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Dreamlords

Platform(s): PC
Genre: Online Multiplayer
Developer: Lockpick Entertainment

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'Dreamlords' Gets Release Date

by Rainier on Jan. 4, 2007 @ 9:42 a.m. PST

Dreamlords is a Massive Multiplayer Online Real Time Strategy game currently in development by Lockpick Entertainment. Dreamlords is a persistent world in which victories and hard work will not pass unnoticed. Everything gained will make the player stronger for the next encounter.

Dreamlords is a MMO-cross genre game that combines role playing aspects such as character development, trade skills, and special abilities with a RTS combat mode. Dreamlords has an asynchronous online model where an infinite amount of players exist in the same universe where fierce battles are fought between players over the precious lands.

Dreamlords is much like playing a traditional RTS game online with the added enhancement of a persistent world filled with exploration, questing and wars for conquest.

In Dreamlords players assume the roles of the mystical Dreamlords, magical entities that spawn from the nightmares of the mythic Dreamer himself. Dreamlords may empower forceful methods but their presence is always welcome as they also have the power to provide goals and guidance for a fragmented piece of the old world. A world consisting of shattered pieces of land, called Patrias, home to hardened populations of survivors controlled by a sovereign Dreamlord. The success of each Patria is solely depending on the capability of its ruling Dreamlord. As well as fighting, co-operation is important in Dreamlords. All players belong to a guild, called Convergence, and cooperating within your own Convergence is necessary to be successful.

Said David Rosén, CEO of Lockpick Entertainment: "Dreamlords represents the next level in MMOG gaming. The talented Lockpick team has managed to develop a never before seen game that blends all the best elements from three very popular genres. When we first set out to make this game, it was our first big project and we realised that we had a great task at hand. The first thing we addressed as being paramount was the contact with the gamers. All out during the development of Dreamlords, the feedback from the large Dreamlords community has been extremely important to us. You can certainly say that Dreamlords truly is a game developed by gamers for gamers."

Managing your patria will be done using the online management interface, which can be accessed from anywhere via the Internet and any supported browser. How well you manage the patria will directly influence how mighty your armies become. Fighting victorious battles and resolving events successfully will strengthen your army, in addition to research granting superior armor and weapons.

There are always several tasks, such as fighting off monsters that are harassing the population, demonic summonings, and fighting the Reasonists. Other unacceptable disturbances also need to be dealt with. Leaving such events unresolved will have a negative effect on the patria. Although a player may continue without completing an event, completion will keep the patria in good order, and that in turn, gives the player an advantage. Often times resolving events will have passive benefits such as gnosis and other goodies.

A huge part of Dreamlords is PvP combat and our focus is that the battle be loads of fun. The PvP battles are accessed through a lobby in the game client. The lobby is a matchmaker that pits players of similar strengths against each other.

The Lobby enables a player to engage in compelling combat with a few clicks of the mouse and still enjoy all the benefits of the hard work previously put into the game. Since the game is persistent all new units and upgrades are still availiable for the next match (unless they were destroyed).

Player vs Player combat will be very rewarding and it is one of the main ways of getting the main resource in the game, gnosis.

Dreamlords is a progression through time and new technologies and units can only be aquired after a certain minimum amount of time. However players can greatly influence how new things become available to them. Like many strategy games, players gain strength by having more and stronger units. There are several ways players can achieve this. Skill and dedication will greatly affect how strong players are at a given time in the game. Players can harden their units on the battlefield, quest for specific equipment, or focus hard on researching what they need.

Progression in Dreamlords is also significally different depending on which race the player chooses to play. Some might be centered on solving special racial events that lead to new things and others might rely on research and efficiency.

The most basic way of progression is in doing. Being an active dream lord, making active choices, having goals, resolving events, and battling against other players will be beneficial.

Features :

  • Unlike ordinary strategy games, every victory, valuable item, long sought after technology, and even your units will stay with you. Including those matches against human opponents. Everything stays with you for the duration of the round, and your persona develops traits which are kept permanently.
  • After working hard with managing your lands and armies feel the reward when you load the PvP Lobby and realize you have become significantly stronger.
  • Resolve the events on your patria and your population will prosper, soldiers get hardened and the dreamer will notice you, making you more powerful
  • Acquire special rewards such as wondrous items or new knowledge after completing epic quests.
  • The RTS gameplay is unique and specially designed to provide interesting strategic choices while being intense and exciting. Everything geared to provide the perfect RTS experience.
  • Play with and against real people, help your friends and sabotage for your enemies.
  • Enter the management interface from any computer with Internet access.


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