10-24-2003, 04:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-24-2003, 04:21 PM by Occhidiangela.)
Blind Date: No Sanctuary
The basis: You are being stalked by an Incubus in either one or a number of game world settings.
You enter the game as either a man or a woman, and you will in the opening credits, after character selection anc customization, encounter the Incubus on a blind date. Initially desirable, it takes that one phone call after the date to commence "The Horror!" The game will make Play Misty For Me seem like a tale of a healthy relationship.
If a man, you enter the storyline called "Psycho Bitch From Hell." That is her depicted in the art at the website. The aim is, having met that being on a blind date, to get rid of her without killing her. She of course be emotionally attached to you.
If a woman, you enter the story called "Insensitive Jerk From Hell" with similar problems.
There are no cops to call. You can't kill the Incubus, so flagship can claim that it is not a violent game and likely gets a T versus M rating from ESRB. :P
The multi player piece is what makes the game a real fave with fans, and a real nightmare to the Parents Television Council and others. It will be hosted on a free service called
flag.net (and drag.net for the alternative lifestyle char selection choices.)
In the MP setting, you all arrive in chat, or rather, a bar, and start talking to and stalking other players of the opposite sex. Or, even of the same gender, I suppose, to expand the appeal and the sales. Heck, with all the jokes about "you are so gay" on bnet, there will need to be servers for femme a femme and hombre a hombre,
and variations in between, to ensure the same audience spends their greenbacks with flagship.
Given Bill Roper and friends' apparent affection for the PK stalker, witness Diablo games, and the acceptance of griefers as good customers that the Diablo PK systems seemed to imply, I'd guess that the game will be a million seller, hated by some, loved by many, and roundly reviled as the downfall of civilization on the internet as we know it.
In short, the biggest seller of all time. :o
PS: You will be able to port in your Diablo II Lance Barb, but will have to, as a quest reward, find and ingest the magical blue pill, Viagra, in order to get your lance to work properly . . .
The basis: You are being stalked by an Incubus in either one or a number of game world settings.
You enter the game as either a man or a woman, and you will in the opening credits, after character selection anc customization, encounter the Incubus on a blind date. Initially desirable, it takes that one phone call after the date to commence "The Horror!" The game will make Play Misty For Me seem like a tale of a healthy relationship.
If a man, you enter the storyline called "Psycho Bitch From Hell." That is her depicted in the art at the website. The aim is, having met that being on a blind date, to get rid of her without killing her. She of course be emotionally attached to you.
If a woman, you enter the story called "Insensitive Jerk From Hell" with similar problems.
There are no cops to call. You can't kill the Incubus, so flagship can claim that it is not a violent game and likely gets a T versus M rating from ESRB. :P
The multi player piece is what makes the game a real fave with fans, and a real nightmare to the Parents Television Council and others. It will be hosted on a free service called
flag.net (and drag.net for the alternative lifestyle char selection choices.)
In the MP setting, you all arrive in chat, or rather, a bar, and start talking to and stalking other players of the opposite sex. Or, even of the same gender, I suppose, to expand the appeal and the sales. Heck, with all the jokes about "you are so gay" on bnet, there will need to be servers for femme a femme and hombre a hombre,
and variations in between, to ensure the same audience spends their greenbacks with flagship.
Given Bill Roper and friends' apparent affection for the PK stalker, witness Diablo games, and the acceptance of griefers as good customers that the Diablo PK systems seemed to imply, I'd guess that the game will be a million seller, hated by some, loved by many, and roundly reviled as the downfall of civilization on the internet as we know it.
In short, the biggest seller of all time. :o
PS: You will be able to port in your Diablo II Lance Barb, but will have to, as a quest reward, find and ingest the magical blue pill, Viagra, in order to get your lance to work properly . . .
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete