Tactical battles galore!
Silent Dreams announce their brand new WiiWare strategy RPG title.
Silent Dreams has just announced their brand new tactical strategy RPG title Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes that will be coming to the WiiWare service later on this year. You can check out the full press release below which gives loads of details on this new title and what you can expect from it.
Fans of roleplaying and strategic games, who are interested in round based fighting systems, should keep the name Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes in mind.
The German developer studio Silent Dreams is working on a tactical RPG
for PC Digital and WiiWareTM, that should be released in the fourth
quarter of this year.STORY
The young recruit Drake failed at the military academy exam. He was
refused to fight for his proud kingdom Glory.
Humiliated and frustrated he wants to end his life by jumping into the
throat of brutal mushrooms. But then he learns that he's not the only
one disappointed and that there are others who can't go on with their lives.
He comes across the last depressed remains of the kingdom's army which
return badly injured from an all or nothing battle. The very battle
Drake couldn't fight in.One of the survivors is the most popular hero of all mankind: Holy
Avatar. The arrogant knight in shiny armor tells you how a suddenly
appearing sect crushed the whole kingdoms' army.
The land Glory is overrun by creatures of the Dark Church and what's
even worse, HE, the mighty Holy Avatar, was beaten the first time in his
life.Now it is on YOU, Drake, to recruit a force and fight off the Dark
Church before the population learns about the defeat and runs scared.
However, all the land's heroic men are deadly injured or already dead.
Only the most dubious and criminal creatures are left, deeply hidden in
the high security dungeons.Well... and there still are the most evil creatures of all: WOMEN!
Yet they have no choice if they want to rescue the land from the Dark
Church's fanatic claws. Established are the Evil Heroes!OVERVIEW
Title: Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes
Genre: Tactical RPG
Gamemodi: One chosen one
Developer: Silent Dreams
Release Date: WiiWare & PC: 4. quarter 2009Distribution: The game is produced by Silent Dreams itself and
distributed online.Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes is an ironical, storyintensive fantasy
RPG with tactical elements. It's comparable with tactical RPGs like
Fire Emblem, Final Fantasy Tactics, Shining Force or Disgaea. On PC the
tactical genre is virgin soil. Some features can be found in tactical
games like Heroes of Might & Magic, Jagged Alliance, Warlords or Kings
Bounty.
- Round based, strategic fights with the funniest animation which could
ever be seen in the RPG genre.- In the fantasy world of Grotesque, there are beautiful woods and
villages as well as dark dungeons ready for exploration.- An ironic, deep and atmospheric storyline from which RPG fans will
still sing ballads in a thousand years.- Big, detailed and badtempered boss monsters.
- The tactical RPG genre is given a brand new face thanks to amusing
multiplechoice conversations and dialogue riddles in Monkey Islandstyle.- Classic RPG elements: solving storyintensive quests, searching
treasures, trading, level and power up your party members.- Distinctive party members such as the arrogant hero Holy Avatar, the
bloodthirsty vampire Solithaire and the sweet but irritable angel Angelina.- It's possible to rescue halfnaked virgins from the claws of evil
monsters who will follow you as groupiepets after the battle.- Obsession: Every Evil Hero has its own, distinctive tic such as
irascibility, telling endless and boring herostorys or abnormal
jealousy. However, this negative attributes could also be used in a
positive way in battles if the chosen one acts cleverly....- Programmed by the Lead / Senior Programmer of Gothic 13 Carsten
Edenfeld and other keen, well looking RPG developers of Silent Dreams.
We'll have more information on Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes as it becomes available, as well as a full review of the game when it hits the WiiWare service later this year.
1. pikmin95
02 Aug 2009, 03:27 BST
Wow. This looks like a game for me. First comment!
2. St3b0
02 Aug 2009, 03:28 BST
cool looking foward to getting i love round based rpg'S
3. dsijared
02 Aug 2009, 03:29 BST
awesome graphics i love strategy games hope its not a dud
4. Chrono Cross
02 Aug 2009, 03:30 BST
This looks very promising to me.
Graphics are a nice touch.
5. PhoenixSage
02 Aug 2009, 03:37 BST
Hmm, interesting...I love a good fantasy SRPG. I'll definitely look into this one as more news comes out. Also, it sounds like my party will be filled primaraly with women, which is always a plus for me. That's how my Fire Emblem teams always turn out, anyhow!
6. Machu
02 Aug 2009, 03:40 BST
Ah man I was super hyped (drooled over the screenshots n' all) before reading "round based fighting systems". FFS!
It's WiiWare though so I'll give it a punt. Looks shiny!
Anyone else seeing an LKS influence or am I just obsessed?
7. theberrage
02 Aug 2009, 03:44 BST
those are probably pc screenshots
8. WhoKnew
02 Aug 2009, 03:48 BST
Looks beautiful. Hope those are WW screens.
9. Vendetta
02 Aug 2009, 03:58 BST
"Well... and there still are the most evil creatures of all: WOMEN!"
Ummmm, what? Who wrote this storyline, 4th graders?
10. Objection_Blaster
02 Aug 2009, 04:07 BST
Very pretty but a genre I no longer like that much.
11. malnin
02 Aug 2009, 04:17 BST
Gnarly! I'll be keeping an eye on this one
12. jpfan1989
02 Aug 2009, 05:04 BST
Sounds like an Instadownload
13. Mickeymac
02 Aug 2009, 05:12 BST
No thank you. Just give me Swords & Soldiers, Mecho Wars, and a decent Tower Defense game, and I'm set as far as Strategy games are concerned. Strategy-RPGs are my least favorite kind of strategy game, anyways.
14. No No No Wrong Way
02 Aug 2009, 05:33 BST
This game sounds hilarious.
15. accc
02 Aug 2009, 05:55 BST
"It's possible to rescue halfnaked virgins from the claws of evil
monsters who will follow you as groupiepets after the battle."
SOLD!
16. odd69
02 Aug 2009, 05:55 BST
nice! this already looks well polished. i bet it's going to be good.
17. wmdwf
02 Aug 2009, 07:38 BST
I could see downloading this... but not until I've downloaded Earthbound.
18. Man with a hat
02 Aug 2009, 09:52 BST
More western and eastern Roleplaying-games.... please
19. dgold
02 Aug 2009, 11:19 BST
"He was refused to fight for his proud kingdom..." This German translated story-line comes across rather clunky, and possibly sexist, possibly funny. I like "round-based" (aka turn-based, right) because it should let you go at your own pace, pausing automatically each round. Hopefully the RPG elements are mature and developed, and the strategy elements aren't too tedious. Is there any hope yet of this title elevating girls with equal power instead of demeaning them?
20. Terranigma
02 Aug 2009, 14:35 BST
Very Nice screens there, but as always I'll wait for a review or some impressions before buying the game when it's released.
21. WhoKnew
02 Aug 2009, 14:49 BST
I read the press release, and the whole thing sounds hilarious, Im even more excited than before!
22. Koto
02 Aug 2009, 15:36 BST
graphics are really nice and since its a SRPG,i'm buying it soon as it comes out
23. Graph
02 Aug 2009, 15:49 BST
""Well... and there still are the most evil creatures of all: WOMEN!"
Ummmm, what? Who wrote this storyline, 4th graders?"
Well, women are indeed evil. Think about it, with their bodies then can make a man do anything. Hell, wife can make me do anything just by showing off some skin, it's like a dark power women have over men that turns us to complete drooling morons ;P
24. Odnetnin
02 Aug 2009, 16:32 BST
No thanks.
25. Egg miester
02 Aug 2009, 16:54 BST
the game looks great and i love tactics games.
and with the women thing at times they can be pure evil, some of the best men can be destroyed by hot girl, and the trojan war was started over a hot chick
26. Adam
02 Aug 2009, 17:06 BST
"Well... and there still are the most evil creatures of all: WOMEN!"
I was pretty interested until this. What the heck?
27. irken004
02 Aug 2009, 17:26 BST
Strategy RPG = not for me
28. XCWarrior
02 Aug 2009, 18:32 BST
Strategy RPG = SO FOR ME
29. Man with a hat
02 Aug 2009, 19:05 BST
■An ironic, deep and atmospheric storyline from which RPG fans will
still sing ballads in a thousand years.
i think this isnt gonna happen
30. Sean Aaron
02 Aug 2009, 20:08 BST
Tongue-in-cheek misogyny aside I'm all over this. I simply cannot get enough of strategy RPGs!
31. Popyman
02 Aug 2009, 21:47 BST
If I get this or not will depend on the way this game treats women. So far, it isn't looking good...
32. PhoenixSage
02 Aug 2009, 22:06 BST
I must have read this wrong first time through...Is the party filled with evil women or not? I for one would love to play a game with an all-evil-female cast, but I guess that's not what they meant. Yes, purchase of this will depend on the crucial roll of female fighters. I can't build a solid party without them!
33. Dawnclaude
02 Aug 2009, 22:57 BST
Uhm okaaay before you appear with torches and forks... We only play with typical RPG clichees. Maybe the sarcasm of those sentence is lost by our fast translation , we will fix it next time.
I saw you had some questions.
Grotesque Tatics has his focus on the RPG elements. More than Fire Emblem for example. Most of the party members will have a strong personality, sure also the women. They all evil on their own way and you must manage their special obsessions in combat.
34. Popyman
02 Aug 2009, 23:12 BST
@Dawnclaude: This sentence is what I'm talking about:
"It's possible to rescue halfnaked virgins from the claws of evil monsters who will follow you as groupiepets after the battle."
Halfnaked "groupiepets"? Come on...
35. SKTTR
03 Aug 2009, 00:18 BST
This game sounds so fun, and if it's like Fire Emblem/Shining Force I'm all over it. It just hits me that this comes from a German developer, and what?? They worked on the PC game Gothic? That can only be very good. I hope the WiiWare port gets as much polish as the PC game!
36. nintendofreak_2
03 Aug 2009, 00:43 BST
Must have.
37. Metal Slime
03 Aug 2009, 14:18 BST
I love turn based strategy games but I'd like to see a Wii screenshot. These are 800x600 and wii is only 640x480...
38. Phantom
25 Aug 2009, 16:24 BST
Sounds great to me so far, hope it doesn't disappoint and comes out soon
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