Rogue Stormers
| Rogue Stormers | |||
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| Studio | Black Forest Games | ||
| Publisher | Black Forest Games | ||
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
July 17, 2014 (Early Access) | ||
| platform | Windows , PlayStation 4 , Xbox One | ||
| genre | Shoot 'em up | ||
| Game mode | Single player , co-op multiplayer | ||
| control | Keyboard and mouse , game controller | ||
| system advantages preconditions |
Dual-core CPU with 2 GHz; 2 GB RAM; DirectX 9.0 graphics card |
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| medium | Download | ||
| language | English | ||
| copy protection | Steamworks | ||
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Rogue Stormers (formerly: Dieselstörmers ) is a shoot 'em up for Windows developed by Black Forest Games . For the first time at the Game Developers Conference 2010 in San Francisco, shown under the project name Ravensdale , work on the project has been going on since 2007.
Gameplay
In Rogue Stormers is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up with focus on co-operative gameplay. It takes place in a diesel punk fantasy scenario. The players move through randomly generated levels and fight orcs and goblins with weapons they have built themselves. The game offers both a single player and local and online co-op multiplayer mode.
development
The game is based on a concept that was originally developed by the German development studio Spellbound . The first thoughts on the game arose back in 2006, when the company designed concepts for possible follow-up projects after completing work on Desperados 2 . Eventually Spellbound received the order from JoWood to develop Arcania - Gothic 4 , in August 2008 the commitment was announced. In April 2010, a few months before the publication of the role-playing game Arcania , design studies under the title Ravensdale were presented for the first time at a presentation of the Vision game engine at the Game Developers Conference . In the press, the game was often referred to as an RPG, while Spellbound spoke of a fantasy action game with steampunk elements. In the same year, the concept was switched from a role-playing game to a side scroller.
In March 2012, Spellbound filed for bankruptcy. Part of the workforce was transferred to the new Black Forest Games development studio, which also continued the brands and previous development work of Spellbound. After the release of the Kickstarter- financed jump 'n' run Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams , the company also tried in July / August 2013 to finance its Project Ravensdale over 500,000 US dollars, but could not achieve its financing goal and therefore broke the financing phase prematurely. The failure of the Kickstarter put the company in financial distress, which could only be averted by layoffs and odd jobs. In April 2014, the studio undertook a second funding attempt, now under the title Dieselstörmers and with a significantly lower funding target of 50,000 US dollars. At the same time, a first playable prototype was made available to advertise the Kickstarter. The game was successfully funded on May 23, 2014 with a grand total of $ 52,931 raised by a little less than 1200 backers.
On July 17, 2014, the game was made available to interested parties for the first time in a development version via the Early Access program of the online sales platform Steam against payment. A few days later, the Italian fashion label Diesel filed an objection against the trademark registration of the name Dieselstörmers because the company saw it as an infringement of its naming rights to the term Diesel in the computer game sector. BlackForest lost the ensuing legal battle and changed the name to Rogue Stormers in 2015.
reception
On July 24, 2013, the game magazine PC Gamer published a preliminary review of the Early Access version. Accordingly, the game in its current state is more reminiscent of a “beautifully animated tech demo” than a playable alpha version, as the game still contains too few game functions. Therefore, no purchase recommendation can be made at this point in time. Nevertheless, the author acknowledged the game's potential, provided Black Forest Games can implement its promises and make changes to the game design.
The website Spielehelden.net, operated by the Rheinische Post , compared the game principle with the Metal Slug and Contra game series in an article from September 2014 , expanded to include some role-playing aspects similar to Diablo . Here, too, the author complained that the scope of the game was still too small, with the development progress being given as 10–20%. Overall, she rated what was shown as “very neat”.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from November 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c gamasutra.com
- ↑ golem.de
- ↑ pcgames.de
- ↑ Yves Günther: German developer files for bankruptcy. In: Gameswelt.ch. March 22, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2012 .
- ↑ kickstarter.com
- ↑ rockpapershotgun.com
- ↑ kickstarter.com
- ↑ gamestar.de
- ↑ Peter Steinlechner: fashion brand against action game. In: Golem.de . July 28, 2014, accessed August 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Manuel Fritsch: DieselStörmers becomes Rogue Stormers - new name after legal dispute with Diesel. In: GameStar . October 15, 2015, accessed August 15, 2019 .
- ↑ pcgamer.com
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
