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| Scallywag: In the Lair of the Medusa Now Available as a Download Shrapnel Games announces that Chronic Reality's Scallywag: In the Lair of the Medusa is now available for purchase as a download. Available for Windows, the game can be acquired directly from the Shrapnel Games e-store, the Gamers Front. Scallywag: In the Lair of the Medusa is a sprawling single-player action RPG in the Rogue tradition; randomly created levels populated with fresh bad guys and booty with each new play. Playing as Rapius, the reluctant hero intent on saving his valley and its supply of ShrOOm ale, gamers will experience eight different worlds (Dirt Caves, Insect Nest, Tagloth Dungeons, Ice World, Fungus Gardens, Magma Caverns, Necropolis, and Lost City), each with ten levels for a total of eighty levels of dungeon descending action. In these worlds players will deal with environmental challenges (and no, not things like making sure the aluminum cans are separated from the plastic bottles), fiendish monsters, and powerful boss creatures. And then there's the dark. Everyone knows you always play a non-human in RPGs to get all the cool racial bonuses, but not Rapius. Unable to see in the dark Rapius has been forced to bring along a lantern to light his way. Players can control how brightly the lantern burns, which affects both the rate of oil burning and how well Rapius can be spotted by the lurkers below. Turn it low and it's possible to sneak your way through the dark, or fire that sucker up to engage your foes from a distance. Just remember to keep an eye out for flasks of oil otherwise it's lights out. Scallywag: In the Lair of the Medusa offers massive replayability. There are four different levels of difficulty to choose from, and the randomly generated content ensures that players have plenty to discover with each new session. Items can be collected and combined, and there are over twenty different status effects Rapius can be hit with, many of which can be quite positive. Even if players have beaten the game at every difficulty level a dozen times over, and they think they've ingested every form of mushroom and smoked every bit of fungus, there is still giving in to your RAGe! RAGe (Random Adventure Game engine) allows anyone to mod Scallywag: In the Lair of the Medusa with basic software tools most users will probably have on their desktop already. No programming skills needed, just your imagination! Using RAGe items can be altered, added, or deleted. Monsters can be weakened or toughened up, given new powers, or created from scratch. Want to add in new sound effects or music? You can do so within seconds. Tweak how the maps are made. Want them smaller? Larger? Control the rarity of items. Make the adventure you want to play. Pull out your best dungeoncrawl module from your favorite pen and paper RPG and turn it into a game! Or go into a completely different direction from fantasy and turn Scallywag: In the Lair of the Medusa into a Roaring Twenties mob adventure! All it takes is some time and creativity. Besides the ease of modding the basic game with no programming skills, those that do possess the mad C++ skills can create plug-ins that change the core experience itself, opening up numerous gameplay possibilities. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Game News :: home page |