Lionheart Preview

EuroGamer has put together a preview of Black Isle & Reflexive’s Lionheart. Included in the article are several quotes from the game’s lead designer, Ion Hardie. Here’s a little something to get you started:

Our twisted 16th century setting was the end result of some major brainstorming sessions and historical research. Black Isle .. were originally talking to us about doing an RPG using the Fallout SPECIAL system, and it seemed like a natural progression to set it in an altered Earth timeline. Using our design parameters of ‘historical, yet different’, the history of the Renaissance seemed like an intriguing and rich era to develop. We have done a lot of historical research to try to mimic and twist history to suit our gaming purposes, and with everyone doing research into history, including our lead writer Eric Dallaire, many of the events almost placed themselves. Hopefully this shows in the dialog options and places that the character visits.”