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Thanks to Dhurin for spotting this: Infogrames will announce a new D&D CRPG based on third edition rules, called Greyhawk - Temple of Elemental Evil. It will be done by noone less than Trokia Games, the talented people that broght you Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura. Rgearding the pending announcement of the game, Gamespot published an Interview with Tim Cain from Troika Games, detailing some of the features of Greyhawk. CRPG purists will be delighted to read this snip:
GS: Describe the game's combat system.
TC: We have kept turn-based combat, which should make us quite different from most of the other D&D computer games. This one decision lets us avoid changing the myriad of combat rules and feats that are dependent on the concept of turns and rounds. We roll initiative to determine who goes first in combat, and on your turn, you get to make a move action and a standard action, like attacking or throwing a spell. We are supporting all of the attack options such as full attacks and charges, as well as double moves and running, and we support attacks of opportunity too, which lets you make attacks outside your turn as well. We have kept the interface simple so that a novice can easily move his characters and attack, but the advanced user has access to the large variety of combat choices that D&D provides.
GS: Does the game let the player control a party or a single character?
TC: We are supporting a group of player characters, which will let players make up to five characters at the start of the game and pick up additional NPCs during the game. Players can also dismiss a player character and make a new one during gameplay, if they change their mind about the kind of party they want. |
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Greyhawk revealed and Interview at Gamespot
