Hi all!
I stumbled across this interesting CRPG over at Kickstarter and I decided to get on the bandwagon yet again.
Unrest is a story driven RPG set in ancient India in the midst of an uprising. Play as ordinary men and women struggling for safety, freedom, food for their children, and a chance at peace.
�Explore the drought and famine stricken streets of an ancient Indian city, where a fog of hunger and discontent shrouds the natural beauty of the land.
�Use the detailed conversation system to instil fear, command respect and gain the trust and friendship of others. Understand your enemies and make them see your side of the story.
�The narrative adapts to failure and death - instead of a game over screen, the plot continues and your fate becomes part of it. However, you can still save and load at any time if you want to.
�Make tough and interesting decisions in the lives of people untouched by destiny. The traditional hero�s quest of prophecy, power, and revenge forms a backdrop to your own struggles.
�Combat is brutal, decisive�and always avoidable. Bloodshed might be the easy way out in some situations, but has lasting consequences beyond those apparent on the surface.
�Hand drawn 2D art and soundtrack based on ancient Indian music to help you immerse yourself in the world.
�Full mod support lets you create your own worlds and adventures.
�Unrest will be available DRM-Free on multiple digital stores, without any DLC or micro-transactions. We promise.
�Iron Man mode to make sure you deal with the consequences of your actions (requested by the backers!).
I really adore what they are aiming for - a deep RPG in a setting rarely used in western RPGs. I loved D&D adventures that used Asian culture and history in all its diversity for scenarios and campaigns. At that, they've taken away button-bashing combat as a necessity to have a RPG game going, joining the ambition of Torment: Tides of Numenera, for instance. I can't wait to play Unrest, and I hope it gets over-funded a hundred times over.
Obviously, I realize this is hardly everybody's cup of tea, but I love the dialogue system with emotes and the way the chapters weave into each other, etc.
Oh, I nearly forgot the link. Here it is:
Unrest Link edited thanks to kind sir below!
