Jhutch321 wrote:
just finish the 2nd chapter... great work everyone. Never been a fan of Lodoss, but they are very interesting chapters so far. its really keeping my interest jumping from person to person, I'm assuming each chapter follows the lives to the warriors that defeated the demon king. anyways, great job to all involved this masterpiece is super polished and fun as hell. thank you so much!!
Thanks, Jhutch321. While delving into the game structure itself, I quickly discovered that Lodoss had all of the RPG elements that many of us enjoy. However, in researching translated material of related Lodoss media, I found much of the fan-generated works rather puerile, needful of coherency, and sadly lacking in the literary department. This is probably a contributing reason why you have not become enamored with Lodoss. Much of it comes across as overly campy.
The story aspect in this particular game serves as an allegory to the inevitability of armed conflict, along with the repetitive futility of said warfare. The chapter approach humanizes the characters and allows a player to clearly identify with their worldviews and even come to accept the validity of the logic that drives their behavior. Unfortunately, when differences in their attitudes become diametrically opposed and their actions lead to irreconcilable conflicts, everyone suffers. However, the real tragedy occurs when a seemingly omnipotent force in the background steps into the fray and chooses to play God with everyone's life.
We're actually seeing a similar scenario unfold on the world scene this very moment - the subjugation of a sovereign nation by a would-be emperor who looks to join the ranks of Adolph Hitler and Vladimir Lenin - or even Josef Stalin, who (according to the highly acclaimed British historian Robert Conquest), murdered up to 70 million of his own countrymen in order to maintain and expand the evil Soviet Empire with his gulag archipelago and an iron curtain of enslavement around all of eastern Europe.
It appears that Planet Earth in on the verge of becoming a repetitive
Lodoss-writ-large itself - with yet another megalomaniacal leader of a nation that is not content to remain within its own borders.
Yep, art imitates life - or death, as the case may be.