Unrest - An Unconventional RPG Set in Ancient India

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As you know I'm always looking at new indie RPG's and kickstarters. This time I came across a game that might interest some members. The kickstarter is called Unrest, and is set in India.

Unrest is a story driven RPG set in ancient India in the midst of an uprising. Play as ordinary men and women struggling for safety, freedom, food for their children, and a chance at peace.

  • Explore the drought and famine stricken streets of an ancient Indian city, where a fog of hunger and discontent shrouds the natural beauty of the land.
  • Use the detailed conversation system to instill fear, command respect and gain the trust and friendship of others. Understand your enemies and make them see your side of the story.
  • The narrative adapts to failure and death - instead of a game over screen, the plot continues and your fate becomes part of it. However, you can still save and load at any time if you want to.
  • Make tough and interesting decisions in the lives of people untouched by destiny. The traditional hero’s quest of prophecy, power, and revenge forms a backdrop to your own struggles.
  • Combat is brutal, decisive…and always avoidable. Bloodshed might be the easy way out in some situations, but has lasting consequences beyond those apparent on the surface.
  • Hand drawn 2D art and soundtrack based on ancient Indian music to help you immerse yourself in the world.
  • Full mod support lets you create your own worlds and adventures.
  • Unrest will be available DRM-Free on multiple digital stores, without any DLC or micro-transactions. We promise.
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Play as ordinary men and women struggling for safety, freedom, food for their children, and a chance at peace.

WTF?
 
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Hmm, seems rather laden with cliché....or maybe it's meant to be ironic? :p

Sadly the game seems to be about contemporary India rather than ancient India. Well, parts of it anyway.
 
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Lol, I saw the name "Unrest" and thought someone was talking about my EQ2 server. When I read what it actually is about, I lost interest.



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I just realized what's wrong with the game shots: no shadows. There's a dark disk under the characters, but only faint shading of static objects and no darkness under the trees. It all looks very flat. But I guess that's why they want some help with the illustrations.
 
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Love your euphemism "might interest some members". What that means, if I understand it correctly, is: "It's almost certainly gonna to be crap". So far, when I see this phrase, I totally concur with your evaluation.
 
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I too just discovered this project. I'm in. I've been CRP-ing since the early 80's. Since then, 90% of my gaming fare is Tolkienesque. So I would be both glad and grateful to put in some time into a different locale. Good luck with the project boys.
 
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I'm with Dajjer on this one. Though it may be a minority-view here, I'm always interested non-conventional settings. This might prove to be a nice RPG while illuminating on a cultural level as well.
 
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I don't think this is my cup of tea - but props to them for trying something different. Always glad to see games made with unconventional settings.

I would rather play a more fantastical game based on Indian / Hindu myths and such. I guess this is more focused on societal issues / politics / intrigue.
 
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Dajjer said:
I too just discovered this project. I'm in. I've been CRP-ing since the early 80's. Since then, 90% of my gaming fare is Tolkienesque. So I would be both glad and grateful to put in some time into a different locale. Good luck with the project boys.
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Yeah, the setting seems interesting and different. I can't really see myself playing a game where I'm walking around talking to me neighbors and trying to be a community organizer, though. That's not to say the concept won't work. Maybe it will. Just not for me :)
 
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I am always on the lookout for different settings and some ideas actually seem quite interesting to me. However, the art style doesn't work for me at all. :(
 
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GhanBuriGhan said:
I am always on the lookout for different settings and some ideas actually seem quite interesting to me. However, the art style doesn't work for me at all. :(
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After spending years and years with the Wizardrys, Bards Tales, Phantasy's and the early Might and Magics et al and I mean years . . . . . . .

Well, it's like this, while I love me some Skyrim graphics, climbing up a realistic snowy mountain, while realistic snow is falling all around me, and upon reaching the top , overseeing a majestic valley with some kind of godly choir to accompany my journey, along with being accompanied by my lovely lovely side kick Lydia and good ol' trusty dog . . . . gaming heaven. . . . . Yes sometimes I love gaming eye candy so much, I just might have a bad case of Gaming Diabetes 386 (GD3).

Still, the old days have not been forgotten and I can still get joy with simple game play. Maybe it's a by-product of GD3, but I just thank the heavens that games like Unrest look good to me.
 
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I don't mind simple Graphics at all. I play old games and Indie games and even the occasional roguelike. It's something in the art style that turns me off here - the large cartoony characters and the bright but slightly washed out colors remind me of a childrens book.
 
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GhanBuriGhan said:
I don't mind simple Graphics at all. I play old games and Indie games and even the occasional roguelike. It's something in the art style that turns me off here.
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The developer said the art style is going to redone. It was one of the stretch goals. So it might get better who knows.
 
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Play as ordinary men and women struggling for safety, freedom, food for their children, and a chance at peace.

WTF?
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We call that "Bauergaming" with the meaning opf "Bauer" = "Farmer",
whereas its exact opposite is "Powergaming".
(The words "Bauer" and "power" are almost exactly pronounced in German language, only that the "b" is a bit softer than the "p".)

You don't play superheroes
you'll do the exact opposite : Ordinary men.

At least it's an attempt against ye olde cliché of "gotta save the world !"
 
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Sounds kinda brilliant... original setting, lots of potential, emphasis on branching and player influence, realistic combat... only one, looming problem: bitten off more than he can chew? I mean it's just a case of too good to be true. If he's not skilled like Richard Garriott then it's sorta doomed. I might throw in some dollars tho. can't hurt, really.
 
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