Seven Dragon Saga - Officially Announced
 

Tactical Simulations Interactive sent over a new press release that officially announces their new RPG game called the Seven Dragon Saga. Here are the details.

More information.

I sure hope they can make a go of bringing back the flavor of those old gold box games. Curse of the Azure Bonds was my first PC game way back in 1989, though I played Pool of Radiance on the C-64 before that. SSI was one of my go to game makers back then. Hopefully they can do it again.

Loved SSI. If they asked for my money now, they'd likely have it. Whisper "Gold Box" in my ear, and I might be ashamed of myself in the morning.

"…Gold Box…" :P

I must confess that I arrived on the RPG scene later, so missed these games. I did play a later Pools of Radiance game, but that was not very good. I remember reading books with these names though (I think!? It seems like a 100 years ago…)

You know what I like. :p

There was this Western SSI game I loved as a kid. Wish I could remember the name. I immediately thought of it when this Hard West game up recently, although i have since come to the conclusion Hard West will not come close to filling its shoes. Turn-based Ols West gunfights. Very tactical. Everything had numbers. Excellent line of sight. Different obstacles had different coverage percentages for defense but also affected your offensive shooting negatively, I.e. shooting from a second-floor window offered better cover than kneeling behind a hitch outside the saloon. They had historical gunfights, some made up for the game and some taken from movies. One of my favorites was Rio Bravo, with ol' Stumpy lobbing dynamite while you were desperately outnumbered and pinned down in the sheriff's office. Think it was on the Commodore 64…or maybe the Vic 20. Loved that damn game. Haven't seen its like since…

While I would love something along the lines of the gold box games, I am still
somewhat sceptical this will be it. The website doesn't let us know anything about the rpg system, and the character archetypes shown make me wonder how much
character customization there will be. I'm fearing another Aarklash:Legacy, which was by no means a terrible game, but lacked too much of what makes a tactical rpg good. I hope I'm wrong.

I only wished they hadn't based the concept on dragons. I'm as fed up with dragons as I'm with zombies and vampires, too overused.

Never played a Gold Box game (my CRPG history started with Baldur's Gate), but this title looks interesting

I'm ready to throw cash at them. After the Wizardry games, the gold box ones were my very next favourite. Hopefully we all won't have to wait too long for this.

Wicked.. 8-/ Where is the Gold Box cRPG announcement?

Very interesting, their company was formed from the spirit of SSI style games, but no other relation. Will keep my eye on this but hopefully I do not have to read paragraph 4 on page 55.

I thought a couple of the founding members are SSI alumini. David Shelley and Paul Murray?

Anyway, there isn't much information to go on at this point, but it at least sounds promising to me so far.

Mildly interested, but need to know more. I don't want any thing with JRPGs as an influence or element. I just hope it is a traditional fantasy setting like forgotten realms. If it is Japanese rpg-like, I won't be interested, just not my thing. :uneasy:

Is this it? Six-Gun Shootout (SSI) 1985
https://www.flickr.com/photos/loguid…57604444742928
http://www.giantbomb.com/six-gun-sho…st/3030-35622/

The quotes at the end of the main page make me think "dragon" might actually be a rank, not a beast.

Ha! That's it. Thanks for that. It's been preying on my mind. I guess I forgot how expensive games were back then. $62…and worth every penny. Just look at all those lovely stats in the manual… :)

You're welcome. It sounded like an interesting game, so I used a little Google sleuthery to find it. :)