[QUOTE][B]Eschalon: Book I[/B] is a classic role-playing game experience that will take you across massive outdoor environments and deep into sprawling dungeons as you seek to uncover the mystery of who – or what – you are.
♦ A tile-built, turn-based game world where the result of absolutely every action is rolled, calculated or statistically determined. Strategy is paramount to success; careful skill management, equipment selection and magic usage will win your fights, not rapid button clicking. We are very pleased to say this is not another “action RPG”.
♦ Hundreds of items and dozens of creatures await your discovery. A combination of randomly generated treasure and carefully hidden goodies means that no two games will play the exact same way.
♦ Unlimited character development style: Choose from 24 unique skills to make the character you want and 8 base attributes that affect your character’s every action throughout the game. The game world does not scale or adjust itself to match anyone’s play style, so the ease or difficulty of the game is directly related to how successful you are at developing your character.
♦ Combat plays out at your pace. Eschalon: Book I features a turn-based system that allows you to roll through combat as fast or slow you want…make it fast and furious, or analyze every option for maximum advantage.
♦ A non-linear storyline means that the game world is open to explore as you desire. Follow the storyline or don’t…it’s up to you. Just be careful where you go and who you choose to trust- the world of Eschalon can be a deadly place for an inexperienced adventurer.
♦ An epic adventure that you must face alone…a single-player RPG carefully designed to feel like the great old school RPGs of the past such as Ultima®, Might & Magic®, and Wizardry®
[/QUOTE]This game is really a lot of fun, even if you're not familiar with the genre. The company that made Eschalon is small independent developer (I think the team has around five people) and the devs are always on the forums answering questions. Book 1 was released in 2007 and Book 2 was released just this year (or last year, I can't quite remember). The final installment in the series may be completed in a year or two.
I had tons of fun playing both games. With their great gameplay and writing (some on the forums disagree on this last point), what's not to love?
Check out their [URL="http://basiliskgames.com/"]website[/URL].
Here are some screenshots:
BOOK 1:
[IMG]http://basiliskgames.com/wp-content/gallery/eschalon-book-1/book1_shot1.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://basiliskgames.com/wp-content/gallery/eschalon-book-1/book1_shot4.jpg[/IMG]
BOOK 2:
[IMG]http://basiliskgames.com/wp-content/gallery/eschalon-book-2/eb2_screen6.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://basiliskgames.com/wp-content/gallery/eschalon-book-2/eb2_screen_072590b.jpg[/IMG]
If you want some more screenshots (of the character editor, available skills, spells and so on), I'll add them in.
I wish for more screenshots, and possibly a video.
Book 1 Trailer
[URL="http://www.facepunch.com/#"]View YouTUBE video[/URL]
[URL]http://youtube.com/watch?v=FqSkCka_Ijg[/URL]
Book 2 Trailer
[URL="http://www.facepunch.com/#"]View YouTUBE video[/URL]
[URL]http://youtube.com/watch?v=u7IHR_pJS-o[/URL]
These screens are from Book 2.
[IMG]http://a.imageshack.us/img227/856/esch.jpg[/IMG]
Character Editor
[IMG]http://a.imageshack.us/img821/6779/eb2screen4.png[/IMG]
Trying to kill the town guard while hidden in the shadows
[IMG]http://a.imageshack.us/img826/5493/eb2screen5.png[/IMG]
I lit a torch so you can see the effects of light on the game - it makes a huge difference. Sadly, no longer hidden, though.
[IMG]http://a.imageshack.us/img820/3750/eb2screen2.png[/IMG]
Inventory, Equip and Character Stats. This is my thief late game :buddy:
Skills:
Alchemy - create potions
Divination Magick - healing and the like
Elemental Magick - typical elemental magic
Light Armor
Heavy Armor
Shields
Cartography - more points = better map
Dodge
Forage - hunger and thirst meter fills slower
Hide in Shadows - invisible in the dark
Lore - identify unknown items
Medicine - faster HP regen., increased resistance to toxins and disease
Meditation - improved resistance to elements, faster MP regen.
Mercantile - better buy/sell prices from merchants
Move Silently
Pick Locks
Repair - with at least 1 point, your stuff will be repaired while you camp
Skullduggery - locate + disarm traps
Spot Hidden
Unarmed Combat
Weapons - Bludgeoning, Cleaving, Piercing, Thrown, Swords, Bows
for some reason i really like that art style even though it doesn't appear to have anything special about
huh
This looks pretty good, I'm interested to see just how playable it is. I noticed that it's not a freeware game though, is there a demo available?
Yes go to the downloads section of the basilisk games website. Demos for both installments.
[url]http://basiliskgames.com/downloads[/url]
Reminded me of Ultima Online, nostalgia'd so hard.....
I think there was a demo for this on Steam. I played it for a moment and thought it was [i]terrible[/i], although this definitely looks like something I could be interested in if I gave it another chance (I didn't play it long enough to form a true opinion the first time)
Those axioms make absolutely no sense in regard to each other, really, absolutely no sense.
Just bought this on steam it seems pretty damn good so far.
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