Hi, I just recently came across a game called Lands of Hope. Its kind of a complicated game to describe, it has a focus on exploration, questing and grinding, with some resource management thrown into the mix as well (though I'm level 9 as of now and I haven't seen any resource management bits, though I have seen buildings and shops and dungeons and the like crafted by other players.) Its got a lot of advanced systems, you can craft and build things, get and train pets, enslave other NPC characters to work for you, which leads me to believe that later in the game you might be able to get a party of some kind going. The game is multiplayer, and it does have PVP, but the PVP is more tacked on for people that enjoy that sort of thing, its not all that well fleshed out and its optional. There are several professions you can play as, you have your classics, fighter, mage, etc, and your not so classics, animator (or golem craftsman,) salvager (has massive loot bonuses,) etc. You can also unlock new professions, races and enhancements as you explore the land with your multitude of characters. Now that I've gotten all your hopes up, time for the bad news. The interface is very, well, complex to use with screen readers. Battling is fine, but you'll have to get used to doing mouse overs, that is, letting your jaws cursor hover over an option, then moving to where the information for that mouse over would be displayed. A lot of the menues in this game are drop-down mouseovers, and if you want information on beasta, NPCs, items, etc, you have to do a mouse over and look in the main window to find out what iti s. Most of you probbably don't consider this type of thing accessible, but it is workable once you get used to it. Movement is a little tough, you can click on various paths and the like to go to places, but what I do, and this is with jaws, not sure about other readers, is turn off the virtual PC cursor and use the arrow keys to move around, turning the virtual cursor back on to read info like if I've found the monster I need to kill or whatever. Once you get out of the newbie are you can also type x y coordinates into edit boxes and move around that way, though I imagine that'd be tougher till you've learned the lay of the land. Combat is a rather interesting affair. It works as I would imagine diablo working if it were browser based. You have your basic attack options, but to cast spells, use abilities and the like, you actually have to go into the abilities screen and ready them for battle, then click the ability button or spell button in battle and that ability will be used. The battle system is one of the more accessible parts of the game so there should be no trouble there.
Anyway, I'd say this game is worth a look if you're up for a bit of a challenge in accessibility. It can be made fully accessible if you just stick with it and have patience, and if you encounter any problems the game master is accomidating. You can find the game at: http://www.forlornonline.com/ Please put bladestorm360 down as your referer. If you need assistance learning the interface or the like, feel free to contact me off list or add me to msn at elementalultima (at) hotmail.com Just remove the spaces and change the at to and @ sign. Enjoy. --- 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]
