The guys at Basilisk Games have released a teaser trailer for their upcoming RPG, Eschalon: Book II. The lighting and rain effects look pretty darned nice, as does the layered effect seen near the video’s end. The teaser shows Eschalon’s quasi-realtime mechanics, which allows fluid play but won’t progress until you’ve clicked a tile or action, and that’s good for guys like me who have children and who are often called away quickly.
I’m still happy that Basilisk made cartography a skill in the first game rather than fold it into the player’s given interface. During character creation, I love having to choose between utility skills or more traditional, combative things such as cleaving or heavy armor.
