Sounds interesting-

If it avoids falling into the derivative abyss

by dkpatriarch

© 2010 David Hilton

Have you heard about the upcoming game Hellion: The Mystery of the Inquisition by Polish game-maker Flying Fish Works and to be released sometime later this year?  Probably not.

In fact I thought it was dead, like so many other independent studio games lately.

Apparently it is alive and well and the details we have of a medieval sword wielding Dominican Inquisitor battling in the 13th Century against the rising evil of heretics, possessed, witches, Templars, assassins, animals, demons (sigh) and zombies (double sigh) in a ‘historical fiction’ first person perspective hack ‘n slash have me both interested but also confused.

Game Style: Confusion #1

What I’ve seen of the game so far looks a bit like Oblivion and Dark Messiah but the game will have more timing based hack n’ slash qualities of the action-oriented titles, complete with third person view finishing moves.

So there will be 1st person perspective, RPG elements, and a focus on hack ‘n slash. That sounds good actually. If it works. (more…)

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