING CHARGE That means I'll be nearer $180.00 by the time I include the XP.

NerdBoner, who was suggesting that this thread was about slavishly following historical accuracy? Not me. I was talking about inspiration. All of the fantasy tropes you prefer all come from somewhere.

TBH I'm happy with what we've got. I know, I'd be crap at designing stretch goals. My only concern is that there aren't quite enough NPCS. I'm more of a advocate of a broad but shallow NPC base but I know people like extremely in-depth ones (NPC: "did I tell you about my troubled childhood?" Me: "Shut up and fight those monsters.") This is why the adventurer's hall was so important. But, apart from that I've got pretty much everything I'm after.

This thread has descended into, and forgive my bluntness, a load of bollocks. At least the stuff about classes has. The developers have made it clear that they are talking about classes-as-archetypes. Look at the Ciphers and Chanters before mewling about "it's like WoW classes." FFS. Within these classes I am sure you will be able to do a great deal that bends the classic take on these classes. Until you learn a bit more about that, why not talk about stuff that has some sort of basis in reality? Rather than project your own distorted fanservice POV on it?

Did we say it shouldn't? We are talking about inspiration, not duplication.

I think we will have a mixture of cultures and styles... for example in the big concept painting of NPCs we have a virtual cave-girl fighting next to a chick with a musket wearing Gothic plate!

^ I am a lich. Please feel free to ask me about it, I won't spare the blushes. * nose drops off. Again *

None of the above, there are almost too many already.

That means there will be romances. They caved in. Oh well.

I think people are a bit worried by the relatively late tech setting of this game for a classic fantasy CRPG. I mean *drum roll* it has muskets. Having looked at the concept art, though, it is clear that thusfar they have played it safe. The male warrior is wearing nondescript armour, perhaps cuirbolli or even brigandine of some sort. Cadegund is wearing classic 1400-1500s plate armour (it looks so tight it must be akin to the most expensive, bespoked Milanese plate). I am advocating that perhaps the art direction should fully embrace the funkiness of true high medieval / renaissance style when it come to armour and how characters dress. Behold, a motley crew of soldiery from the 1500s... Most elegant. Swords are still de riguer, proper war-swords, along with small target / buckler size shields. Love the feathered hats and britches. And what is this? A Dutch musketeer of the 1500s, apparently fighting corsairs on the Malabar coast (in of itself a mouth-wateringly exotic prospect). Meanwhile, in Japan, the 15th Century was awesome when it came to looking to cool for skool, love the halberd... what of the ladies? Would we not like to see a female chanter or mage caprisioned thus? Feel free to comment on whether you would like old-medieval hey-nonnie-nonnie type stuff or, like me, you want to dive headfirst into a true 1500s vibe?