Anyone tried the Lady, Mage, Knight tech demo from gog.com?

[Murk]

So apparently anyone who owns DivDiv1 has access to the LMK tech demo for free download (about 300 megs). I downloaded it but it would not run on my desktop, may try it later on either my work computer or my laptop but for now -- has anyone tried it? Impressions?

 

[Excidium]

What is that?

 

[Gragt]

A prototype version of what would later become Divine Divinity.

 

[Excidium]

I see.

 

[80Maxwell08]

I haven't but I can if you want me to.

 

[Mother Russia]

WHAT!!!

The Lady, Mage and Knight was actually supposed to be Realms of Arkania 4. But it was cancelled midway for reasons unknown.

This was back in the late 90's. I've scoured the internet decade+ ago for screenshots, info..anything but got zilch.

I had no idea there was a demo floating around...How do you get it??

Holy moley, this could become almost as epic as the sir tech thread!! :masturbate:

 

[belated]

I had no idea there was a demo floating around...How do you get it??

It's one of the extras of Divinity 2: Developer's Cut on GOG. http://af.gog.com/gamecard/divinity_2_developers_cut?as=1649904300

 

[80Maxwell08]

It's one of the extras of Divinity 2: Developer's Cut on GOG. http://af.gog.com/gamecard/divinity_2_developers_cut?as=1649904300

I think it may be a bonus for every Divinity game actually. I don't own Divinity 2 on GOG but I own Divine and Beyond Divinity and it lets me download the demo from either of those.

 

[belated]

I think it may be a bonus for every Divinity game actually. I don't own Divinity 2 on GOG but I own Divine and Beyond Divinity and it lets me download the demo from either of those.

You're right. My Divine Divinity also has it.

 

[felipepepe]

Just tried it a bit, is very, VERY similar to Divine Divinity, but is almost unplayable. Some screens:

Spoiler

 

[felipepepe]

You can see this is product of love, there are some very neat details, like how the helmet face is closed when you walk, but it opens in town or when you run...

BTW, running is incredibly fast, I did the entire dungeon running past the enemies. Apparently one of them is invincible and there yo avoid you reaching the second & third floors, that are completly empty...

 

[Xavier0889]

BTW, running is incredibly fast, I did the entire dungeon running past the enemies.

I guess that's why they call it a Diablo clone...

 

[Gord]

Funny, I always thought LMK was later to become Sacred. Obviously I mixed that up.

 

[Murk]

Thanks for the screens Felipepepe.

The game is listed as an extra for Div1, I saw the blog post on lar.net and wanted to try it out but it seems its VERY rough and basically -- in terms of gameplay - Divinity 1.

Tho, for a 1998 game, that looks fucking fantastic. Would have blown diablo 2 away in terms of art.

 

[mondblut]

The Lady, Mage and Knight was actually supposed to be Realms of Arkania 4. But it was cancelled midway for reasons unknown.

Good thing it was cancelled. The Divinity series might have some redeeming features, but they are still a diablow-like clickfest. I would hate to see the esteemed Realms of Arkania name sullied with such gameplay.

 

[ghostdog]

This looks great even for today. Let's hope the new divinity game has a similar style.

 

[Mother Russia]

The Lady, Mage and Knight was actually supposed to be Realms of Arkania 4. But it was cancelled midway for reasons unknown.

Good thing it was cancelled. The Divinity series might have some redeeming features, but they are still a diablow-like clickfest. I would hate to see the esteemed Realms of Arkania name sullied with such gameplay.

Well said. However, I don't think it was being made by the same German team, only the ip was being used, or it was a spiritual sequel, or watnot.

However, I did NOT know the team then went on to make DD...interesting. Larian is German right?

 

[Murk]

Belgian. It was a setting/fluff thing from Dark Eye, not ruleset.

I'm not familiar with it being RoA 4 -- I think that is a mistake. EDIT: Apparently LMK was being co-developed with Attic, so maybe... but it just seems like way too ridiculous of a stretch to turn RoA into LMK. Might have just been a use of the setting but a completely different game.

 

[mondblut]

Well, it was a DSA/Aventuria (or whatever the name of the setting is, beats me) game. It was never referred to as "Realms of Arkania 4", but it was set in the DSA world.

 

[Mother Russia]

Well, it was a DSA/Aventuria (or whatever the name of the setting is, beats me) game. It was never referred to as "Realms of Arkania 4", but it was set in the DSA world.

Once more mondblut puts it better than I. However, I think elements of the same ROA team (aka ATTIC) were working on it. Also, I dimly recall that the lady, the mage and the knight were actually the playable characters which I thought at the time would make up your team of pcs. But it was a long time ago when the net was young, so I may be misremembering.

Anyhow, I am still sad it was cancelled, even if it was click festy. Not only does it look like a fun game even today, Aventuria (Arkania) is a well reputed and beloved setting.

 

[JarlFrank]

Funny, I always thought LMK was later to become Sacred. Obviously I mixed that up.

That was some other game which I saw a trailer of long ago, but forgot the name of. The trailer looked really cool though, better than the Diablo clone Sacred went on to become.