Épée

Posted by Derek Yu Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:15:00 GMT

Epee

I was under the impression that fencing, or “swordfighting for gentlemen,” was about prancing around back and forth and poking your opponent with a thin sword, and possibly leaping onto rocks or kicking over tables to confuse your opponent. You know, like Inigo Montoya does it? But from Épée I gather that you could be 100 pounds overweight and still have a chance, so long as you grunt convincingly in French.

This is one slow, ugly game, that takes about 30 seconds too long to load do to the “real-time 3d fencing interface taking advantage of all the latest bleeding-edge shader programming technologies.” Which basically means that I could make a sandwich in the time it takes my guy to lunge at his opponent. AW HELL NO!

(Source: The Gamer’s Quarter Forums)

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  1. konjak said about 1 hour later:

    Why are they fighting by sperm creek?

  2. rey-o said about 1 hour later:

    i am inigo montoya, you kill my father, prepare to die

  3. Benzido said about 2 hours later:

    If I was emperor, ALL games would be swordfighting games.

  4. Gr.Viper said about 3 hours later:

    Absurdus? The guys who made Eye of the Kraken and Carte Blanche? Will download this one despite different genre.

  5. Clockpie said about 3 hours later:

    Dear Mr Derek Yu.

    I have been reading you’re posts (and the occasional other) Ever since I found out opera can automatically get feeds - and I found your website.

    (I assume this is your website because nobody else really posts)

    Anyway - To the point. What happened to reviewing ikki’s games! (Nikujin) I got stuck in that ninja game and had a look at some of them but I don’t know how to do half of them!

    Thanks for giving me something to read that isn’t lots of blurb about some hotshot-indie-guy that i haven’t heard of. cough gamesetwatch cough.

    From, Clockpie.

  6. Albert Lai said about 6 hours later:

    You forgot the most essential part of sword-fighting - the witty banter! A game that focuses on sword fighting ignores the clever exchange of insults at it’s own peril.

  7. Gr.Viper said about 6 hours later:

    You mean, like this? http://www.scummbar.com/community/games/swordfighting/

  8. Derek said about 7 hours later:

    Clockpie, thanks for reminding me! I’ll get back to Ikiki soon enough. :)

  9. Eudaimon said about 7 hours later:

    I played this one a while ago. Kind of dull. I think I prefer the ladylike combat of slapping to the gentlemanly combat of fencing.

  10. Noyb said about 8 hours later:

    I always think of “épée” as a tool of a lazy crossword maker.

  11. Bobo said about 8 hours later:

    Yes Derek, I’m sure there are many of us here that would love to see more Ikiki! :P

  12. motus said about 10 hours later:

    wow, what a shit piece of game.. slow, boring and dull..

  13. Tom said about 11 hours later:

    I’m a rubber, your’e a glue…and this game is definitely a cow :P

  14. Jeff said about 11 hours later:

    Picture reminds me of Stardust though. Ah, what a wonderful movie…

  15. Peni said about 12 hours later:

    D15 9AM3Z 15 4 FA95

  16. Albert Lai said about 13 hours later:

    Jeff I will always stand by the book. But then again, I’ve never seen the movie - so who am I to judge?

  17. FireSword said about 13 hours later:

    Well tbh the screenshot looks good… lol

    The first fencing game i played as i remember was Sid’s Meier Pirates! when u board the ship and two captains ALWAYS get in range to fight and other sailors refrain from shooting them in the back.. lol

    En garde!

  18. judge said about 16 hours later:

    B Game Competition winner. Period.

  19. Lim-Dul said about 17 hours later:

    B Game Competition winner. Period.

    Nah - for me it’s not even in the “so bad it’s good” category.

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