Sulphur on 14/10/2008 at 15:11
Har har, I see what you did there.
Muzman on 15/10/2008 at 04:44
There's a game with a bit of a publicity problem. I hadn't even heard of it until it was ripped off by Limbo of the Lost.
Ko0K on 15/10/2008 at 06:04
I don't know what 'fantasy action' is, either, but to me Heretic was more fun to play than Hexen. Part of it might have been that I was more into Rise of the Triad (multiplayer) by the time it came out, but I think I was luke-warm towards Hexen mostly because the novelty values of the memorable monsters and magical weapons in Heretic pretty much wore off by then.
I get the feeling that developers are shying away from fantasies because coming up with a compelling story is not cost-efficient when compared with making a game based on an existing movie.
june gloom on 15/10/2008 at 06:15
That's dumb. Fantasy is the most tired, overused trope in the entire medium. All you need are a few elves, orcs, magic, a horrible event that will destroy the world unless you and you alone stop it and lots of enemies to smash in the face and you have a game.
Bam. Only a modicum of creativity required, and it'll fly off the shelves on the sole basis of it being fantasy.
Fantasy sells. And publishers know it.
Ko0K on 15/10/2008 at 06:27
So just about anything that the player is the hero in the game is a fantasy action game, then. Oh, that clears up a whole lot.
(edit) Seriously, what exactly is this 'fantasy' we are talking about here? Does it have to involve elves? Seeing how Alice was mentioned, I had a completely different concept.
EvaUnit02 on 15/10/2008 at 06:39
Fantasy doesn't automatically mean High Fantasy, nor was it strictly the subject of this thread, where games such as Alice and Undying are name-dropped.
Quote Posted by dethtoll
That's dumb. Fantasy is the most tired, overused trope in the entire medium. All you need are a few elves, orcs, magic, [strike]a horrible event that will destroy the world unless you and you alone stop it[/strike] and lots of enemies to smash in the face and you have a game.
Bam. Only a modicum of creativity required, and it'll fly off the shelves on the sole basis of it being fantasy.
Fantasy
sells. And publishers know it.
Sulphur on 15/10/2008 at 06:40
Fantasy generally involves heavy use of magic and the supernatural; it's not limited by real-world restrictions and doesn't need to be grounded in the real world either, unlike say sci-fi.
Alice pretty much fits that template in all aspects.
Oh, and while it's not an action game per se, Overlord was a hoot. I love how it subverts your usual fantasy tropes.
Koki on 15/10/2008 at 07:04
Quote Posted by dethtoll
That's dumb. Fantasy is the most tired, blah blah blah
I could say the same about sci-fi. Which leaves us with WW2 games, oh hellz yeah
Yakoob on 15/10/2008 at 16:41
What's it with TTLG's obsession to argue about concrete definitions of vague and arbitrary terms?
