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| Date | 1997 |
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The official Electronic Press Disk was created by Bethesda Softworks in early 1997 for game magazines to report on the company's previous and upcoming productions, including: Daggerfall, Battlespire, Redguard, 10th Planet, and XCar: Experimental Racing.
The following is a reproduction of the press disk's text...
InfoEdit
READ ME FILEEdit
DESIGN ARTWORK
For each game, there are numerous sketches and design artwork located on this CD. Simply exit this program and look under each game folder in either the DESIGN folder or the SKETCHES folder.
VIDEOS
If you do not have QuickTime installed, you will not be able to view the videos. To install QuickTime, exit this program and run the QuickTime install program in the QT211.
RESOURCE FILES
All graphic resource files, logos and game screen shots (EPS, BMP, TIFF, MOV located in the each game folder) can be opened, viewed and printed directly from the CD with a versatile graphics viewer program. All text resource files (TXT files located in the Text directory) can be opened, viewed and printed directly from the CD with a basic word processor.
LEGAL
Redguard, Battlespire, X(n)gine, Bad Dog, XCar, Daggerfall, The Elder Scrolls, Arena, Delta V, Rampage are trademarks of Media Technology Limited. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Copyright 1996 Media Technology Limited. All rights reserved.
XCar is a simulation of concept prototype racing vehicles and as such is not sponsored by any race car manufacturer.
THE TERMINATOR designates a trademark of Cinema84. A Greenberg Brothers Partnership. Licensed by Herndale Film Corporation. All rights reserved.
Armor All Protectant and Viking logo used by permission of Armor All Products Corporation. Edelbrock and Edelbrock logo used by permission of Edelbrock Corporation. Hoosier Racing Tire and logo used by permission of Hoosier Racing Tire. Mac Tools and Mac Tools logo used with permission of Mac Tools Incorporated. Monroe, winged logo and colors are a registered trademark and are used with the permission of Monroe Auto Equipment. Quaker State and flying "Q" symbol are registered trademarks of Quaker State Corporation and are used with permission. Rain-X and the Rain-X logo used with the permission of Unelko Corporation. Spam used by permission of Hormel Foods Corporation. Likeness and layout of Grattan Raceway Park used with permission of Grattan Raceway Park, Inc. Likeness and layout of Limerock Park used with permission of Limerock Park. Likeness and layout of Mid Ohio Sports Car Course used with permission of TruSports Inc. Likeness and layout of Putnam Park Road Course used with permission of Putnam Park Corporation. Likeness and layout of Thunderhill Park used with permission of Sports Car Club of America. QuickTime and the QuickTime logo are trademarks used under license. Electronic Press Kit created using MacroMedia Director. Director 1996 Macromedia, Inc.BETHESDA SOFTWORKSEdit
As part of the Media Technology family, Bethesda has access to some of the finest engineers and world class programmers in the industry. Seventy employees from all walks of life help create and support Bethesda products in its Maryland, Washington State and European facilities. Working together they have consistently lead the software industry with cutting edge technology, computer programs, engines and tools. Among these is Bethesda's proprietary, XnGine(TM), a dramatic leap in 3-D graphics engine technology.
Bethesda is one of the only entertainment publishers to perform the entire process of product development, manufacture, and distribution from initial concept to market. Bethesda performs all its own design, programming, animation, and packaging in house, including duplication, testing, quality control and fulfillment in its automated 30,000 square foot warehouse. As a result, Bethesda has developed unique knowledge of the software industry from every business vantage. This not only allows for better quality control and delivery, but also for Bethesda to respond quickly to changing market demands for specific products.
Being knowledgeable in all aspects of the computer software industry has served Bethesda well by keeping it realistic yet dynamic in a fast paced and demanding industry. As a result, Bethesda has become one of the industry's strongest internal developers, successfully building from within at a time when others are contracting or failing. Their steady growth over the past decade has served as practical testament to the foresight of Bethesda's business model.
One of the industry's heaviest investors in R&D for its size, Bethesda has dedicated itself to building its current products with an eye toward the future. From the teams that created the award-winning: WAYNE GRETZKY HOCKEY, THE ELDER SCROLLS and TERMINATOR series, come the newest Bethesda products: X-CAR: EXPERIMENTAL RACING; REDGUARD; BATTLESPIRE and THE 10TH PLANET.
With a successful decade now behind it, Bethesda stands poised to inherit the benefits of being a proven veteran in an industry just reaching critical mass that demands technological skills coupled with experience. Developing software for the next generation of computers in conjunction with the telecommunications expertise of its parent corporation has positioned Bethesda to take advantage of the explosive growth in PC markets. With its well-honed abilities in all areas of the software industry, Bethesda is ready.THE PEOPLE OF BETHESDAEdit
CHRISTOPHER WEAVER--President and CEO
Christopher Weaver is president of Bethesda and CEO of Media Technology Limited. Weaver was formerly senior technical advisor and chief engineer to the House Subcommittee on Communications for the US Congress, and vice president of science & technology forecasting for the American Broadcasting Company in New York.
A member of the Directors Guild of America, the IEEE, the Society for Cable Television Engineers, and the American National Standards Committee, Weaver pioneered some of the earliest academic and commercial work in interactive laserdisc technology in the 1970s and interactive cable projects in the 1980s.
Weaver holds three Masters and dual doctoral degrees from Wesleyan University and MIT. He is currently a Fellow of the Simulation Laboratory (SIMLAB) at Carnegie Mellon University.
BRENT ERICKSON--Director of MediaTech West
Brent Erickson brings over sixteen years of extensive programming, design, and management experience to the MediaTech family. He has over fifty software titles to his credit, including such noteworthy products as Martian Memorandum, Mean Streets, and the extremely popular golf simulation program Links.
F. KENTON MUSGRAVE--Senior Scientist
Ken Musgrave is a key participant in the development of Bethesda's ongoing computer graphics technology. Having written numerous books and monographs on the subject, Musgrave is recognized as one of the world's leading specialists in computer graphics, with a particular interest in realistic image synthesis. Most recently assistant professor of engineering and applied science at GWU's Computer Science Department, where he taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Computer Graphics, Musgrave was formerly a lecturer and fellow at Yale University, where he received his doctorate under the tutelage of Benoit Mandelbrot.
JULIAN LEFAY--Chief Programmer
Julian Lefay joined the company in 1987. He is considered by many to be one of the key technical people in the entertainment multimedia industry, as he combines a rare mix of programming knowledge with proven design capabilities and music composition experience. His programs have won numerous industry awards in virtually every category with The Elder Scrolls: Arena and the sequel The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall--seminal role-playing games of the 90's. Lefay is currently working on the third and fourth chapter of The Elder Scrolls series.
BRUCE NESMITH--Design Manager
Bruce Nesmith was creative director and senior game designer for TSR, Inc., the leader in pen-and-paper role-playing products, for fourteen years. Nesmith brings over twenty years of writing, designing, and management experience to the Bethesda team, with more than thirty-six titles to his credit, including such award-winning series as Ravenloft, Dragonstrike, and Gamma World.
Rand Marlis brings eighteen years of entertainment marketing experience to Bethesda. From his original position in merchandise licensing at Twentieth Century Fox to his current position at Creative Licensing Corporation, Marlis has successfully coordinated electronic game licenses and related merchandising for nearly two dozen properties, including ROBOCOP, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, THE TERMINATOR, and STARGATE. He is a graduate of UCLA Law School and is a member of the California Bar Association.
BETHESDA'S GAME LISTEdit
1997--THE TENTH PLANET--PC. Created in conjunction with Centropolis Entertainment, creators of the hit movie Independence Day, sci-fi game The Tenth Planet takes advantage of a new and enhanced version of the X(n)gineô for intense 3D space combat.
1997--THE ELDER SCROLLS 3--PC. The third chapter in the award winning The Elder Scrolls series follows a new storyline that involves the reemergence of a once-thought-extinct race.
1997--PBA BOWLING: TOURNAMENT EDITION--PC. This follow-up to the best-selling original includes a host of new features, including network/modem tournament play, new statistics, and player animations.
1997--XCAR: EXPERIMENTAL RACING--PC. The high-tech racing game bound to set new standards in racing.
1996--SkyNET--PC. The most explosive 3D action game of the year, featuring multiplayer action.
1996--THE ELDER SCROLLS: DAGGERFALL--PC. The most anticipated RPG of all time. Expected to garner Best RPG of the Year like its predecessor did.
1996--THE TERMINATOR: FUTURE SHOCK--PC. The first action game that featured true 3D environments. The first game to feature Bethesda's proprietary 3D engine, X(n)gineô.
1995--PBA BOWLING--PC. The number-one best-selling bowling game of all time.
1994--NCAA: ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR 2--PC. Follow up to the original best-selling NCAA basketball game.
1994--THE ELDER SCROLLS: ARENA--PC. The classic role-playing game, which garnered numerous awards and accolades including Best RPG of the Year.
1993--DELTA V--PC. A fast-action shoot-'em-up that garnered Runner Up to the Best Action Game of the Year.
1993--HOCKEY LEAGUE SIMULATOR 2--PC. The follow-up the original ice hockey simulation game.
1993--THE TERMINATOR: RAMPAGE--PC. This TERMINATOR game broke ground as one of the first 3D action games.
1992--WAYNE GRETZKY HOCKEY 3--PC. The final in the series of best-selling ice-hockey games. Garnered the silver medal in Best Hockey Game of All Time.
1992--THE TERMINATOR: 2029--PC. The second in the TERMINATOR series. Also later developed an add-on campaign titled THE TERMINATOR: OPERATION SCOUR.
1992--NCAA: ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR--PC. The original NCAA licensed basketball game.
1991--WAYNE GRETZKY HOCKEY--Nintendo. Ported the original version over to the Nintendo game platform. Published by THQ.
1991--WAYNE GRETZKY HOCKEY 2--PC. Award-winning follow-up to the classic hockey game.
1990--THE TERMINATOR--PC. The first in the series of TERMINATOR action-adventure games.
1989--HOCKEY LEAGUE SIMULATOR--PC.
1989--DRAGON LAIR:ESCAPE FROM SINGE'S CASTLE--PC. IBM-PC version of Don Bluth's classic.
1988--WAYNE GRETZKY HOCKEY--PC. This best-selling ice-hockey game sold over 350,000 units worldwide. Garnered numerous awards, including Best Sports Game of the Year.
1987--GRIDIRON--Atari ST. Published by Electronic Arts. Sports Game of the Year. Created 68000 design of EA's John Madden Football.
1986--GRIDIRON--Commodore Amiga. Hugely popular football game that garnered Sports Game of the Year.DaggerfallEdit
PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONEdit
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION, KEY FEATURES, AND FIRSTS
The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall is a computer role-playing game of epic proportions. Incorporating Bethesda's powerful X(n)gine, it offers complete freedom of movement within a true 3D environment. The player can explore thousands of cities, towns, villages, and dungeons, and countless miles of wilderness.
The player can also interact with thousands of individuals from a wide variety of cultures and races. From them, you can receive any one of hundreds of specials quests. Players can create their own characters, design their own classes, invent spells, mix custom potions, forge unique magic items, own houses and ships, join guilds, rise through the ranks and befriend the rulers of nations. Never before has there been any computer game like Daggerfall.
KEY FEATURES
- True 3D texture-mapped environment.
- Artificially intelligent monsters.
- Complete freedom of movement and viewing.
- Digital sound and MIDI music.
- Nonlinear game play allows a player to set his/her own quests.
- In-depth plot filled with political intrigue, love and betrayal, and grand adventures.
- Tens of thousands of places to explore and people to meet in an enormous game world.
- Advanced special effects, such as real light sources and changing weather conditions.
- In-depth custom character creation. Become a vampire or a werewolf.
- SpellMaker
- allows you to design your own magical spells.
- PotionMaker
- allows you to mix your own magical potions.
- ItemMaker
- allows you to forge your own magical items.
- ChildGard Parental Control
- feature limits violence and gore.
Game TidbitsEdit
Daggerfall is designed as a free-form game, to mimic the environment of pen-and-paper role-playing games. With a lead game designer who worked for 14 years at TSR, the company that produced Dungeons and Dragons, and a lead game programmer who is an avid role-playing gamer, Daggerfall is truly a labor of love. You can literally do anything you want and go anywhere you want. Join a guild and climb in rank to become a respected member of a Knightly Order. Become a spy and infiltrate the royal ranks, and even rebel against your own king. Become a thief who slips in and out of the shadows and steals the rare treasures of the world. There are six different endings, if you choose to play out the main story quest (See Game Storyline). But ultimately, the life you choose to live will be a unique experience that no other gamer will encounter.
For more information on Daggerfall, check out our website at www.bethsoft.com.THE ELDER SCROLLS SERIESEdit
THE STORY OF DAGGERFALLEdit
The emperor of Tamriel, Uriel Septim, secretly meets with you, telling you that a dear friend and ally, King Lysandus of Daggerfall, was recently slain in combat and his ghost now haunts the streets of Daggerfall City at night. No one knows why his soul is not at rest, but your emperor has requested that you solve this mystery and lay the ghost of King Lysandus to rest.
Your quest will not be easy. The region of Daggerfall is a snake's nest of political intrigue. You must gain the confidence of several members of three different royal families. You will encounter many strange and wondrous characters, such as the secretive Underking, the Warlord of the Orcs, and the King of Worms.
As your adventure develops, you discover an evil plot that has far-reaching repercussions. King Lysandus was slain by a minor noble by the name of Lord Woodborne. Lord Woodborne has grand ambitions and interests that go far beyond the throne of Daggerfall. He covets the emperor's throne itself.
Lord Woodborne has discovered the secret location of a rare artifact, the key to unlocking a monstrous automaton made of iron that was an unstoppable force in combat. If he were to discover the whereabouts of Numidium itself, all of Tamriel would tremble.
Your quest will take you to strange dimensions to stop the rampage of Lord Woodborne. Will you stop him in time? The fate of Tamriel is in your hands.Reviewer's Strategy GameEdit
SPECIAL REVIEWER'S DAGGERFALL GUIDED TOURS
Daggerfall is a gigantic and elaborate fantasy role-playing computer game. The time for completion is in the 200-hour-plus range. Knowing your limited time as a reviewer (deadlines and editors!), we have devised self-propelling in-game guided tours of Daggerfall's highlights. These tours will quickly give you a meaningful familiarity with the game, while walking you through many of its features and firsts discussed elsewhere on this CD-ROM. Any of the 3 tours should take no more than 1 to 2 hours. Of course, seasoned computer role-players are encouraged to "Go for it!" and play indefinitely. So as an added bonus, one of the tours plops you down at the game's beginning and allows you to experience what all players will at the start. To get the ball rolling, the solution for that first dungeon, Privateer's Hold, is provided. To prepare for the guided tours, take these simple steps.
Install Daggerfall. Follow instructions on the manila foldout that comes with the game. Copy the 6 saved games in the CD's SAVEGAME directory. Each of the savegames is in a separate subdirectory titled sequentially--"Save0" through "Save5." Use DOS, Windows 3.1, or Windows 95 standard copy procedures. For example, if using DOS, type "copy d:\savegame\save0 (where "d" is the letter of your CD-ROM drive) C:\dagger\save0 (where "c" is the letter of your hard drive, and "dagger" is the default directory into which the game is usually installed), and press ENTER.
Do the same for the other 5 savegames. Have the Special Reviewer's Daggerfall Guided Tours Companion supplied with the press kit at the ready. Start Daggerfall. At the first screen, click on "Load Saved Game." Select any of the 6 savegames you wish by double-clicking its picture. Get ready to explore some of the most intriguing places in the world of Tamriel. Follow the Special Reviewer's Daggerfall Guided Tours Companion for each savegame file.
One final note--these tours can only touch the surface of Daggerfall's complexity, thrills, adventure, and storyline. Have fun! These instructions are repeated at the beginning of the Companion.SYSTEM REQUIREMENTSEdit
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
486 66 MHz IBM PC or Compatible
8MB RAM
2x CD-ROM drive
50 MB hard disk space
Local Bus (or equivalent) video card
Mouse
MS-DOS 5.0+
Daggerfall is Win95 compatible
Recommended:
Pentium 75 or better
16 MB RAM
BattlespireEdit
Product DescriptionEdit
Featuring a dark and sinister style unlike any other game, Battlespire will stun you with its ferocious yet magnificent graphic splendor in full hi-res and hi-color. Proven XnGine(TM) 3D technology gives you the opportunity to explore immense domains, in unlimited six degrees of freedom, from ominous dungeons to towering castles.
In the tradition of role-playing games, Battlespire features an incredibly rich character design system, character interaction, and spell casting. The dramatic storyline woven from the fabric of the Elder Scrolls series gives purpose to your dire mission and to the schemes of your enemies. You will be forced to battle for your life while avoiding cunning traps. Deadly monsters will put your skills to the ultimate test as they track your movement. Their intelligence is so real, you will feel the pounding of your heart as you prepare to do battle.
Advanced multiplayer options let you prey on your friends. You can even play as a team to vanquish your Battlespire antagonists. Play solo, one-on-one, or embrace mass destruction as you compete team vs. team.
The Elder Scrolls (TES) series has won worldwide acclaim and numerous Best RPG of the Year awards. As the series expands with Battlespire, Bethesda will incorporate its trademark attention to design and gameplay, and continue its string of blockbuster hits. Battlespire is the hottest hybrid of computer fantasy role-playing, 3D action, and multiplayer gaming to hit the computer games market.
KEY FEATURES
The rich fantasy setting of Bethesda's award-winning Elder Scrolls(TM) series.
Brilliantly detailed 3D environments, from sinister dungeons to towering castles, with unprecedented interactivity.
Complete freedom of movement and viewing from a first person perspective.
Hi res, hi color 3D texture-mapped world.
Enhanced armed and magical combat system.
Custom SpellMaker(TM) allows the player to customize his own magic spells on the fly.
Numerous fiendishly rendered original monsters.
Cunningly-crafted tactical challenges and action puzzles.
Unique character design system, with unrivaled power to custom-build the exact type of hero you want, based on the Daggerfall game system.
Stunning special effects including dynamic light sources and transparent water effects.
Multiplayer options include Team vs. Computer, Team vs. Team, and deathmatches via network or internet.
Digital music and lavish sound effects.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Pentium 90 MHz IBM PC or Compatible
16 MB RAM
2x CD-ROM drive
75 MB hard disk space
SVGA Video card
MS-DOS 5.0+
Multi-player requirements:
+14.4 modem or IPX/LAN
PRODUCT SPECS
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Ship Date: 3rd Quarter 1997
Format: PC CD-ROM
Category: Role Playing Game
StorylineEdit
In the time of ARENA, the Imperial Emperor's personal guards are known as the greatest warrior-mages of Tamriel. Only those who could master the challenges of the BATTLESPIRE were chosen for the guard. Located in a secure pocket universe drifting in mana-rich currents of the void, BATTLESPIRE was the ultimate proving ground and testing facility for the Emperor's elite war wizards.
As gifted and experienced hero, you are eager to test your skills in the martial and magical arts. But upon arrival at Battlespire, you find no one alive and everything wrong. The Preceptors are dead, the libraries and vaults have been ransacked, and fiends are looting amidst the ruins. And the magical portal has been sealed behind you, preventing your return to Tamriel.
As you wreak your vengeance on BATTLESPIRE's invaders, you learn that the mighty Daedra Prince Mehrunes Dagon and allied daedra clans have taken the supposedly-secure BATTLESPIRE as their own dominion. If the evil Prince and his minions can so casually brush aside the defenders of this citadel, you realize you face a more desperate test of your skills than you bargained for.Game TidbitsEdit
Like any true RPG, BATTLESPIRE has a robust character design system, character interaction, and intriguing storyline.
BATTLESPIRE features a point-balanced, detailed character creation system based on the character creation scheme of The Elder Scrolls: DAGGERFALL. Weigh the advantages of high attributes, advanced skills, inherent advantages and disadvantages, weaponry, and specific magic masteries and spell lists in building your character. Continue to fine-tune your character design between level advances by spending build points gained in gameplay.
The various and distinctive monsters will truly test your mettle. They hear your footsteps, smell your blood, and track you like prey. The AI system is the most advanced ever implemented in a RPG. And dialog with monsters and NPCs lets you try to exploit factional rivalries and hatreds among the daedric clans, pitting fiend against fiend - a splendid tactic, until your treachery and perfidy is discovered.
The BATTLESPIRE combat system is robust and intuitive, and with signal advances upon the widely-praised systems of DAGGERFALL. Fans of hack-and-slash combat can experiment to find the right mixtures of weapons, armor, and maneuver to deal with the specific features of each monster, and can supplement their arsenals from magical items and artifact discovered along the way. Admirers of the wizardly arts will fancy the numerous customizable spells, and bouncing fireballs that explode on contact with flesh - YOUR flesh, if you aren't careful. And students of combined arms can experiment with subtle mixtures of brute violence and subtle sorcery in confounding the fortunes of the enemy.
The advanced multiplayer options let you sneak around and batter and fry your pals in deathmatch bloodbaths. Or play cooperatively, and pit your teamwork and strategies against the Battlespire's antagonists. You can even play team vs. team, racing to complete objectives as you struggle to survive.ImagesEdit
RedguardEdit
Product DescriptionEdit
Featuring dozens of fully animated real time 3D characters, REDGUARD lets you interact with everyone you meet on the populated island of Stros M'Kai. Using the 3rd person perspective, REDGUARD's camera system allows for dynamic panning of the action. Imagine you're in a conversation with a local pirate in a busy market square.
Your words come to blows and you both draw swords. You are faster on the draw and able to disarm him. In one smooth motion the camera swings around, showing you with your sword at his neck as he concedes victory. The advanced camera system allows for real-time 3D cinematics with no break in the gameplay.
You play Cyrus, a Redguard mercenary, who returns to the province of his birth, in search of his lost sister. You'll encounter swashbuckling pirates, shady political figures and all sorts of colorful people and creatures around every turn. You experience the game areas as you discover them, and the story evolves at the pace of your play.
Your adventures will have you escaping from death-dealing traps, jumping across dizzying chasms, discovering Dwarven ruins, swinging across ropes, and best of all...sword fighting!
Action, adventure and storytelling are all combined in the genre-breaking game that is REDGUARD.
Key Features
The first game in Bethesda's new Elder Scrolls(TM) Adventure series.
Explore a hand-crafted world rich with life. Flags wave, ships roll, birds fly and bells chime.
A lavishly detailed 3D city of unparalleled scope.
Complete freedom of movement and viewing from a third person perspective.
Dozens of animated real-time 3D characters with which you can interact.
Dynamic and cinematic camera motion allowing for real-time 3D cutscenes.
Jump across deep chasms, swing from ropes and sword fight!
Cunningly-crafted tactical challenges and action puzzles.
Stunning real time 3D including dynamic light sources, hi-res support, vibrant texture maps and contoured terrain, courtesy of the Xngine(TM).
Hear every line of dialogue in digitized audio.
Redbook music and digital sound effects.
System Requirements
Pentium IBM PC or Compatible
16 MB RAM
100 MB Hard Drive Space
VESA SVGA Compatible Video Card
MS DOS 6.2+ or Win 95
4x CD ROM Drive
Product Specs
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Ship Date: November 1997
Format: PC CD-ROM
Category: Action/Adventure
StorylineEdit
But the Redguard High King, Thassad II, has shuffled off this mortal coil, and a fierce civil war erupts between the CROWNS, fighting for Hammerfell's sovereignty, and the FOREBEARS, those who welcome Tiber Septim's rule. After much bloodshed, the Crowns and their leader, Prince A'tor, are defeated, but only because the Forebears sign a pact with the emperor, allowing Tiber Septim to rule Hammerfell as his own. He posts garrisons in every city to school the Redguards in obedience to their new emperor.
One Redguard who refused to commit himself in the civil war is Cyrus, a mercenary and pirate who long ago left Hammerfell in search of adventure. But Cyrus returns to Hammerfell upon learning that his sister, Iszara, is missing on the Island of Stros M'Kai, the island town that had been the center of Crowns resistance.
Cyrus returns to Stros M'Kai in search of his lost sister, where he experiences first-hand the harsh rule of Lord Richton, Provisional Governor of Stros M'Kai, and servant of Tiber Septim. Cyrus also encounters a band of pirates, The Restless League, who resist Richton's rule and wish to restore Hammerfell to the Redguards.
Cyrus disregards the civil unrest and rumors of the Prince's return, seeking only to find his missing sister. However, Cyrus discovers that her disappearance is not all that it seems...and he quickly finds himself at odds with the pirates AND with Richton's Imperials.Game TidbitsEdit
Using a 3rd person perspective, REDGUARD'S camera system allows for dynamic panning of the action. Imagine this... you approach an unyielding guard at the city's palace. Once you artfully sneak your way past the first guard, you are sternly greeted by the corrupt Governor and a handful of his guards.
As you exchange a few hostile words, the camera pans around showing the guards drawing their weapons and coming after you. The camera zips back as the guards come after you. It is six to one!
You dodge several swipes of the sword, and deftly grad hold of the chandelier, pulling yourself up and cutting it loose. The camera flips down to show the chandelier crashing on the men below, while you hang from the cut rope above. It's all part of the Redguard experience and it all happens in real time, under your control.
Your adventures all take place on the island of Stros M'Kai, an island vibrant with life. The island is quite large, and free for you explore. Each character has something unique to say, each building is meticulously crafted, and each area has something new for you to discover. Even when you stand still, you will notice how your surroundings are alive.
The towns people go about their business in the busy market square, birds fly by and are occasionally underfoot, ships dock in the harbor, and the wind from the ocean gentle pushes the clouds in the sky and waves the flags that hang overhead. You will notice the little attention to details. Pull out your sword, slice a candle in half, and 2 seconds later the top of it falls of onto the table.
But in addition to your fighting skills, you must hone your puzzle solving skills. Utilize your wit to translate ancient writing to enter the Dwarven ruins, sneak past the guards to break into the palace, and even discover lost treasure by deciphering a pirate map. X marks the spot!
REDGUARD deftly blends action, adventure and storytelling in an elegant system that will have you experiencing a game unlike any other.