Tides of War

Back down or Heel

2007-12-15T10:43:00.000-08:00

While exploring the world, you will run into many dangers. Some being other players.....and some being AI opponents. These range from animals to bandits. Great way to find unique items is to slay them. As well of course increase your intelligence.

Some animals can be trained as a partner in your journeys. Great thing about this is that you will find there are abilities that affect your pet. Some may increase its speed, strength, or even change it into a savage beast.

Note: LOL, sry about long inactivity. But long absence has helped me develop ideas.

Special Abilites

2007-08-14T22:07:00.000-07:00

Special Abilities will be gain for your character. Depending on what u do, who you meet, and what you kill. These factors determine what special abilities you obtain throughout your journey.

Note: Back from vacation. Every other day is hard for me to keep up. So expect at least once a week.

Don't Sweat the Technique

2007-07-13T18:14:00.000-07:00

As I explained earlier there are alot of different fighting styles. The quantity of styles make alot of variety when crossing opponents in this game. Along with different hand to hand styles there are also alot of weapons techniques and moves. More than hand to hand. Each weapon in this game is unique and have different characteristics.

When you learn a new move its added to your style of moves you can perform with that weapon.
Basically the chances of finding a fighter with your capabilites is almost impossible.

Note:Gonna try to update every other day now

Hammer and Forge to Victory.

2007-06-10T12:47:00.000-07:00

Upon journeying through the world you will find that as powerful as you might be you may not be protected. Blacksmiths are abundant throughout lands and they poses the ability to help you. Not only will they help you forge your weapons they can forge them out of powerful alloys and metals. These may have special properties but at times will most likely not. The weapon they forge for you can be made and designed to your liking. Every inscribed mark and curve into the weapon can be made if the price is right.

Armor can also be made. This provides protection, limits your movement speed, and offers resistance against special types of effects and magic. Made with alloys and metals also used for weapons.

Depending on your person. You can carry multiple weapons and can be sold. Armor on the other hand can only be worn.

Place Powers Here

2007-05-22T19:30:00.000-07:00

Well by now you would thing that the game has enough originality but i have more to tell you.

Scattered about the world are special stones. These stones are called runes. Each rune has a different property, that might (in most cases will) add properties to your weapon. Changes the way it looks and gives it powers that as the more you fight the more powerful it gets.

Ex: You have a Naginata and you find a earth rune. The naginata will change it appearance(in the game) and give earth damage, as well as expelling strange powers. Once its been combined, in your weapon description it will say 10% chance to make a shock wave in the earth. As you gain natural experience the % will increase and you might gain another ability. Such as being able to stick the Naginata into the Earth and creating a barrier.

Runes can be found in caves different environments, and can also be given to you through another player (explain later) or through deal of a quest.

Identical runes can form together to create a stronger version of the original rune. Different runes can also be combined to form different runes. Ex: Fire rune+Earth rune= Magma Rune
Spirit rune+Shadow rune= Voodoo rune

This will make fighting epic. Come back tomorrow for much more.

Tools of War

2007-05-22T19:20:00.000-07:00

Ok, now im gonna talk about yet another major part of the game. "Weapons"!!
Throughout your journey you might be lucky enough to discover rare and unique weapons.
But, in most part you will obtain a weapon once entering the teachings of a dojo. Dojos have there own weapons which you can choose from if you would like to learn under that weapon. Some dojos may only have one single weapon devoted to their teaching and Some may have many.

Weapons you will find range from staffs to swords, daggers to hammers, and so on. Pretty much every melle weapon as well as a few long range weapons are implemented into this game.

I will tell to you about the controlling of these weapons in the future.

Every weapon has its own style and it will set apart every other player in the world. You might run into someone fighting with a rope dart against someone using spiked gauntlets. The amount of diverse weapons and styles incorporated into this game, vow for a totally original experience.

You think the game is diverse now......................

Questions??

2007-05-21T20:01:00.000-07:00

If you have questions on the topic of a post, plz feel free to ask. Either by commenting or leaving me a question personally.

Thank you Sensei!

2007-05-21T19:44:00.000-07:00

Time to talk about a major part of the game. Learning the way of the warrior. Within the world of Tides of War there are many places to learn the art of fighting. Dojos can be found through out the world and mostly they will be in towns and villages. Each Dojo has there own fighting technique which you can learn from the Sensei of the dojo. As well as fighting most dojos have there own weapons technique. This i will talk about another day.

You can learn as many techniques as your intelligence will allow. Making you body as well as your mind strong will help you in gaining power. Increasing your intelligence can occur in many ways. Though life you will gradually strengthen your intelligence. A faster way is using your money and be taken on as an apprentice. Through this your power will increase greatly and you will follow the quests of you master until he thinks your worthy of going out on your own.

Training in dojos will gain you different styles, techniques, hidden abilities, and forces.

As you can see the depth only grows larger and larger. Within the week you will learn that this game only has one true word that can define it............Epic.

Journey through the Waves

2007-05-21T14:26:00.001-07:00

Back again, time to get into the game. As you now know you will create your character to your liking. With this character you begin your journey. At the start of the game you will be placed in a random part of the world. The basis of the game will develop around a MMO experience but a single player experience would benefit to have (but i would think this game wouldn't run both single player and multilayer).In this part of the wold you will search and live out your life. Whether you are in the wilderness or the desert you will find that what you face will shape the unique abilities of your character. Through traumatic events, survival, and other periods of your character's life you gain distinct abilities that will separate you from anyone else.

Now that you can depict yourself as an individual, you will find that there is no path in this game. You need to create your own.

Throughout the world you will find towns, villages, and hidden communities. Within these places you will be shown power. Through these places you can develop you values and morals. Your left and right hand. Your soul and spirit.

But that's not to say you cant develop those on your own. You can live the life of a wander, rogue and other adventurer and develop everything you need to survive these times of hardship.

Entering the Tides!

2007-05-20T20:04:00.000-07:00

If you are still reading then you are interested. That's good........I'm sure my ideas will intrigue you. Tides of War is a game that I'm hoping will set itself in a new genre of games. It totally advances a life style somewhat familiar to .hack series. But i wouldn't know because I haven't watched much of it. Its the closest comparison i could make. Anyways sry for boring your let me begin.
Tides of War starts by allowing you to create a character to your liking. Whether you want it to look like you, or someone you know, or how u want yourself to look in the future ......the choice is yours. Using this character you will adventure upon a epic quest. The thing is your quest isnt given to you nor is there one. You may be offered quests upon your journey but accepting or rejecting wont matter........ completeing those quests in no way ends the game or bring you any farther.. Is there an end to the game?????Who knows. You must find your own way..........forever seaching for truth and might. Now how is this game gonna work you may be wondering??? Ill answer this in one word.......YOU.

Introduction

2007-05-20T19:57:00.000-07:00

Sup, I made this blog because I have had this idea for a game for a long time. I needed some input and stuff on my idea. I hope that by the time i become a Game Designer i can make this game without someone having stolen it but im risking it. Welcome to the world of Grave's Tides of War. Enter a world where war is at everyones door step. The only survival you have is to become strong or stick by the strong. What will u do to ensure your strength for what faces you as u go through the world?