Decadent Round up Yet Again

[Morbus]

Over the last few days, Vince & Co. have been showing us some more stuff about their game over in their forums. Firstly, we’ve got concept art. Here’s my favorite, but there’s more where it came from:

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There’s also a big discussion about how the map should look like here. Here’s what Oscar’s turning it into:

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Also worthy of notice, there are two new screenshots of the Barracks District in Teron, released here:

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Last but not the least (this sounds extremely cheesy...) we’ve been shown a little bit of what Age of Decadence’s combat trailer will look like, here. It’s a very short “combat video draft”, but that’s because they were “having some issues with PC doing a great job dying quickly”. There’s also a lot more stuff going on on their forums, such as discussions about combat mechanics, about lore, about a new fake bump map effect... Just be sure to drop by if you’re interested.

Link: Iron Tower Studio Forum
Download: Age of Decadence combat video draft

 

[junkevil]

"Over the last few days, Vince & Co. have been showing us some more stuff about they’re game over in their forums. "

about they are game, huh?

 

[tsonan]

this thing looks so promising, I'll be willing to kill to get to play it! My sincere admiration and thanks to the devs and team

 

[Morbus]

"Over the last few days, Vince & Co. have been showing us some more stuff about they’re game over in their forums. "

about they are game, huh?

Your mean

 

[Wasteland Stories]

Screenshots better than old, but still looks like "Back to the 2003".

 

[Morbus]

Screenshots better than old, but still looks like "Back to the 2003".

To me, it looks like 2008/9... The lead artist is extremely talented, and considering it was supposed to have spiderweb-like graphics, those are incredibly amazing. Graphically stunning, and that's an understatement. (Fake) bump mapping? Shadows? You know we were *this* close to not having them in the game? Shadows specifically, as they are the most significant graphical eyecandier in any game...

 

[Wasteland Stories]

Hmm... http://screenshots.ag.ru/ag15/geo/13901/101-r.jpg
2006. I clearly understand that AoD - indie project, but Afterfall, as I see, looks much better, than this one.

 

[bdweller]

Better a bird at hand than two flying... or something.

 

[star]

Better a bird at hand than two flying... or something.

my thoughts exactly...



i really would like afterfall to become finished, but having followed it's development since the very beginning i heavily doubt it. AoD on the other hand will be released in Q1 2008, so, yeah.. nice graphics aren't everything.


And i also find it amazing that on a "Fallout Fansite" the biggest complaint you guys have about this post-apocalyptic, choice&consequence-heavy, turn-based RPG is that the graphics are from 2003. You guys suck.

 

[Wasteland Stories]

Q1 2008? Really? Can't believe it

 

[Morbus]

Better a bird at hand than two flying... or something.

x2

I thinks it's one in the cage rather than two in the roof... My native version is similar to yours, though <3

 

[Briosafreak]

complaint you guys

You didn't see me complaining, nor many others. Let's not generalize here.

 

[pkt-zer0]

Q1 2008? Really? Can't believe it

VD said they'd be entering IGF 2009, which means a feature-complete version of the game has to be ready by 2008 September, or so. Maybe not Q1, but a 2008 release doesn't seem that unlikely now, at any rate.

 

[Oracle]

I'm getting more and more interested in this project.

guess I will take some more time and read what this is all about.

 

[Wooz]

You didn't see me complaining, nor many others. Let's not generalize here.

Agreed.

The in-game shots look amazing, especially since that old "mudcrabs" screenshot.

One thing, tho', VD. Your concept artist sure packed a lot of bloom/steam on that landscape pic

 

[junkevil]

"Over the last few days, Vince & Co. have been showing us some more stuff about they’re game over in their forums. "

about they are game, huh?

Your mean

heh, i lol'd at that. i posted that right after waking up so sorry if it came off as snarky.

 

[shihonage]

The shadows definitely make a difference.

 

[Mick1965]

Will it be released on the XBox?

 

[analord]

Screenshots better than old, but still looks like "Back to the 2003".

Oh you did not just go there.

post-apocalyptic

How is this in anyway post-apocalyptic?

In terms of setting looks more like Oblivion to me.

In terms of character it reeks of Fallout though. Saw the combat draft and the game looks gorgeous.

I was perfectly content with graphics when half life 2 came out. That's exactly how I want them. At this point it's like *nervous laugh* okay you guys can stop now.

 

[Mick1965]

How is this in anyway post-apocalyptic?

My thoughts exactly. I did raise this question earlier and it was pointed out to me that if a world has been affected by a holocaust, then the aftermath of that would be a post-apocalyptic environment. It doesn't matter if the world is fictional or not.

Mick