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Hey all Not getting many meaningful responses at HG, so I thought I'd come here, where the real community's at
The Dramatic Episodic Action and Adventure for Age of Empires III
The Setting ...17th Century Japan - Not all is right in the Southern provinces. Rumours of dishonouring, rebellion and corruption creep as the new Shogunate takes power. You take the lead as Gaijin, the Champion warrior of the Osatta clan - but what will happen when he is forced into involvment with high powers? The Episodes ...Ronin Episodes is an episodic project; each episode is released individually and may all contain different styles of gameplay and cinematics, from a variety of different styled designers. Season One holds the first 5 episodes, set in the land of the rising sun, Japan. Without furtherado... The announcement of Episode 1!
The Plot Sypnosis ...The story begins with the Osatta clan, as well as Imperial Japanese battallions, rallying at Camp Otoya for the siege on a rebel province in the South. As the night draws on the atmosphere becomes tense- soldiers are muttering amongst themselves, what will happen? The plot will take twists and turns to the worst, but you will have to play to discover what happens for yourself. The Gameplay ...Players will see the return of the classical active military camps experienced in the AOK days - All units will be moving around, doing duties, trainning, etc. Players will as well experience a new and unique gameplay experience, based on the Hitman games where wit and cunning are essential. The return of grandé fixed force battle from AOK days will also take place, where tension is built up during the "deep gulp before the storm"; formation has to be kept to victor the battle. The Characters and Groups
Credit: Scenario Design: RiderOfEternity & TwoQTimes2 Modding: Kastor, TwoQTimes2, Custergrant, BigFatz, RiderOfEternity and various others who contributed to the Mega Proto and Napoleonic Era. Story: Custergrant & RiderOfEternity Composition: MscMixer Looking for voice actors!
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Would also like to reveal some more information about the gameplay and chacters involved, which I posted on LFS earlier -- Ok an update:
I've not really ran into any major problems/bugs so far, but as with TQ, the time to create a scenario is even longer than expected I, Pac Mule and TQ are going to collaborate on this episode and then El Dorado in order to get them out as soon as we can, but unfortunetly the December release will be missed.
Nevertheless, here's some more info on the episode You will be able to interact with many things in the scenario, such as artillery target practices and people that have tasks for you. Below you'll see how this works, and also a Survival Arena, where the player fights to win as many rounds as possible to win things such as a mercenary Chu Ko Nu,
These are just some new screens that well, I thought looked... nice
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I'm going to Hong Kong for two weeks starting tomorrow. So today I would like to do a character spotlight and reveal some information about the main character, Gaijin
(Click picture for higher res version) -- Gaijin ( 外人 ) is the protagonist of the story. His name is Japanese meaning, “Foreigner” for reasons unknown even to himself. Gaijin gives little background of his self, but there are some who know the unlikely past of before he became a samurai. While playing the Ronin Episodes all Gaijin’s obscurities will be revealed.
Our hero is a mercenary samurai, yet mysteriously, exceptionally skilled in the art of stealth and secrecy. His dagger-throwing special move strikes with deadly accuracy, whilst his Karate kick knocks foes back with brutal force. A third special attack sees him slicing enemies in half with a spinning manoeuvre of his Katana.
Gaijin wears an expensive mix of “Okitenugui-nari”, “Yoroi” and “Dragon” armour, made of iron, silk, leather and brass, crafted to give sturdy protection against musket balls and freedom to perform martial arts at semi-ease.
Well, I'd like to say that your presentation of RE is quite impressive. According to the facts here, this episode should bring promising elements of gameplay, and hopefully score around the ball-park of where 2Q's recent scenario is at.
I expect this to be superb, and will be personally 'grading' it with that in mind.
As always, LFS scenarios are quality material and are usually at the top, so this should be good. Keep it, the updates, and release it.
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Sounds great guys (Nice screenies btw ) I'll be sure to keep an eye out for this. 1 Question though: Will it be a TWC Scen. or will you also be able to play it on the normal AoE3?
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QUOTE (Ultramar (zeuslord5000) @ Dec 13 2006, 02:01 AM)
I expect this to be superb, and will be personally 'grading' it with that in mind.
Perhaps it would be a good idea to officially grade scenarios. You could grade them as ultrasuper screenshots, or you could grade them in their own category.
Looks really, really great, btw.
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Thank you for all the kind comments I hope to make this a fun scenario for those who'v been awaiting to play more adventurous RPG scens for a while.
Can't wait to get back from Hong kong and finish the scenario!
Edit: Just saw newsie, thanks Birdman I think you misunderstood though. This is a series of playable scenarios, not cinematics
Edit 2: Wait, I have a few questions. First, what do you think of the title "Ronin Episodes"? Should it be changed? Also, should I release a demo or not? (If I do then it'll be the first half of the playable scenario)
Well, if this scenario focuses on a Samurai like warrior who does tasks and kills for pay from many Masters, but who does not have a true Master, then yes, 'Ronin Episodes' would be an appropriate name.
If you think that this scenario will be finished entirely and will be released not to long from now, and score a high rating, then you should not release a demo. Otherwise, you should.
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Yes. The episode will now begin with a nice battle scene and more background information There'll also be more missions.
Furthermore the story will now feature a few main characters in the Osatta Clan (the clan which Gaijin is in). I have some ideas already, but I think it would be great if you the audience could chip in ideas too. Be as creative as you like- from personality (funny, dumb, clever etc), to how the character looks (halberd, sword, meaty armour, decorations etc), and even his/her name. There'll be about 5 main characters of the Osatta clan, including Gaijin and the leader.
Make one of the members a big tough guy with a halberd (or two, if possible), who has big meaty armor and is reckless in his ways. He should be eliminated along the way. Just an idea.
Not getting many meaningful responses at HG, so I thought I'd come here, where the real community's at 
I, Pac Mule and TQ are going to collaborate on this episode and then El Dorado in order to get them out as soon as we can, but unfortunetly the December release will be missed.
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