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Is that a Crown Of Command in your pocket or...(Talisman online!)
Esh
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Sorry if this has been talked about before, but I was looking at the upcoming Live Arcade releases and saw that they're making Talisman for Live, PS3, and PC...
Talisman For XBLA, PSN & PC Factsheet
Release Date: Winter 2007
Genre: Action RPG
Platform: Xbox LIVE® Arcade, PLAYSTATION®Network, PC
Rating: RP (Rating Pending)
Developer: Big Rooster
Price: TBD
Game Description:
Based on Games Workshop's classic board game, Talisman is the quintessential fantasy hybrid board/role-playing game for up to four players, either online or offline. The game takes place in a fantasy realm and is based very closely on the board game through a 3D representation of the map with animated movements and in-game events. Characters are fully animated as they walk about the board, attack other creatures, cast beautiful effect-laden spells and use objects to enhance their actions. Talisman will be rolling its way onto Xbox LIVE® Arcade, PLAYSTATION®Network and PC this winter. The highly anticipated 4th Edition of the board game is due for release from Games Workshop"s Black Industries imprint in October 2007.
Features:
* Electronic board game with 3D characters and environments
* 1 - 4 players offline and online multiplayer
* Dynamic camera angles adjust to each active player
* Up to 25 characters from the Talisman franchise
* Unique features for each character including strength and magical abilities
* Voice chat options
* Downloadable game expansions including character updates, adventure card updates and alternate endings.
Anyone else as excited as I am? All of that in a handy download. There goes my free time.
Talisman For XBLA, PSN & PC Factsheet
Release Date: Winter 2007
Genre: Action RPG
Platform: Xbox LIVE® Arcade, PLAYSTATION®Network, PC
Rating: RP (Rating Pending)
Developer: Big Rooster
Price: TBD
Game Description:
Based on Games Workshop's classic board game, Talisman is the quintessential fantasy hybrid board/role-playing game for up to four players, either online or offline. The game takes place in a fantasy realm and is based very closely on the board game through a 3D representation of the map with animated movements and in-game events. Characters are fully animated as they walk about the board, attack other creatures, cast beautiful effect-laden spells and use objects to enhance their actions. Talisman will be rolling its way onto Xbox LIVE® Arcade, PLAYSTATION®Network and PC this winter. The highly anticipated 4th Edition of the board game is due for release from Games Workshop"s Black Industries imprint in October 2007.
Features:
* Electronic board game with 3D characters and environments
* 1 - 4 players offline and online multiplayer
* Dynamic camera angles adjust to each active player
* Up to 25 characters from the Talisman franchise
* Unique features for each character including strength and magical abilities
* Voice chat options
* Downloadable game expansions including character updates, adventure card updates and alternate endings.
Anyone else as excited as I am? All of that in a handy download. There goes my free time.
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My head asplode.
Can someone tell me more about this? Because I've been digging XBLA lately, and this looks good.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talisman_%28board_game%29
Everything you need to know is there.
I spent many many many hours in the 80's and early 90's playing this. It's a blast.
Basically, and it's not confined to a dungeon. I'd say it's more complicated in some ways but easier in others. There were three board expansions (Dungeon, City, and Timescape) and several extra card and character expansions. Tons of fun. Seriously.
This, Catan, and Carasonne (sp?) are making me buy a 360 tomorrow. Seriously.
Talisman is a special experience, a simplified, non continuous and non cooperative version of Hero Quest. The game itself is wildly expensive and very demanding. You need a huge table, a bunch of nerdly friends, and at least 90 minutes (usually more) to get a full round in. Even then, you must be careful how often you play it, as you can easily burn yourself out on the experience.
Talisman by itself is already enough of a fusion of a video game and a board game. To bring it back to some of its creative roots is mind blowing. I say for you out there who have never played this game to get it on XBLA, and find others who have never played. For those with a large group of friends who wouldn't mind playing and paying for this game, go out and buy it and all the expansions (I believe it is being/has been released at a slightly lower price point) and have the time of your life.
Ack, I did too and along with it went my collection of RuneQuest stuff, ie Trollpak, Pavis, Big Rubble, etc.
It still hurts.
Two spells -and- the extra Adventure card.
Aside from that, this sounds pretty awesome, although I have to admit I think you do lose something by not being a bunch of nerds around a table rolling dice.
I keep finding myself tempted to get the boardgame, but it always is selling for a fuckzillion dollars on E-bay.
Seriously, with this, Catan, Culdcept Saga my 360 is going to be the most expensive board game in the world.
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Considering that a good game of Talisman will run you three hours .... no.
Word is that this is a vastly changed adaptation of Talisman. When was the last time something like that worked out to be a game worth spending any time at all with?
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Talisman is incredibly simple. Why would they have to change anything? What's your source?
Brand new version out 1st October.
http://www.blackindustries.com/?template=TM&content=default
Pants moist in anticipation.
As to the XBLA version, there are alot of simple changes that could speed the game up. I think it would be worthwhile to lower the number of experience needed to increase a stat. If I remember correctly, it's 7 points; lowering that to 4 or 5 would make characters more powerful faster, which means they would have a better chance of handling the endgame sooner. Lowering the number of Lives would help also.
They could also get rid of some of the suckier classes...I mean, really, who wants to be a Zulu?
Just the fact that there won't be set-up time and the movement, dice rolling and card drawing will be automatic will shave some time off.
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