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Games => General Gaming => Topic started by: MysterD on Sunday, February 18, 2007, 02:55:06 PM

Title: The Precursors
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, February 18, 2007, 02:55:06 PM
NEW -- 9-7-2012:
XFire -> MysterD's Review. (http://beta.xfire.com/blog/mysterd/4309394/)


OLD:
PC Gamer - Review -> 47 (out of 100). (http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/03/19/the-precursors-review/)
RPGWatch -> Wesp's Unofficial Patch 1.3 released. (http://www.rpgwatch.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1061048186#post1061048186)
Rock Paper Shotgun -> "Wot I Think" article on The Precursors. (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/01/04/wot-i-think-precursors/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RockPaperShotgun+%28Rock%2C+Paper%2C+Shotgun%29)
Gamersgate -> Precursors is finally available in USA on Gamersgate. (http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-PREC/precursors)
Gamezone.com -> Deep Shadows announced The Precursors RPG/FPS/Space-Sim for PC and X360. (http://pc.gamezone.com/news/02_16_07_01_44PM.htm)

Title: Re: The Precursors Thread -- an Upcoming RPG/FPS for X360 and PC
Post by: Jedi on Sunday, February 18, 2007, 07:04:56 PM
Sounds more like a morrowind in space sort of game than a GTA one.
Sounds and looks great so far, wait and see how it turns out.
Title: Re: The Precursors Thread -- an Upcoming RPG/FPS for X360 and PC
Post by: idolminds on Sunday, February 18, 2007, 08:01:41 PM
Color me interested.
Title: Re: The Precursors Thread -- an Upcoming RPG/FPS for X360 and PC
Post by: scottws on Sunday, February 18, 2007, 08:11:05 PM
Sounds cool and looks nice.  The engine sounds a lot like a more advanced version of the X-ray engine (S.T.A.L.K.E.R.).
Title: Re: The Precursors Thread -- an Upcoming RPG/FPS for X360 and PC
Post by: idolminds on Sunday, February 18, 2007, 09:25:27 PM
Seamless engine are going to be the "new thing"...and thank god for that. ids next engine/project will allow for seamless "levels", I think UE3 has something like that as well.

Imagine how much better HL2 would have been if it didn't have to pause to load every 5 minutes. One long seamless game...amazing things will happen here soon. You just wait. (oh wait, wrong game...haha)
Title: Re: The Precursors Thread -- an Upcoming RPG/FPS for X360 and PC
Post by: Quemaqua on Monday, February 19, 2007, 02:32:58 AM
Heh.  Yeah, this looks cool, and seamless games should have been a focus ever since it was pulled off so beautifully with Soul Reaver.  That was like the first time I'd ever seen it done so perfectly.
Title: Re: The Precursors Thread -- an Upcoming RPG/FPS for X360 and PC
Post by: Xessive on Monday, February 19, 2007, 03:20:15 AM
Woah, it looks like Chrome, Oblivion, and FarCry all rolled into one!

I hope it turns out great. It certainly sounds pretty amazing.
Title: Re: The Precursors Thread -- an Upcoming RPG/FPS for X360 and PC
Post by: Pugnate on Monday, February 19, 2007, 03:24:48 AM
The setting is a lot like that of Mass Effect.

But the screenies don't look too attractive to me. Technically it looks like an achievement, but artistically I am far from attracted. There is just too much color in there.
Title: Re: The Precursors Thread -- an Upcoming RPG/FPS for X360 and PC
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, January 04, 2011, 08:57:21 PM
Rock Paper Shotgun -> "Wot I Think" article on The Precursors. (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/01/04/wot-i-think-precursors/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RockPaperShotgun+%28Rock%2C+Paper%2C+Shotgun%29)
For those who didn't know - Precursors is finally available in USA on Gamersgate. (http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-PREC/precursors)

Title: Re: The Precursors - RPG/FPS finally released in USA for PC by Gamersgate
Post by: Quemaqua on Wednesday, January 05, 2011, 04:08:12 AM
Don't show me that.  God damn it, that sounds just like... what I love about gaming.
Title: Re: The Precursors - RPG/FPS finally released in USA for PC by Gamersgate
Post by: MysterD on Wednesday, January 05, 2011, 02:35:57 PM
Since Precursors got it huge share of technical problems, I really can't wait to see what some of the modders might do w/ it.

Wesp - who did tons of Vampire: BL unofficial patches - has been for a while was working on doing Russian->English text translation for Precursors and improving it - since some have actually imported the Russian version of the game.

If Wesp gets working on fixing up Precursors unofficially w/ his patches and does what he did w/ Vamp: BL, that'd be freaking sweet. He did a hell of a job w/ fixing Bloodlines.

Deep Shadows are the Russian company that made Boiling Point: Road To Hell (AKA Xenus in other regions). They just also released Xenus II: White Gold (AKA Boiling Point 2) on Gamersgate. (http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-XENUS2/xenus-2-white-gold)
Title: Re: The Precursors - RPG/FPS finally released in USA for PC by Gamersgate
Post by: MysterD on Sunday, February 06, 2011, 09:16:40 PM
Wesp has been releasing his Unofficial Patches for this game.
Wesp's Unofficial Patch 1.3 released. (http://www.rpgwatch.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1061048186#post1061048186)
Title: Re: The Precursors - Update: Wesp Unofficial Patch 1.3 released; game on GamersGate
Post by: Quemaqua on Monday, February 07, 2011, 10:38:21 AM
Damn it.  You had to remind me of this one, didn't you?
Title: Re: The Precursors - Update: Wesp Unofficial Patch 1.3 released; game on GamersGate
Post by: MysterD on Monday, February 07, 2011, 03:47:55 PM
Damn it.  You had to remind me of this one, didn't you?

I'm glad Wesp - who did a great job modding and unofficially patching Vamp: BL - is working on unofficial patches for Precursors. Hopefully, he can work out most of the issues and all - since there seems to be a good deal left-over.

I'll keep my eyes peeled on Gamersgate for this - in case a sale comes up for it.