It Lurks Below

Grotug · January 27, 2022, 21:51

I watched a video about how Diablo became a live action game from originally being designed to be a turn based game. The guy who came up with Diablo was heavily influenced by Angband, so I thought I'd look up a more recent title he made:

It Lurks Below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xudkqzSxAd8

Has anyone played this game? Thoughts?

smbhax · January 28, 2022, 03:10

Ah that's right, I remember looking at a few of his developer videos (I think that's what they were? man my memory is shot) on it some years back. Haven't played it. I think I "met" him briefly when the Diablo team visited Monolith Productions back in the olden days. Hm I guess they were probably there thinking about licensing the Lithtech engine, I don't remember though.

tuhasunaze · February 10, 2022, 08:45

I played Diablo 3 on my console and I can't even imagine how it could be a turn-based game. It's weird and unusual, but who knows.

swim · March 3, 2022, 20:02

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Originally Posted by tuhasunaze

I played Diablo 3 on my console and I can't even imagine how it could be a turn-based game. It's weird and unusual, but who knows.

I watched an interview a while back with David Brevik (the lead developer of Diablo 1 and 2), and he said that in the early builds of the original Diablo it technically was still turn based, but he just whittled the time down in between turns until it was 0 so everything would effectively happen in real time.

swim · March 3, 2022, 20:04

I have had It Lurks Below in my Steam library for a while now but I haven't gotten around to playing it yet. David has said that co-op mode will be coming very soon so I might just wait until that's a thing and then find a friend to play it with.

January 27, 2022, 21:51	#1
Grotug Veteran Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 1,588	It Lurks Below I watched a video about how Diablo became a live action game from originally being designed to be a turn based game. The guy who came up with Diablo was heavily influenced by Angband, so I thought I'd look up a more recent title he made: It Lurks Below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xudkqzSxAd8 Has anyone played this game? Thoughts? __________________ Beginner's Guide to Angband 4.2.3 Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9c9e2wMngM Detailed account of my Ironman win here. "My guess is that Grip and Fang have many more kills than Gothmog and Lungorthin." --Fizzix

January 28, 2022, 03:10	#2
smbhax Swordsman Join Date: Oct 2021 Location: WA Posts: 337	Ah that's right, I remember looking at a few of his developer videos (I think that's what they were? man my memory is shot) on it some years back. Haven't played it. I think I "met" him briefly when the Diablo team visited Monolith Productions back in the olden days. Hm I guess they were probably there thinking about licensing the Lithtech engine, I don't remember though. __________________ My Angband videos

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February 10, 2022, 08:45	#3
tuhasunaze Rookie Join Date: Feb 2022 Posts: 4	I played Diablo 3 on my console and I can't even imagine how it could be a turn-based game. It's weird and unusual, but who knows.

March 3, 2022, 20:04	#5
swim Apprentice Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: NL, Canada Posts: 82	I have had It Lurks Below in my Steam library for a while now but I haven't gotten around to playing it yet. David has said that co-op mode will be coming very soon so I might just wait until that's a thing and then find a friend to play it with.

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