Fighting Fantasy was a popular role-playing gamebook series in the '80s--selling more than 14 million copies worldwide--that might be compared to the Choose Your Adventure novels except you used dice that would determine your character's stats, as well as the outcome of battle. Created by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson, cofounders of Games Workshop, the books are described as a single-player fantasy game, set in the world of Titan in which you take on the role of a brave adventurer. As with many other hobbies that experienced a decline in popularity thanks to video games, Fighting Fantasy is hoping to make a return. Instead of using your imagination and rolling dice, developer Big Blue Bubble is bringing the gamebook experience to the Nintendo DS with Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain.
Warlock of Firetop Mountain is a PC version of my favourite fantasy book, with dungeons, and combat that still keeps the feel and style of the original book.
HPP: When comes to video games, the term “role-playing game” has become synonymous with anything that involves a fantasy setting, experience, and leveling-up. It’s far removed from the tabletop systems that spawned the term. Sure, there were text adventures and MUDS/MOOS (look it up, kids) but outside of throwing dice around a table, video games haven’t managed to capture that feeling. The Warlock of Firetop Mountain manages to capture that feeling without having to find those pesky friend things people talk about.
BOUGHT!
Now Steve, please, please, please make Autoduel the game somehow someway.
I'm tired of all these combat vehicle games that THINK they are Autoduel but fail miserably.
Thank you.
Dan Miller writes: "A first-person shooter version of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain was released on the Nintendo DS several years ago, but this new iteration promises to a far more faithful adaption. Your character progresses through the various dungeons and passageways, pausing every so often when a decision needs to be made. Combat takes place through the custom GridBluff fighting system with both you and your opponents making your moves at the same time – although it’s worth noting an alternative dice rolling combat system is available for purists."
