I have no idea what the average gamer's demographic is, but I'm pretty much that. Gaming for 20 years, modding for 6, I have a bad habit of jumping into bed with a game, modding the hell out of it then moving onto the next game. Hopefully I'll find my perfect partner. Currently playing (and modding) Dawn of War, Skyrim, Portal 2, Oblivion, Company of Heroes, Doom 3, several iOS games and Solitaire.

Report RSS Enter Phoenix - Special Characters

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After going back and reworking some parts of Episode 2-4, I've now got a proper branching campaign going in that even up to Episode 5 can actually be done in several different ways -

I've marked them down as Good, Bad and Selfish paths and Celanae gradually changes her FX aura (similar to Star Wars: KOTOR) according to what direction she takes. Or what the player takes. I'm trying to make it so that if she takes a completely good path by Episode 5, she can't become completely bad by the end and vice versa for fluff's sake.

This also has the unintentional (but surprisingly pleasing) effect of having different allies as the story progresses.
The first special character you meet is of course the arrogant (even for an Eldar) Pathfinder Kaedras who appears when impressed with your skills and helps you with puzzles.
The second is a (soon to be revealed race) captain who is lost and forever inebriated but can open certain paths due to his phasing skill.

As you can see this is starting to resemble more of a Baldur's Gate RPG but have no fear - HUGE battles WILL start appearing as well as additional Wargear that at the moment is borrowed from the original Soulstorm campaign but will eventually have more customised gear.
And for all you puzzle fans out there, a few puzzles have been worked into each mission to test the player to give more variety.

The fun part is letting people decide on if the protagonist is actually worth it or not and introducing PUZZLES...... hehe

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