Paradox announces War of the Roses
Paradox Interactive has unveiled a new title, War of the Roses, at GamesCom 2011 today.
Dubbed War of the Roses, the game is a multiplayer-focused third person melee game that was announced by developer Fatshark's Gordon van Dyke.
Speaking after the announcement, Gordon said Fatshark put a lot of emphasis on balancing the melee combat, constantly iterating on a playspace that consisted of a barren landscape and just two fighters until the game felt right.
The full game will focus mainly on massive-scale multiplayer however, with Fatshark saying the team is still experimenting with how high it can push the player count.
Fatshark's previous games include cowboy shooter Lead and Gold.
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A PC release, no firm shipping date has yet been set for the title.
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Discuss in the forums ReplySo what in the final stage you get to murder a couple of children
(if I have my British history right)
Sounds fun
The third person bit is obviously personal taste, but the title comes from the civil wars between the house of Lancaster and York in northern England during the 1400s. The symbol of each house was a rose (red and white, I forget which was which, but lp1988 can help there I reckon). Anyhoo, just wanted to point out that it's not madness, it's....
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Sounds good, hopefully a more polished version of Mount and Blade and if so ill probably get it