Dungeon Siege III Preview

[Mummelmann]

zarx said:

Mummelmann said:

Over the shoulder view in a Dungeon Siege game? Lord...

This sentence kind of stuck out to me;

"What’s unique about the system is the concept of stances – the slower, more powerful two-handed stance or the more defensive, one-handed sword-and-shield combo. Each stance has its own series of attacks which, in turn, vary depending upon the chosen weapon."

Have these people not played the brillant The Witcher?! This type of mechanic is certainly not groundbreaking, it has been used for ages in 3rd person action games and, as mentioned, The Witcher brought it for real into the RPG genre.

yea some people lol, I have seen it compared to the witcher a few times in other previews actually...

Which reminds me I really need to finnish the witcher so I can buy and play the increasable looking Witcher 2, now that game is shaping up to be an amazing game. This year is a wrather packed one for RPGs there are tones coming and it's a devirse bunch with everything from indies like Avadon: The black fortress, Torchlight 2/Grim Dawn, The Witcher 2, Diablo 3, TES 5 Skyrim, Dragon age 2, Dues Ex: HR, kingdoms of amalur and more not to mention the outside chance of DIablo 3.

But I am rambling...

Yeah, 2011 is shaping up to be the best RPG year since the Golden Age back in the day! Diablo III, The Witcher 2 and Skyrim are day one for me for sure and there is a lot of Indie stuff coming out as well (like you mentioned). I'm currently playing Eschalon Book II and enjoying the hell out of it.

I did love Dungeon Siege I and II though, so I'll give the third one a chance as well before I make up my mind.