Radon Labs recently released a German demo of their DSA pen and paper-based game Drakensang: the Dark Eye to give the public a taste of the game. Despite my imperfect grasp of German, GameBanshee couldn't resist sitting down to give the demo a try. It contains the first area of the game, with a few elements of the game (such as trainers and certain classes) being locked off. Because of this and the language barrier, they can't offer much in the way of impressions on story and dialogue, but there's still plenty to talk about in the way of the game's look and feel.
Nerd Rock from the Sun writes: "There are only two rules right now, but I might make up others as I go along.
"First, I need to really role-play my character — as best as I can, at least.
"Second, if the character dies he (or she) stays dead, because that’s just how life is. No reloads whatsoever. Which might make for a very short or a very long game, depending on how things go."
dtp Entertainment has revealed that ValuSoft will be releasing a "Complete Saga" bundle pack that includes Drakensang: The Dark Eye, Drakensang: The River of Time, and Drakensang: Philleason's Secret.
Kalypso Media has announced that Demonicon will be using German pen-and-paper roleplaying game The Dark Eye's sourcebook and ruleset, and will be renamed The Dark Eye: Demonicon. The Dark Eye has long been the German equivalent of Dungeons & Dragons, debuting in 1984.
