Age of Decadence?

[superluser]

I was just skimming over one of the Fallout sites when I saw a screenshot from the upcoming game Age of Decadence.  Has anyone seen this?

Combat video
screenshot

I hate to refer to games as ``X meets Y,'' but it really looks like Ultima VI (the action bar) meets Fallout II (the rest of the userbar) meets FF Tactics (combat).  It looks amazing.

[Tapewolf]

I'll watch the video later, but from the screenshot, what immediately sprang to mind was 'U5 - Lazarus', which was built on the Dungeon Siege engine.

[Dannysaysnoo]

The combat looks kinda slow, and thats probably why i hate Final Fantasy Tactics

[Reese Tora]

It looks interesting, I may have to give it a whirl if they cmoe out with a playable demo.

[superluser]

I'll watch the video later, but from the screenshot, what immediately sprang to mind was 'U5 - Lazarus', which was built on the Dungeon Siege engine.

The screenshot doesn't really remind me of Lazarus.  That has an action bar across the bottom with a few options.  This looks to have a permanent bar with all your options.  In addition, it tells you what weapons/objects you have in each hand and clicking on them will allow you to choose your attack.

And it's got a running journal along the side.  I always like that.  It makes me feel like it's a real story.

The combat looks kinda slow, and thats probably why i hate Final Fantasy Tactics

Slow, turn-based combat is fun, to me.  I like the ability to pause, go make dinner (or even sleep), and then come back to the exact same board.  It gives me time to think things through.

[Tapewolf]

The screenshot doesn't really remind me of Lazarus.  That has an action bar across the bottom with a few options.  This looks to have a permanent bar with all your options.  In addition, it tells you what weapons/objects you have in each hand and clicking on them will allow you to choose your attack.

I was thinking more in terms of the artwork and the way the game world was presented, not so much the UI widgets, which I agree resemble U6 more closely.


http://it-he.org/u5l/bthorn2.jpg

What struck me was the way it seems to be an overhead not-really-isometric-but-looks-rather-like-it view, as opposed to U6, which was fixed perspective and sprite-based, or Morrowind which is basically first-person.
This might be fairly common with this kind of game nowadays, but Lazarus was the first one I've played.

[Dannysaysnoo]

The first weird turn based RPG thingy (don't really know the name, if it has one) was Baldurs Gate 2 for about 2 minutes. Then i got Dungeon Siege to have a shot with The Lazarus Experiment. Dungeon Siege was alright, but if i could get Lazarus to work, it'd be better.

[superluser]

What struck me was the way it seems to be an overhead not-really-isometric-but-looks-rather-like-it view, as opposed to U6, which was fixed perspective and sprite-based, or Morrowind which is basically first-person.
This might be fairly common with this kind of game nowadays, but Lazarus was the first one I've played.

Hmmm.

Look at this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isometric_projection#More_blurring

It mentions both U6 (oblique projection) and Age of Decadence (perspective projection).  I don't know what Dungeon Siege is in terms of projection.