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Carnwulf wrote:And there again Fost didn´t have this nice Details or new perspective around him, so he stayed one-Dimensional. No question about him or his minions where clear. If they were i didn´t catch it. Why did Grob and Jul follow him? What is his goal? How can he get the support of all this demons? Are some kind of dark gods backing him up? Are the gods who send the Hawk/Ember Blade to the hero some kind of godly enemies of Fosts dark gods? I could go on with this for hours, but i think the point is clear. If its a clischee, it has to has at least a solid background, with questions who will be answered over time, piece by piece, to make the player enjoying puzzling everything together.

Yes you're right. The main reason was lack of time the game final word count is 250,000 words, and still we could have added more stuff like a codex (what Aleema is doing on Planet Stronghold 2 for example). Always hard to balance the amount of time needed to make the game while looking outside the window and see crowd of people with pitchfork demanding the game to be out soon
But in the sequel beside the fact that Jul will be a playable character, even the other "evil" character will show better their motivations, having more character development than the first game for sure

That sounds great!! I can imagine, balancing all the aspects of creating a game out, are pretty tiresome. Story, Graphics, Music, Gameplay-Coding, Dialogues, Advertising, regulations, communication with Fans. And as a Indie-Designer you basicly do all, or a lot of this work yourself. Therefore. I don´t expect you to do miracles and walk over water, but just produce something solid. Lets say a better Loren 1. Well i have patience. I will not join the crowd with the pitchfork to yell at you to release the game. Take your time. Wine, Men and Computergames are all alike. They grow better over Time. So take yourself your time.

(Jul be playable. Man this is a great turn on. This qould be my reason to play Saren, to subjugate my little sweet succubus. )

I don't think that a succubuss cares for the soul that she devours :D

I never said that Loren 1 was bad ^^ I liked the game.

Writing is indeed the key to everything. As many of you said, a good writer can turn a linear plot into great entertainment, whilst a ... crappy author ... can turn a really nice concept a story no one wants to finish cus of boredom. Had lots of games from both sides. That's why I hope that Aleema will not lose the spice in her writing ^^

Don't worry I don't think she will. In any case I have my "motivational spiked mace" always ready to use

DunKalar wrote:I don't think that a succubuss cares for the soul that she devours :D

Well thats the point. It will not be my Soul who gets dovoured by her but vice versa.

I agree that Fost was rather flat and uninspiring as major villains go, and the cheesy artwork (empty suit of armor with glowing eyes) made it hard to take him seriously. Luckily the game had lots of other strengths to make up for this weakness.

Bah you only say that because you've never seen a cursed death knight living armor by person!

I'm still hooked up by the idea of a Chamby Pin-Up ^.^

I agree. Chamby Pin-Up for the win!