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Adventure RPG 'EARTHLOCK' is now officially available on Linux

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Inspired by the classic 3D RPGs of the late 90's, EARTHLOCK from Snowcastle Games is now officially available on Linux.

EARTHLOCK is the upgraded and extended version of EARTHLOCK: Festival of Magic, with a shorter name and tons of new content.

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Announced with little fanfare early last week on their Steam forum, they thanked everyone who helped test during the beta. They also noted the demo now supports Linux on Steam too, which I briefly tested and it does indeed work okay.

We've reached out for review keys, so hopefully we can livestream it and write up some thoughts later.

You can buy it from: Humble Store, Steam. No word on a GOG release yet.

Thanks for the tip, sbdy!

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Liam Dawe Apr 30, 2018
Quoting: GuestCorrection: Inspired by the classic 3D JRPGs of the late 90's. Those aren't real RPGs and have grown to be essentially visual novels with random trash mobs to pad the gametime.
It's not up to me to decide who the developer was inspired by.
Arehandoro Apr 30, 2018
Quoting: GuestCorrection: Inspired by the classic 3D JRPGs of the late 90's. Those aren't real RPGs and have grown to be essentially visual novels with random trash mobs to pad the game time.

Technically speaking, there isn't a single video game that is a real RPG.

The game looks cute, but doubt I have the time to play it anytime soon.


Last edited by Arehandoro on 30 April 2018 at 9:42 am UTC
ziabice Apr 30, 2018
I really love when developers show dedication to their games enhancing them using suggestions from their user base or thinking about and addressing the mistakes they made on a first release.
Another game that comes to mind is Ash of Gods: they just released version 1.2 that really seems addressing all the flaws the game had on release (and makes me want to buy it).
razing32 Apr 30, 2018
This looks really good , but having never played RPGs in the 90s , not this style anyway , I am not sure if I would like it, :S:


Last edited by razing32 on 30 April 2018 at 8:17 pm UTC
LungDrago May 1, 2018
Well, from the trailer I got the impression this game is an incoherent mashup of magic and technology. Yet this is no Arcanum. I don't knoooow...
Kuromi May 11, 2018
GOG reviews for game is rather lukewarm...
tuubi May 11, 2018
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Quoting: KuromiGOG reviews for game is rather lukewarm...
Could some of those reviews be for the significantly less polished original version?
razing32 May 11, 2018
Quoting: tuubi
Quoting: KuromiGOG reviews for game is rather lukewarm...
Could some of those reviews be for the significantly less polished original version?

Hmm. Doesn't GOG label early access reviews like Steam does ?
tuubi May 12, 2018
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Quoting: tuubi
Quoting: KuromiGOG reviews for game is rather lukewarm...
Could some of those reviews be for the significantly less polished original version?

Hmm. Doesn't GOG label early access reviews like Steam does ?
Well, I see three user reviews on GOG. One of them played on PS4, one of them played a pre-release version on Steam and one is just three words repeated over and over. The possibility exists that some of the reviews are for EARTHLOCK: Festival of Magic which was the earlier, less polished version. (I guess GOG allows reviews from people who don't actually own the game in their store.)

All that said, I haven't played the game so the 3.5-star average score might be deserved.


EDIT: The Linux port doesn't seem to be available on GOG.


Last edited by tuubi on 12 May 2018 at 6:01 am UTC
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