Dark Souls is the spiritual successor to the 2009 Playstation 3 exclusive Demon’s Souls. It brings with it much of the style and functionality of that earlier title, along with a casual disregard for many modern gaming trends, and a gorgeous fantasy setting, which encourages exploration and experimentation on the part of the player. But in an overcrowded winter gaming [...]
I had never heard of Risen until the trailer to Risen 2 was released in April. It’s a pirate RPG. A pirate RPG! And one that looks pretty bloody good. A group of us were led through a live demo of Risen 2 the other week. It’s an open world game filled with oddball piratey characters such as Jaffar, a [...]
Bioware’s blockbuster space RPG Mass Effect 2 finally arrives on the PlayStation 3 in the UK on the 21st Jan 2011. Powered by the new Mass Effect 3 engine and featuring 6 hours of bonus missions (that DLC that Xbox 360 owners had to pay for separately!) it is looking like a very tasty proposition. Exactly what improvements using the [...]
The Sims 3: Pirate Edition Barnacle Bay looks fabulous! As I’m sure you all know, I’m a sucker for the Sims games. They are the ultimate RPGs, even though sometimes I feel silly working my Sim out in the gym every day when I know damn well I should be going there myself. >.< The Sims + Pirates? I am [...]
A shamefully long time ago, I used to participate in Blog Banter, a blog circus with a monthly theme and a bunch of great games bloggers. Terence Bosky resurrected the old group back in April and this month’s topic is… “Which game character do you identify yourself with most/least and why?” I didn’t participate – given the choice, I play [...]
More spacey shenanigans from Bioware. Weefz will be pleased.
If the original game wasn't long enough, then get ready for some more exploring in this downloadable content pack from Bioware
Matt Barton at Armchair Arcade is hard at work on a book about the history of computer role-playing games. He recently got a quick interview with Chris Taylor, designer of ridiculously-popular-yet-incredibly-boring computer-based RPG Dungeon Siege. (Obviously that’s IMO. My fellow writer and boyfriend Nick Silversides vehemently disagrees) Do you think the current market emphasis on MMORPGs is destroying the CRPG [...]
Here we are at the conclusion of my post series on computer RPG journal design. I will admit, I am a usability freak. The one thing that will wind me up faster than anything on earth is software design that isn’t based around the user. This website makes my skin crawl. Please, cRPG designers, think about the journal early in [...]
This is the fifth part in my ongoing series of articles detailing the essentials to consider when writing a journal for a computer-based role-playing game. The previous parts are: RPG Journal Part I – The Basics RPG Journal Part II – The Categories RPG Journal Part III – Information RPG Journal Part IV – Maps Inventory When I pick up [...]
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