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by MaxEd
February 19th, 2014, 3:19 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book III
Topic: Impressions of Book III, some kind words, some harsh words.
Replies: 2
Views: 2879

Impressions of Book III, some kind words, some harsh words.

I still remember how I waited for Book I to come out. In 2007, it was a kind of revolution, to see such a beautiful, but obviously niche game, made by extremely small team, not only released, but also successful enough to spawn a sequel. Actually, it was Eschalon that alerted me to then-smallish wor...
by MaxEd
June 4th, 2013, 2:21 pm
Forum: GameTalk
Topic: Xenos (WIP)
Replies: 1
Views: 3304

Xenos (WIP)

I would like to turn you attention to a game by my friend and one-time colleague, who left his day work and went indie. It’s a survival RPG about Earth invaded by aliens. Your hero is not going to defeat them all by himself, so this game is less about mowing down hordes of ugly UFO pilots, and more ...
by MaxEd
February 28th, 2008, 3:09 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book I
Topic: Russian Gamers Rate Eschalon.
Replies: 7
Views: 3203

Top 10 RPGS: 1. Witcher 2. Jade Empire 3. Hellgate: London 4. Corsairs: The Return of Legend (Russian game) 5. Two Worlds 6. LoTR Online 7. Tabula Rasa 8. Silverfall 9. Eschalon 10. Not a time for Dragons (another Russian title) I'd say The Witcher probably deservers first position, but I hasn't pla...
by MaxEd
February 28th, 2008, 12:59 am
Forum: Eschalon: Book I
Topic: Russian Gamers Rate Eschalon.
Replies: 7
Views: 3203

Russian Gamers Rate Eschalon.

Users of Russian game-review site ag.ru (Absolute Games) rated Eschalon: Book I. The results by nominations are: The best RPG of year: 8th place. The best shareware game of year: 9th place. The best game of year: 40th place. Link to all Eschalon votes: http://top.ag.ru/2007/g_15093.html (in Russian)...
by MaxEd
December 12th, 2007, 9:00 am
Forum: Eschalon: Book I
Topic: Beat the Game, Title: Destroyer, my thoughts [SOME SPOILERS]
Replies: 12
Views: 7575

I'm deeply against voice-acting in RPGs. It just makes game bigger and more expensive to produce. I usually turn off all sound & music in games, because they irrate me, but that's just me. But bad voice-acting can really kill a game. I hated every second of cut-scenes in HoMM V, because actors s...
by MaxEd
December 9th, 2007, 1:07 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book I Support [Linux]
Topic: Linux *BETA* Demo
Replies: 93
Views: 66305

First try - Debian Linux 4.0 running on VmWare. Game depends on libstdc++.so.5, but most modern Linux distributions only have version 6 by default as far as I understand. It's easy to obtain it, but it should be somewhere in documentation, I think... Or you may try to compile with static library, bu...
by MaxEd
November 27th, 2007, 12:39 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book II
Topic: What type of engine for Book II
Replies: 91
Views: 61292

I say keep isometry. It's one of the features that made me but Eschalon - I like isometric view much more than any other option. As for time it would take to rewrite engine... Well, I prefer to wait for a game of my dreams, than get someting inferior earlier :)
by MaxEd
November 21st, 2007, 12:31 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book I Support [Windows]
Topic: Game crashes on start
Replies: 7
Views: 4600

As I understand, writing anywhere, but to "My Documents" would require additional permissions on Vista. I remember reading some MS document, "requirements for Vista-compatible games", which stated that game should only write to User's folder, but never to registry or own folder.
by MaxEd
November 20th, 2007, 3:18 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book II
Topic: Wish List for Book II?
Replies: 133
Views: 64334

I've only played a demo so far (going to buy full version after I complete my diploma work for University ;) ), but I have 2 ideas: 1) Make combat more complex. May be allow to aim for body parts (like in Fallout), or use more complex system with counter-attacks, threat zones etc. (like in Temple Of...
by MaxEd
November 20th, 2007, 3:12 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book I Support [Windows]
Topic: SDK, source code etc. :)
Replies: 4
Views: 4985

Well, releasing sources in a few years would be a great idea. Runesword done so, and it was good... Probably, sources for Book I should be released if Basilisk Games ever get to Book III ;)
by MaxEd
November 19th, 2007, 12:34 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book I Support [Windows]
Topic: Game crashes on start
Replies: 7
Views: 4600

Game crashes on start

Some fellow member of Old-Games.ru community to whom I've introduced Eschalon reported the following bug with demo: "Game is trying to create a folder "My Documents/Eschalon Book 1 Saved Games", but fails to do so in Russian version of Windows XP, because My Documents folder is called...