Now that the list is back I'm going through my sent items and posting any messages that did rubber ball impressions but might be of interest to people, so here you go:
Hi. This is to anyone who hasn't seen this one over at audiogames.net It's an action game where you play a warrior who has become blind and is seaking a warlock to help him get his site back. You have a sword and shield, but the game is very much anime enspired with armies of attacking warriors, dagger wielding psychotic women, and archers who's arrows you can cut out of the air (yes it's that awsome). The music, sounds and story are great, however what really impresses me about this one is the gameplay. it is extremely simple, move left and right, up arrow to attack, down arrow to parry, and should by rights be just another sterrio target boppit affair. I am however extremely impressed by the way the game works mechanically. You can't just automaticaly block every attack and then respond with a hit, there are opponents you need to attack first, some others you need to attack slightly before they do etc. Actually the mechanics are far closer o those of a beatemup in terms of timing and response even though the enemies only have one attack each and you have only one block and one attack to play with. I'd definitely advise developers interested in creating more subtle audiogames to have a look at this one, sinse it takes that very simple idea we've all seen time after time, but manages to make it mechanically much more interesting and adds just those elements of judgement which I've been wittering on about, indeed I am quite surprised it was possible in such a basically simple game. The story and sounds are also great too (the enemies are just so evil). Either way I'll stop wittering and say where to get it. The game was originally designed to run on a game play website in flash, but getting that one to work was a bit of a pest so the author has provided a direct download: http://www.evildogserver.com/theblindswordsman/theblindswordsmanPC.zip I'll be adding this one to the database when the developer sends me more information. Beware the grue! Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
