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Atari Announces Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale For Spring 2011

A downloadable hack-and-slash that centers around the struggle to defeat "the evil Rezlus and his Zhentarim."

Hey, guys, do you want to take part in the epic struggle "to defeat the evil Rezlus and his Zhentarim" in the Dungeons & Dragons universe? Great! You'll get to do just that Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale, a downloadable hack-and-slash title set for release in Spring 2011 on XBLA, PSN, and PC.

Scratch: The Ultimate DJ developer Bedlam Games is the creating this next D&D title, which is said to support both online and local co-op for up to four players. Publisher Atari's page on the game confirms the usual fantasy stuff for Daggerdale. Expect underground lairs, magic casting, loot, quests, a deep character creation component, and a "riveting narrative."
 
Perhaps the most important detail we've learned since reading over the press materials is actually not mentioned in the press materials at all. Daggerdale will have skeletons. The evil, walking kind. Get your first look in the trailer just below.
  

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You'll have my +1 Sword of the Boar.

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I want hardcore tabletop simulation, no like I mean literally simulating a dungeons and dragons game hopefully complete with smellovision

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Why doesn't someone just make a NWN style game using 4th ed rules.  The 4th ed rules are so cleanly designed that they would actually translate well to video games.
 
Wizards has put significant effort in the last few years making the rules of their two cash cows work cleanly enough for video games, I wonder why all we've got is that downloadable Magic game.

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despite my many failed atemps to understand and enjoy D&D I still kida love it and this looks like it could be kinda cool
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it doesn't look too bad if they support it post launch. Being downloadable makes this more appealing to me if they charge the right price.

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Incredibly bad soundtrack.

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Wow. I thought it said "Daggerfall" for a minute.

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im in

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Will the heartbreak never end?

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Go Atari!!@Rayeth:  Agreed!

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A Diablo clone with more class customization would be pretty cool.

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I'd like to see another Demon Stone, but better. Maybe this is it.

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ooo an action based D&D game.
 
Hopefully online co-op won't be patched in at a later date!

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The Forgotten Realms Campaign always had the better luck when it came to video game adaptations versus the more general mythos of Dungeons and Dragons in recent history. Oh well I'll keep my eyes pealed for this if the details sound more promising.

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Not a great first impression, but we'll see after throwing some game length and price numbers out there.

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@Azteck said:
" Wait. Atari still matters? "
They publish some good stuff