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Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption, from the Quest for Glory creators
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Like role playing but bored of monster slaying and fetch quests? Wish games had more meaningful plots and memorable characters? Join novice thief Shawn O'Conner as he attends the hallowed halls of Hero University (think Hogwarts meets D&D) and navigates the trials of college life. Your choices determine whether he becomes a noble hero, a ruthless villain, or some mix in between. You decide if he will use force or finesse, persuasion or cunning to overcome obstacles and accomplish goals. But remember, all choices inevitably have consequences. And that's just the freshman semester of Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption. What is Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption? Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption is an upcoming fantasy RPG, currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter. It's set in a university for adventurers, where you play a thief who was caught and has been sentenced to reform school. If the bullies don't get you, the midterms will, or the extracurriculars in the catacombs below.
The game designers have very strong views on adventure game and RPG genre conventions and this game is supposed to tip all these sacred cows over. http://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/0…8dba_large.jpg Who's making it? Designers: Lori and Corey Cole, the creators of the classic Sierra Quest for Glory series, adventure/RPG hybrid Shannara, and puzzle game Castle of Dr. Brain. Basically, they made the games of my childhood. Developers: Andrew Goulding, founder of Brawsome, developer of the Jolly Rover and MacGuffin's Curse adventure games. Haven't played those games yet myself, but they seem fun from the LP videos. Art: Among others, Eriq Chang and John Paul Selwood, who did the artwork in the Quest for Glory II remake, which was done pretty. http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/182l…g/original.jpg What is Quest for Glory? Quest for Glory was a series of adventure-RPG hybrids in the Sierra line (King's Quest, Space Quest, Gabriel Knight etc) that combined RPG elements into the traditional point-and-click adventure genre, with storylines that borrow heavily from folklore and mythology, and a brand of humor that emphasized puns and wordplay. The games were a lot of fun because they had puzzles with multiple solutions depending on your character class, descriptions and dialogue genuinely worth reading and laughing at, and character import - characters from the 1st game could bring their stats and skills all the way to the 5th game. They even had a secret class (Paladin) that was only available through import if you had played a certain way in the previous games. There were many, many ways to die in the games, and all of them were fun enough to try once before reloading. Here's one of them from QFG4. Some fans loved the series so much, they remade one of the games (which you can play for free!). Hero-U is being planned as a similar five-part series, with each game focusing on a different class character. http://www.fablefoundry.com/hero-u/1…tudioShot2.jpg Tell me more! I can't do better than to point you to their site and some of the more informative articles about it:
If you have questions ask away and I'll try my best to point you at the game designers' answers. http://www.hero-u.net/leadersart/full_underground.png |
I really like the music so far. Even though the composer has probably taken more than one cue from the Harry Potter movies
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Well, going to Hogwarts was one of my dreams
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lol yes. The whole thing pretty much screams Hogwarts.
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I pledged, definitely a game I'd like to play.
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I'm on the fringe on this one, is it truly an RPG? Looks and reads to be more of an adventure game, but maybe I'm missing something. If it really has C&C elements, I could be convinced to pony up some cash.
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C&C for me are choices and consequences.
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An interesting worldbuilding tidbit from update 17:
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Update with some preview art from Eriq, the artist:
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So the official website has been completely revamped. It's well worth a look even just for the new art! I attached a nice one below.
With the campaign coming to a close and still a ways to go, it's now or never folks. http://www.hero-u.net/images/undergroundlair.jpg |
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