Re: [Epic] Redemption (was) Old Epic

From: Timothy J. Kilgore <tkilgore_at_...>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 18:55:56 -0400 (EDT)

At 03:05 PM 4/22/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Re: Redemption, the Epic Computer Game
>>Yup, we're still doing it. At this point, the working title is
>>"Redemption." The old version that you saw was probably the real-time
>>version of the game - and yeah, it wasn't all that hot. What we've got now
>>is in 16-bit color (looks a heck of a lot better), and is phase based. If
>>you're familiar with any of our other games, you can start by thinking of
>>an Epic version of Steel Panthers...
>>
>>'Skinda based on both. We started off the project with the 2nd edition,
>>but since then, 40K has come out. I'd love to get some feedback from
>>people, but I don't want to flood the newsgroup with this.
>
>Ghad! You should have asked us earlier, before it was already late into
>the design stage. Are you still able to make major changes or is too late
>for that?
>
>>>> (really, orks vs. imperial guard, are they trying to be trite?)
>
>>There are Ultramarines, too. Hey - worked in Battle for Armageddon...
>
>Yeah, and it worked for Warcraft as well, unfortunately. I'm afraid that I
>can almost already see that it's going to get pegged as Warcraft in the
>future, just not real time, and hence not as exciting to most computer
>gamers (and magazine reviewers). I personally don't mind the non-real time
>part, but the fact that it's Orks vs. Humans will instantly create the
>impression in most people's minds that it is supposed to be like Warcraft
>and that could be a problem. Besides, like someone else mentioned, part of
>the fun of it would be getting to use the armies we play the tabletop game
>with, and it really is disappointing not to find any of my armies from Epic
>represented (Eldar, Knights, and formerly Chaos).
>
>Could you give us a brief summary of some of the key features of the game,
>and things that you think we would be interested in about the game? I'm
>sure almost everyone here would be more than happy to provide feedback.
>(You don't have to bother if this would take too much time I suppose)
>
>Mike the Liu
>
>

I'm also very sure that just about everybody would be interested in Beta
testing this thing for the company


                Timothy J. Kilgore
                tkilgore_at_...

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