Hard to be a God

Hard to Be a God is an action/RPG game based on the universe of the book written by Arkadi and Boris Strugatski. The story of the game takes place several years after the events described in the book. Your character will explore the medieval world torn by strife and civil war,
a world whose inhabitants are ready to kill for a handful of gold.
The main character is a local, he has just graduated from Intelligence Academy. He will have to travel across many baronies and counties of the great kingdom of Arkanar, take part in the local wars and fight various monsters. He will have to unweave many plots and conspiracies, get in contact with terrestrials, become a baron, acquire great power and reveal the mystery of his home world.

? - # 2008-02-12 11:09:26 - official description

Hard to Be a God is a role playing game with adventure and espionage elements based on a storyline of the novel with the same name by Strugatsky brothers.

The main hero is a graduate of a medieval secret service highschool. His mission is to scout and report the situation in the Kingdom of Arcanar, an indepented anarchical state. The character is a real professional who took the best course in combat and diplomatic training. He's strong, sly and intelligent, his mightier than the whole Arcanar, but his world still has some surprises for him.

The highly developed Earth race governs the series of unexpected events in Ancanar and contacts the agent. The main hero starts his new mission in co-operation with Earth forces. The agent gains access to incredibly advanced technologies. In his native underdeveloped world, he almos becomes a God.

How will it end?

Features:

* Attractive non-liner storyline with up to 5 endings
* Interference of medieval and alternative future epochs in the game universe
* Simulation of independent life of Arcanar population
* Original character development system
* Innovative system of various hero's legend generation
* Interactive gameworld, while a hero develops during the course of game, the game also develops around a character
* Real-time combat system with active pause includes many different combos and special attacks (stunning, disarming, etc) provided by some abilities and special weapon types
* Varied managing approach to mercenaries and volunteers of the hero's party
* Sci-fi technologies instead of a traditional magic system
* Free movement through locations and random encounters using the global map
* Different style environments and landscape types of locations affecting the movement speed
* Wide dialogue tree

Akella - # 2007-10-11 22:12:18 - official description - source

Minimum:
* Windows XP or Vista
* 1,6 GHz CPU
* 1 GB RAM (1,5 GB for Vista)
* 128 MB VRAM (GeForce 6600 or higher)
* 2 GB free HD space

Recommended:
* 2,5 GHz CPU
* 2 GB RAM
* 256 MB VRAM (GeForce 7600 or higher)

Sanguine # 2008-02-12 11:07:43

software: Lua programming language, Open Dynamics Engine, Solidshield, TAGES copy protection, Extensible Markup Language,

display: textured polygons