Fantasy, low fantasy, or no fantasy?

[Cloud]

Looks and reads for me like some sort of Banished+, menaing no fantasy + battles. As a huge fan of Grim Dawn AND Banished I'm very inclined to buy it. They layed a golden egg with their first game, so they have my trust.

[RodHull]

I don't think anything has been confirmed on this front, but from the aesthetic generally and the general vibe my guess is low low fantasy. As in no magic, no non human races just an alternate world medieval style setting.

We can see in one screenshot the attackers at the gates and they all appear to be human soldiers from what you can make out. But as I said this is just my belief I don't know for sure either way.

[ovehaithabu]

Would be great to have a game without any fantasy elements

[RodHull]

Originally posted by ovehaithabu:

Would be great to have a game without any fantasy elements

That is called real life... its not much fun recently

[ovehaithabu]

Originally posted by RodHull:

Originally posted by ovehaithabu:

Would be great to have a game without any fantasy elements

That is called real life... its not much fun recently

No, it would still be a computer game, even if it has no fantasy elements in it.

[RodHull]

Originally posted by ovehaithabu:

Originally posted by RodHull:

That is called real life... its not much fun recently

No, it would still be a computer game, even if it has no fantasy elements in it.

I was being humorous or rather failing to be...

And if you want to split hairs any game set in a fictional or even alternate reality setting has 'fantasy elements'

[ovehaithabu]

Originally posted by RodHull:

Originally posted by ovehaithabu:

No, it would still be a computer game, even if it has no fantasy elements in it.

I was being humorous or rather failing to be...

And if you want to split hairs any game set in a fictional or even alternate reality setting has 'fantasy elements'

For me personally fictional or even alternate reality is not necessarily fantasy but I agree that it can difficult to find the line that divides it. If I look at for example Sid Meier's Colonization, a game I like a lot. For me it is historic, even if I play it on a totally random map for the new world. It would be fantasy for me if there there is a bunch of orcs or wizards waiting for me on the new shore.

It's probably very difficult for developers to get it "right", some people would not buy a game without some fantasy heroes or magic while others would not buy it if they spot some small detail that does not look historically incorrect.

Maybe the option of modding will solve that problem.

[Homuya]

Imagine rebuilding the world in a Grim Dawn setting, that would be amazing.

[RodHull]

Originally posted by ovehaithabu:

Originally posted by RodHull:

I was being humorous or rather failing to be...

And if you want to split hairs any game set in a fictional or even alternate reality setting has 'fantasy elements'

For me personally fictional or even alternate reality is not necessarily fantasy but I agree that it can difficult to find the line that divides it. If I look at for example Sid Meier's Colonization, a game I like a lot. For me it is historic, even if I play it on a totally random map for the new world. It would be fantasy for me if there there is a bunch of orcs or wizards waiting for me on the new shore.

It's probably very difficult for developers to get it "right", some people would not buy a game without some fantasy heroes or magic while others would not buy it if they spot some small detail that does not look historically incorrect.

Maybe the option of modding will solve that problem.

I think Colonisation is low fantasy (to me at least) historic would be say games like Ultimate General: Civil War, and high fantasy is say Warhammer Total War.

We don't know for sure yet but I think Farthest Frontier is looking like low fantasy, in that its an earth like setting with no high fantasy elements (we are aware of yet) like an alternate new world sort of setting.

[Northwind]

I would personally think some fantasy elements would be nice. Perhaps trolls on a rampage coming to steal food (which also includes humans) or something like that. They could be treated much like wildlife.

[Vamrem]

Still no official statement on this? Please add fantasy! Medieval life would surely have been very boring without those mythical creatures they used to fight. LOL

[powbam]

Originally posted by Vamrem:

Still no official statement on this? Please add fantasy! Medieval life would surely have been very boring without those mythical creatures they used to fight. LOL

There is no "fantasy" elements. Nor will there be. Tho if you are astute you may notice some little GD Easter eggs.

Of note: it is made in Unity and Crate have hinted that they will likely support modding after official release.

[Vamrem]

Originally posted by powbam:

Originally posted by Vamrem:

Still no official statement on this? Please add fantasy! Medieval life would surely have been very boring without those mythical creatures they used to fight. LOL

There is no "fantasy" elements. Nor will there be. Tho if you are astute you may notice some little GD Easter eggs.

Of note: it is made in Unity and Crate have hinted that they will likely support modding after official release.

So this will be like a Grim Dawn prequel?

Mods would be super nice, but the game should be opened to mods, otherwise we would need to use sophisticated tools, and I don't think there will be so many modders doing reverse engineering if the game does not became one of those 'top mainstream' as Warcraft 3 in strategy.