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Nikolai
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Bergen, Norway
Oct 2000
time: 06:37
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I just read on a Norwegian game site, that BigHugeGames has begun making a new game called Rise of Legends. It's a spiritual sequel to RoN, but not RoN2. It sounds like a RTS version of that old Civ game with magic, was it Master of Magic it was called? Don't remember right now. Anyway, there will be a "steampunk" world, where sciance and magic meet, and we'll guide a civ through history and glory. So far only two of the civs are mentioned, a Vinci civ, based on sciance and mechanics of the Leonardo da Vinci type, and one called Alim, a arabic inspired civ based on magic.
I haven't been able to find anything on the BHG site, but it's supposed to be some good pics there someplace, according to gamer.no, the Norwegian site I found this on. According to BHG's site however, Computer Gaming World will have a preview in their latestr magazine.
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snoopy369
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Of the Peanuts Gallery
Apr 2004
time: 23:37
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I would add something to the fantasy vs mythology debate ...
The real difference, would be that fantasy may include creatures from mythology, but Mythology (capital M) is "using fantastic or imaginary creatures, people, places, and/or devices to explain natural phenomena and/or history".
Essentially, Fantasy is a larger set of which Mythology may be considered to be a part of; the "explain" is the important part. Of course, using mythic characters in their original setting and with their traditional abilities and names, while not actually 'explaining' anything, can generally be considered 'mythology'; while taking those characters (and particularly those creature and person types without maintaining names) out of their traditional settings, changing names and abilities, would be strictly fantasy.
Certainly if they made a game based on Odin and Loki et al, I'd call it mythic and not generic fantasy; whereas if you take a good look at most "fantasy", it has elements of some mythos somewhere in it, be it Tolkienesque fantasy or non-traditional fantasy; but it changes the particulars enough to not be directly linked. Elves for example are creatures from several mythos - different usages take from different mythos, everything from greek (Atlantean elves are a common theme) to Norse to Celtic to continental european, and most usages combine several of them.
The other thing i'd say that differentiates between them, is "real world" versus "imaginary world". I'd call Mickey Zucker Reichert's Ragnorak books, most of which take directly from Norse mythology, to still be 'fantasy' because they don't take place on earth. Marion Zimmer Bradley's "Avalon" series, on the other hand, is pretty much mythology, as it takes place on earth and uses mythic characters.
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10-05-2005 17:38
. It's a mythology game, not a fantasy one. Fantasy is LOTR type BS, or Warcraft, or Starcraft.
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