Thursday, November 19, 2009
Czech Adventure / RPG "Legie" Now In the Coyote's Den
You know, just a few weeks ago I was thinking to myself, "Self, you know what we need? We need more indie Adventure/RPGs where you have to clean up vomit!*"And then, appearing as if by summons, comes Legie. Legie, meaning "Legion," is a Czech adventure / RPG that starts out with you as an innkeeper's assistant, serving beer and - yes - cleaning up vomit. Most RPGs start you out at the bottom, but Legie has to stoop a little lower, as everybody in this game is already in pretty sad shape. Plague is ravaging the land, the economy is dying, and people are giving up hope. Instead, they seek solace in their alcohol and the local pub - which means you.
And then you run out of beer.
Ah! Quest time! A quest that will take you deep into the neighboring mines, battling enemies, and consuming alcohol. What's not to like?
Legie eschews the trappings of traditional fantasy to tell a story set in the medieval Czech town of Jilemnice. There are no elves, dragons, wizards, or so forth. Or save-the-world quests.The movement system takes a little getting used to - you move in ten-foot steps in spite of the environment being "true" 3D. The demo, in particular, is all adventure-game style, though it has some RPG elements later on. It is probably not a game that will appeal to brute-force hack-and-slashers. But I have a soft spot for the strange, quirky, and different, and all three seem to apply pretty well to Legie. Plus, it's a 3D, first-person perspective game (and not cute-anime style, WCG!), which also makes it stand out amongst most other indie RPGs these days.
So I've added Legie to the (rapidly expanding!) collection of RPGs for sale at Rampant Games.
As always, give the free demo a try and see what you think:
Download Legie here
* Okay, no, I didn't, but I should have!
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No comment yet? I wonder if anyone is scratching their heads trying to figure out what to think about this title.
In my opinion it sounds interesting and any RPG that is not the usual stereotype fantasy/anime style for me is a welcome title. I also like the idea about the gloomy atmosphere. To be honest I can't stand the Final Fantasy type RPG anymore. It was fine back in the hey days of Playstation 1 but today it doesn't even try to cater to anyone than the average console-playing consumer out there. The characters are cliche, the story is cliche, the graphics are the only great thing. It's almost like a Roland Emmerich movie in game form.
So yeah, give me any game that wanders of from the usual cliches and I'd certainly give it preference!
In my opinion it sounds interesting and any RPG that is not the usual stereotype fantasy/anime style for me is a welcome title. I also like the idea about the gloomy atmosphere. To be honest I can't stand the Final Fantasy type RPG anymore. It was fine back in the hey days of Playstation 1 but today it doesn't even try to cater to anyone than the average console-playing consumer out there. The characters are cliche, the story is cliche, the graphics are the only great thing. It's almost like a Roland Emmerich movie in game form.
So yeah, give me any game that wanders of from the usual cliches and I'd certainly give it preference!
I bought it yesterday. The first thing that it amazed me with it was that the whole game is less than 9MB (my 3G connection loved this part :-P) while from the screenshots i was thinking i'm going to wait for a couple of hours downloading some 200mb file.
I like the movement. Interstingly i was thinking to do something similar (see my forum post on dungeon crawler) at some point. It fits well for turn-based stuff, although i'm not sure if Legie is really turn-based.
The graphics remind me of Hexen 2 (the first hub), mostly because of the low-poly box mapped medieval characters :-P. Speaking of characters, i assume they use MD2 files for them. The animation is wobbly just like in Quake 2 and other games/engines using MS2.
Despite the wobblyness, i like the variety of the animation. Its not very quality (i've seen Quake 1 mods from 90s looking better) but there are many animations. Quantity over quality is good if the opposite means you'll only get a couple of animations :-P.
As for the story. There are hints of supernatural stuff, although it might just be villager superstition. I'm still at the beginning though, i don't know. I'll try to play it in my Acer Aspire One. If it plays, i might sit in my couch and try to play from there, although i wonder how the mouse movement will work.
Something i disliked was that the engine cannot change resolution. While i can go fullscreen, it remains centered instead of changing resolution. I already have a small screen in my laptop and this being centered doesn't really help.
I like the movement. Interstingly i was thinking to do something similar (see my forum post on dungeon crawler) at some point. It fits well for turn-based stuff, although i'm not sure if Legie is really turn-based.
The graphics remind me of Hexen 2 (the first hub), mostly because of the low-poly box mapped medieval characters :-P. Speaking of characters, i assume they use MD2 files for them. The animation is wobbly just like in Quake 2 and other games/engines using MS2.
Despite the wobblyness, i like the variety of the animation. Its not very quality (i've seen Quake 1 mods from 90s looking better) but there are many animations. Quantity over quality is good if the opposite means you'll only get a couple of animations :-P.
As for the story. There are hints of supernatural stuff, although it might just be villager superstition. I'm still at the beginning though, i don't know. I'll try to play it in my Acer Aspire One. If it plays, i might sit in my couch and try to play from there, although i wonder how the mouse movement will work.
Something i disliked was that the engine cannot change resolution. While i can go fullscreen, it remains centered instead of changing resolution. I already have a small screen in my laptop and this being centered doesn't really help.
Great. I like seeing something different, since I'm sick of elves, dragons, and magic (though I keep buying good games). And I like adventure game elements in RPGs (though I was never crazy about adventure games themselves). Well, I like exploration and discovery, at least.
Also, I like starting out at the very bottom. I have to admit that cleaning up vomit is something I've never had to do in a computer game, but I actually enjoy the cliche of low-level characters battling rats.
But I'm having computer problems right now (I'm posting this on an old Windows 98 machine), and I'm in the middle of several games already (if I can get everything working again). I'd actually heard of this game before, but I can't access my notes. I don't even know if it's turn-based or "real-time."
Also, I like starting out at the very bottom. I have to admit that cleaning up vomit is something I've never had to do in a computer game, but I actually enjoy the cliche of low-level characters battling rats.
But I'm having computer problems right now (I'm posting this on an old Windows 98 machine), and I'm in the middle of several games already (if I can get everything working again). I'd actually heard of this game before, but I can't access my notes. I don't even know if it's turn-based or "real-time."
I played the demo and man was that short. I would of liked to have seen what the combat was like, but I did like the controls. The movement reminds me of the old RPGs like Realms of Arkania. That is a defintite plus, imo.
As for the game itself I was wondering does the translation get any better? I don't mind old graphics, but I can't stand it when I don't understand what they are talking about or it's clear what they are talking about, but use very odd wording.
If the English is understandable later on then this will become a 'must buy' game.
As for the game itself I was wondering does the translation get any better? I don't mind old graphics, but I can't stand it when I don't understand what they are talking about or it's clear what they are talking about, but use very odd wording.
If the English is understandable later on then this will become a 'must buy' game.
From what i've seen, no.
Personally though i understand the text. But this probably happens because my English also suck and my mind is trained to decipher badly written text :-P.
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Personally though i understand the text. But this probably happens because my English also suck and my mind is trained to decipher badly written text :-P.
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