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Friday - October 18, 2013

Legends of Aethereus - New Game Update

by Couchpotato, 00:59

Three Gates announces that a new patch is available for Legends of Aethereus.

Studio Addressing Community Requests and Further Optimizing Specs to Make the Game Even Better

GOTLAND, SWEDEN – October 17, 2013 – ThreeGates, an independent game development studio focused on Action Role-Playing Games, today released a second update for Legends of Aethereus, a co-op action RPG (http://store.steampowered.com/app/248410/). The game is currently live and the studio is updating the game to lower the hardware requirements, optimize the title for lower spec PCs and make it so players have the best experience possible while experiencing the unique combat and deep crafting systems.

"Some members of the community have not been able to experience the game as we intended and we are working hard to make sure they can enjoy the game as much as they should,” said Don Geyer, CEO of ThreeGates. “Legends of Aethereus is trying to do some very different things within the RPG genre in terms of combat and crafting. We know that the community will appreciate the update, which is the first of many, and also understand that RPG fans will be interested in experiencing something very different than other games they have played before. We welcome feedback on the forums and are already working on the next update which will improve upon what we’re delivering today.”

Update Notes:

General improvements

·         Lowered the overall RAM required for both expeditions and in Nexus
·         Smoothed out frame freezes in the main menu
·         Smoothed out frame freezes while looting and in combat

Added

·         Custom music play cycle in loading screens
·         Custom wave music in Last Stand
·         Portraits for guards and custom NPCs in Nexus
·         New sounds for the boggards & dusk runners
·         Enemy parry and repel sound

Fixes

·         Fixed an issue where certain combinations of buffs would scale each other
·         Fixed an issue where no health bar was displayed on Aether Generators.
·         Fixed an issue where null errors would occur if you destroyed the Death Gem.
·         Fixed an issue where you could break the final Obatymos Quest by destroying the Aether Generators prior to inspecting the Wall.
·         Fixed collision issues in Nexus
·         Fixed trade window issues
·         Fixed skill highlight issues
·         Fixed various expedition bugs
·         Fixed various achievement bugs

Known Issue: Linux

Players need libsteam_api.so to be in your lib folder to be available to unlock steam achievement.

Players can find libsteam_api.so in Legend Of Aethereus  folder ( run “sudo cp /home/[username]/.local/share/

Wednesday - October 09, 2013

Legends of Aethereus - Review Roundup

by Couchpotato, 00:25

I have two recent reviews for Legends of Aethereus, and let's just say their not positive.

RPGFan - 35/100

Aethereus isn't about the story, the graphics, or the music; it's about gameplay. I won't fault Aethereus for not being something other than what it tries to be, but with questing this anonymous and combat this dysfunctional, I can't recommend it to anyone. The ambitious number of gameplay modes and few nuanced mechanics foretell a potentially exciting future for Three Gates, but even after patches and adjustments, I doubt Legends of Aethereus will be worth playing. There will always be many better options for every kind of gamer. Hopefully this is what lays behind just the first of three portals. May what comes out of the next one be better and brighter.

CheatMasters - 6.5/10

Legends of Aethereus is a game that is better when played with others, so you may have to either get friends to play with you or wait until this game does get more players online for the 4-player cooperative multiplayer. Until then, you will have to make due with the singleplayer campaign, which may not be to everyone’s liking with not enough interesting places to explore and all the grinding necessary to progress through the game. This is a $30 title that is best left for those who really like their RPGs a bit old school, but with a bit of a curve ball as well.

Sunday - September 29, 2013

Legends of Aethereus - Now Available

by Couchpotato, 02:02

The successful Kickstarter Legends of Aethereus is now available on Steam. You can buy the game for 20% off this week only.

GOTLAND, SWEDEN – September 27, 2013 –  ThreeGates, an independent game development studio focused on Action Role-Playing Games, today released Legends of Aethereus, on Steam at the introductory price of $23.99 at: http://store.steampowered.com/app/248410/. Players can now enter the world of Aethereus and start their expeditions as a solo adventurer or in a Co-Op group with up to 3 friends. The game’s innovative physics-based combat system is a key feature that RPG fans will find innovative and unique in their quests.

"Only four more days left until launch day and we’ve worked with the team at Steam to do a launch promotion that we hope the community likes,” said Don Geyer, CEO of ThreeGates. “LoA is a deep, core gaming experience and we know Steam’s audience of RPG fans will find the physics based combat and exploration system to be different from anything they are used to.”

Next week, Legends of Aethereus will return to its regular retail price of $29.99 and players are encouraged to pick up the game during launch week to take advantage of the discount.

About Legends of Aethereus 

The planet of Aethereus is an ancient and mysterious world filled with majestic forests, misty swamps, deep caves and ancient ruins. Devastated by three large astronomical events, the Three Great Skyfalls, it is a world just coming out of chaos and ruin. The recent unearthing of The Gauldron Tablets has revealed the existence of The Seven Ancient Skyfall Relics. The promise of unlimited power for those who possess the objects has led to a frenzied search across all of Aethereus.

As a member of the Nexus City-State, one of the last bastions of freedom and hope on Aethereus, you will be entrusted with the critical undertaking of procuring The Ancient Skyfall Relics. Standing in your way are the Serpentica Shamans of Ghalia and the hordes of Khagal Tribes they control as well as the oppressive Venatan Empire forces led by the notorious General Zhorgal.

Join forces in online multiplayer cooperative expeditions as the Inventor or Officer while you embark on a variety of story driven hand-crafted expedition levels and explore the wilderness through a variety of procedurally generated exploration quests.

Friday - July 26, 2013

Legends of Aethereus - Ready for Release

by Couchpotato, 03:14

Legends of Aethereus is now officially out of beta and ready for release according to the games kickstarter update.

 

Hello LoA Backers!

We are happy to announce that we will shortly begin the distribution process of the final version of Legends of Aethereus!

We will do this through an automated system that sends you all the information you will need to get your version of LoA up and running. The information will be sent to your Kickstarter email. The automated system sends out a few at a time but everybody should receive their information within the next 24 hours. 

Once you receive your information there is an online check for the activation keys but once you have successfully activated the game you will be able to play LoA in SP or MP LAN offline and DRM free. 

LoA is available for: Linux, Windows and Mac and the versions are completely compatible. So feel free to team-up across OS platforms.

We have been hard at work incorporating the special Kickstarter features within LoA and we are planning a patch that should add the last of those features by Thursday July 25th. We are looking forward to your feedback so we can keep adapting and improving the features so that they deliver a great gaming experience. 

We will also be sending out more details about tier rewards and individual information through the Kickstarter communication system. 

 We really appreciate your support and hope you enjoy the game!

Source: Kickstarter

Information about

Legends of Aethereus

Developer: ThreeGates

SP/MP: Single + MP
Setting: Fantasy
Genre: Action-RPG
Combat: Real-time
Play-time: 40-60 hours
Voice-acting: Full

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· Platform: PC
· Released: 2013-09-27
· Publisher: ThreeGates