GodisaGeek: "Realms of Ancient War is not a bad game on its own merits. It’s a fantasy hack ‘n’ slash that offers the monster-slaying and loot-hoarding that you’d expect, but it does it in such a lacklustre, been-there done-that kind of way that you almost feel patronised when the pop-up tutorial explains the loot quality colour-scale that we’ve all seen around twelve-thousand times before.
Almost completely creatively bankrupt, horrendously buggy and not very pretty, even for a downloadable title R.A.W. struggles to make its presence felt. XBLA gamers would be better served by downloading the gorgeous Torchlight, PC gamers have attractive alternative options coming out of their ears and even those on PSN could pick up Dungeon Hunter Alliance for a more enjoyable romp. Disappointing, yes – but, sadly, not surprisingly so."
While indie developers can self-publish in North America and Europe, Japan is a different market. Digital distribution still requires a publisher that’s a Japan-based company.
Zoo Entertainment is stepping into the ring and licensing Western developed indie games for Japan. Zoo actually started out with solutions for medical records got into the video game business in the late 2000s distributing PC games for Japan like Left for Dead 2.
Focus Home Interactive, who Game-Modo recently described as a dark horse in publishing, have just got involved in a new Humble Bundle. They’re offering eight quality games for you to buy in a bundle while letting you do your bit for charity.
I grabbed it. I was interested enough already to try out the Game of Thrones . . .game (though I hear it is less than great).
Already owned Divinity 2, though that game is fantastic in itself.
Cities, Game of Thrones and Testament of Sherlock Holmes was worth the $25 I spent either way. Some of the other games seem interesting enough and I will probably get to them in time.
I bought it just for div 2, great game. The rest will just be icing if they turn out to be good, haven't got around to playing any yet as i'm in the middle of another play through of Oblivion lol.
Author Joshua Moris at Capsule Computers writes:
"Realms of Ancient War undoubtedly delivers a hack-n-slash experience that players are able to play through at a fast pace. With quick switching skill sets, the title is a bit more flexible when considering ability combinations and combat readiness. Furthermore, R.A.W. is available at a relatively low cost that can be considered a steal for many action RPGs."
looks like a game that has its faults but still pretty decent. ill wait to see if it drop down in price to like 400ms before i'll consider it.
Ha! Was about to write the same thing :)
You can also pick up Mark of the Ninja and Dungeon Defenders at very cheap prices. Both great picks that won't leave you disappointed.
This looks like a really fun title. Of course after some improvements it looks like it could be great, but until then I'll hold off.
A better implemented co-op might have helped.
