Utvikleren Tannhauser Gate har sendt oss en fet bunke med skjermiser fra deres kommende RPG-spill som har fått tittelen The Roots. Det blir veldig spennende og se hva dette spillet kan stille opp med andre i denne sjangeren. Ut i fra skjermisene ser spillet meget lovende ut, men innpakningen kan lure ...?
The Roots kommer til PC allerede 25. februar, men en Xbox-versjon er også under utvikling. Når denne kommer er enda usikkert, så vi får smøre oss med tålmodighet med disse skjermisene i første omgang.
Her er litt info om spillet:
Set in the green and pleasant land of Lorath, The Roots tells the story of a young man called Jan, whose destiny has picked out to play a key role in the ancient battle between good and evil. Take on the role of Jan, explore the world of Lorath, with its many strange and wonderful sites. Make enemies and allies as you follow the path set out before you. Remember that nothing is as it first seems, and everyone has their own agendas.
The Main Hero:
The young man has been raised by the Magic Trees sentinel. He was taken in by the good-natured old man and grows up with the Sentinel's grandson. Yan is a cheerful extrovert; carefree and slightly naïve a result of his being a man of honor and chivalry. He's also extraordinarily brave and charismatic, what always increases the morale of people who join him.
The Game Style:
The Roots is an action RPG game allowing you to control the Hero and his Party Members. Combat is a very vital game element, but the game differs significantly from hack'n'slash titles.
Traveling throughout the games rich and vast world, the player encounters over 120 NPC's, can cast 70 spells and apply up to 50 special skills to fight more than 100 monsters. Players will be exploring not only forest areas, mountains, desert, graveyards, catacombs etc., but also such incredible locations as flying isles/islands, demonical abysses or the fortress in another dimension.
The game's unique character development system will allow the player to assign special skills, spells and equipment to any characters within the Group, allowing characters to grow and diversify their skills, but essentially to improve the party's overall strength to win.
The Storyline:
The Four Mystical Trees of the Elements give harmony and peace to the world. When an ancient evil starts to awake in the land of Lorath, one of the Trees starts to die. Yan is forced to leave his home village and find collaborators to work as a collective, to prevent the Mystical Trees of the Elements from dying. If they fail, the foretold prophecy of a reign of evil and chaos will prevail.
Summary
* 400 items (including weapons)
* 70 magic spells
* 100 monsters
* 120 NPC's
* 70 battle arenas
* 24 different regions (Mountains, catacombs, primeval forests etc)
* Unique character development system
* Epic storyline
* Turn-based arena combat