The Fall

Monolith · Post by **Monolith** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 6:55 pm

It's time to give The Fall it's own thread. So here we go...I'm going to post news from time to time in order to keep that thread up to date.

Let's start with some links:

Developer

The Fall Homepage
The Fall Forum

Preview

Developers Diary (Part one)

Character Animation Movies

For further information one can check the Homepage

Coot · Post by **Coot** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 12:02 pm

I've only looked at the homepage, but it looks nice. Too bad there won't be a demo... but a demo would be difficult to create.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 12:44 pm

Looks promising, definatly something to keep an eye on.

Monolith · Post by **Monolith** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 3:54 am

You should check out the forum. It's quite impressive how they interact with the fans.

Here are some "news" ( or something like that

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New character portraits

Monolith · Post by **Monolith** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 3:00 pm

NEW SCREENSHOTS

Forum Link- for those who look forward to commenting the screenshots.

Monolith · Post by **Monolith** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 6:24 am

Interested in being in "The Fall"? Here's your opportunity!Be in 'The Fall' Competition

Monolith · Post by **Monolith** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 2:01 pm

NEWS:

The Second Part of the Diary!!! Very, very interesting! About the stats system and combat!

[Question for Mods: I thought about melting my last posts to one, but I can't delete the last posts...]

Monolith · Post by **Monolith** » Thu May 20, 2004 4:12 pm

Third Part of the Diary - this time about technical stuff...

arno_v · Post by **arno_v** » Sat May 22, 2004 12:13 pm

Sure looks nice, thanks for the info.

arno_v · Post by **arno_v** » Fri May 28, 2004 2:11 am

When will we be able to play this?

Monolith · Post by **Monolith** » Fri May 28, 2004 10:11 am

hehe, Gamebanshee did it!

According to your question: "And yes, Q3 is still what we're aiming for."

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Fri May 28, 2004 10:45 am

100% voice over ... I wonder if they for once have had VO for the protagonist. Hate when everybody talks but my character, then rather just limited VO

But 40-50 hours gameplay ..... hmmm ... I don't like how short games have become. 40-50 seems to be defacto "standard" for RPGs at the moment

Proberly just so they can add expansions like Bioware for NwN.

But looks interesting nevertheless and definately a rpg I'll keep my eyes on.

Monolith · Post by **Monolith** » Fri May 28, 2004 11:11 am

Originally posted by Xandax
100% voice over ... I wonder if they for once have had VO for the protagonist. Hate when everybody talks but my character, then rather just limited VO

Hum...Carsten - the lead designer - somehow likes Gothic 2...I think it will have VO for the protagonist. But to be sure I'm going to ask at the forum.

EDIT:
Alright, here's a thread about that ( somehow): Voice Acting
Not exactly what you asked for, but I think that it's more or less the same answer...

But 40-50 hours gameplay ..... hmmm ... I don't like how short games have become. 40-50 seems to be defacto "standard" for RPGs at the moment
Proberly just so they can add expansions like Bioware for NwN.

But looks interesting nevertheless and definately a rpg I'll keep my eyes on.

Hey, where did you read that!? 40-50 hours? Alright, I can't even imagine how much this is. And it always takes me longer to beat a game - no hours, years

I pretty much like the fact that the other party-members will act like in Baldur's Gate 2.

EDIT:
I asked Carsten and when you follow the main story-line it will take you 40-50 hours. But you can play about 100 hours if you want to explore everything.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Fri May 28, 2004 1:12 pm

Originally posted by Monolith
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Hey, where did you read that!? 40-50 hours? Alright, I can't even imagine how much this is. And it always takes me longer to beat a game - no hours, years

I pretty much like the fact that the other party-members will act like in Baldur's Gate 2.

EDIT:
I asked Carsten and when you follow the main story-line it will take you 40-50 hours. But you can play about 100 hours if you want to explore everything.

I've taken it from the FAQ on their site:

It'll take the average player about 40 to 50 hours to play through the game. However, you can keep on playing afterwards, explore the world and train your character since there aren't any level limits in The Fall. You'll even encounter new, enemies, quests, characters and hidden secrets and the game itself will be more difficult as well!

(sounds much as the approch taken in Fallout)

To gameplay hours comparison: NwN - Hordes of the Underdark is said to be a 20 hours campaign. I belive the original NwN was stated to be around 60-70 hours.
Baldurs Gate 2 main plot line, I belive, was said to also have 50-60, but with extra quests had around 250+ hours.

Monolith · Post by **Monolith** » Fri May 28, 2004 2:29 pm

hehe, ok, the FAQ I read was a bit different when I read it the last time

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I needed about a year to finish Baldur's Gate 2 and I still haven't finished NWN. I think 40-50 hours should be more than enough...100 hours with subquests and and so forth.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Sat May 29, 2004 1:25 am

Originally posted by Monolith
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I needed about a year to finish Baldur's Gate 2 and I still haven't finished NWN. I think 40-50 hours should be more than enough...100 hours with subquests and and so forth.

Personally - I don't think 40-50 hours for the game untill ending is sufficient, but there is not much I can do about it. It, as I mentioned ealier, seems to have become the defacto standard for the industry at the moment.
As for the 100 hours totally, well - I haven't any chance of knowing that since it isn't publically stated on their site. But if it is 100 hour possible, before the storyline has ended, then it sounds good. Continues play after the story(game) has ended has little interest to me, because ... well ... the game has ended.

Monolith · Post by **Monolith** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 5:33 am

Ohh, I can't believe for how long I haven't updated this thread now....

Three new dev diaries:
Dev Diary 4 - about graphics.

Dev Diary 5 - about Quest-Design and RPGing in general.

Dev Diary 6 - about level-design.

And the new website is up, with ne screenshots, wallpapers and infos.

UlfGeir · Post by **UlfGeir** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:37 pm

This looks like a very interesting game. The sci-fi elements in particular caught my attention. It reminds me of Fallout, but obviously more advanced. I'll keep my eyes peeled on this one.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 10:47 pm

[QUOTE=UlfGeir]This looks like a very interesting game. The sci-fi elements in particular caught my attention. It reminds me of Fallout, but obviously more advanced. I'll keep my eyes peeled on this one.[/QUOTE]

That was the prime aspect that draw me to the game as well

I think "The Fall" can get a lot of attention from Fallout fans

Monolith · Post by **Monolith** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 4:15 am

[QUOTE=Xandax]That was the prime aspect that draw me to the game as well

I think "The Fall" can get a lot of attention from Fallout fans

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Well, at least it should

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Dev Diary 7 - about music, sound and voice acting.