The Dark Eye: Book of Heroes

Platform(s): PC
Genre: Role-Playing
Publisher: Wild River
Developer: Random Potion
Release Date: June 9, 2020

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'The Dark Eye: Book of Heroes' Delayed Until Later This Summer

by Rainier on March 9, 2020 @ 1:55 p.m. PDT

The Dark Eye: Book of Heroes is a classic RPG with a clear top view where players can choose from 12 different professions and four species and adapt the appearance of their character as they wish.

The Dark Eye (TDE) has a long tradition, with the first edition appearing in 1984, is a role-playing system plunging groups of players into the fantasy world Aventuria.

The new computer role-playing game Book of Heroes was developed in close cooperation with the rights owner, Ulisses Spiele; their cooperation ensures that the upcoming game meets the demands of role-playing fans.

A totally new adaptation of the long-running pen-and-paper ruleset The Dark Eye, Book of Heroes offers a unique roleplay experience for teams of up to four players. Featuring fast and intense dungeon crawls through dynamically generated maps as well as many familiar characters, locations and events from the The Dark Eye universe, The Dark Eye: Book of Heroes promises an exciting experience that will charm fans of fantasy and role playing games all over the world.

Every created character has their personal agenda, tasks, and missions as well as procedurally generated quests and maps. If you like, you can play in single-player mode and hire a few companions at the Inn of the Wild Boar or you can play with up to four friends in cooperation mode.

This detailed role-playing universe from TDE is the ideal place, with many familiar characters, places, and events.

Originally scheduled for release in Spring 2020, The Dark Eye: Book of Heroes has been pushed until later this summer.

“We couldn’t be more excited to bring this beloved tabletop franchise to the digital world,” said Marc Wardenga, CEO of Wild River. “With over 35 years of tabletop evolution to reference, The Dark Eye: Book of Heroes is the perfect setting for fans of old-school RPGs, and the team at Random Potion has done an incredible job of bringing it to life on the PC.”

Key Features:

  • 12 playable professions all available in TDE
  • 4 playable species from TDE
  • Exciting quests and tasks
  • One or more players
  • Extensive character customization
  • Character creation and customization with Inrah cards!
  • Hand-painted graphics by well-known TDE artists
  • Exciting solo stories
  • Lots of familiar places, characters, and adversaries from the TDE universe

The Dark Eye: Book of Heroes is coming to PC in summer 2020.


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