Wolfenswan
22-11-2011, 01:36 PM
It mainely struck my eye on reddit because it's promised as "The RPG of your dreams!". I'm not exactly sure what the RPG of my dreams is but at least it's not the RPG of the dreams of those guys that mod tits and dragonpenisia on every surface in Oblivion and Fallout.
Or in their words:
We share your pain! So instead of waiting for a multinational gaming giant to live up to their promises, we went about creating Ortus (http://www.facebook.com/ortus.game) - a medieval fantasy RPG where you get to have your cake and eat it too. And we're almost done with it - we just need your help!
Everything in the world of Ortus is affected by your choices - your choices are your Reputation, Alignment, even Sanity, as well as the alliances you make, and eventually, the various combinations of endings you can get! And there's a lot of them.. players will be able to finish the game, go back to the start with a different approach, and experience the game in a completely new way.
Want to customize your character's abilities without being tied down to classes? You can do that too. Pick up new NPC companions; establish new friendships, romances and alliances or betray them! Our team like to think we're not just creating a game - we're creating a world for you to play in - full of as much backstory as there is good old hack-n-slash.We are essentially in the home stretch now, we are able to play-test through the vast story and put things together, but because of how ambitious the project is, funds dried up months ago, creating a difficult stress at times for the creators.
Lots of catchy words there and the hypemachine is certainly rolling, with a well received reddit thread and a page on that site for mid-20s hipsters who's trustfund isn't paying the flat anymore (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tedjazzastudios/ortus-the-rpg-of-your-dreams) (please correct me if i'm misquoting you here Nalano).
There's also more text on that page, a longer video and a really non-informative teaster. In a nutshell it apparently wants to be the next "you can do EVERYTHING" RPG with an added "but for REALZ this time".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZQVYArVuPg
Gameplay Footage starts at around 1:40 if you don't understand that weird tongue.
Goofy Aussie aside this doesn't sound too shabby at all. Note how they accompany the rather unimpressive graphics with an SO EPIC soundtrack.
Or in their words:
We share your pain! So instead of waiting for a multinational gaming giant to live up to their promises, we went about creating Ortus (http://www.facebook.com/ortus.game) - a medieval fantasy RPG where you get to have your cake and eat it too. And we're almost done with it - we just need your help!
Everything in the world of Ortus is affected by your choices - your choices are your Reputation, Alignment, even Sanity, as well as the alliances you make, and eventually, the various combinations of endings you can get! And there's a lot of them.. players will be able to finish the game, go back to the start with a different approach, and experience the game in a completely new way.
Want to customize your character's abilities without being tied down to classes? You can do that too. Pick up new NPC companions; establish new friendships, romances and alliances or betray them! Our team like to think we're not just creating a game - we're creating a world for you to play in - full of as much backstory as there is good old hack-n-slash.We are essentially in the home stretch now, we are able to play-test through the vast story and put things together, but because of how ambitious the project is, funds dried up months ago, creating a difficult stress at times for the creators.
Lots of catchy words there and the hypemachine is certainly rolling, with a well received reddit thread and a page on that site for mid-20s hipsters who's trustfund isn't paying the flat anymore (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tedjazzastudios/ortus-the-rpg-of-your-dreams) (please correct me if i'm misquoting you here Nalano).
There's also more text on that page, a longer video and a really non-informative teaster. In a nutshell it apparently wants to be the next "you can do EVERYTHING" RPG with an added "but for REALZ this time".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZQVYArVuPg
Gameplay Footage starts at around 1:40 if you don't understand that weird tongue.
Goofy Aussie aside this doesn't sound too shabby at all. Note how they accompany the rather unimpressive graphics with an SO EPIC soundtrack.