D&D General Gameplay Trailer for D&D Dark Alliance Video Game

I'd forgotten all about this, but it was one of the 7 digital Dungeons & Dragons games mentioned in February of 2020. It's a console game which launches in June, and you can now watch a gameplay trailer of it.



The game features a Drizz't and his friends, and you get to fight frost giants, beholders, and white dragons in Icewind Dale. You can pre-order it now.

 

[R_J_K75]

After watching that mess Ozzy doesnt sound so bad.

 

[D1Tremere]

I'd forgotten all about this, but it was one of the 7 digital Dungeons & Dragons games mentioned in February of 2020. It's a console game which launches in June, and you can now watch a gameplay trailer of it.



The game features a Drizz't and his friends, and you get to fight frost giants, beholders, and white dragons in Icewind Dale. You can pre-order it now.

Looks like a fun time!

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I'm not really sure about the tone here. We've got Drizzt, Bruenor and so on (I presume) and yet this we have people giving the finger as they sink into lava, giants (?!) with jamming on guitars, heavy-metal style and so on. I mean it's kind of fun but kind of weird.

It's the age group of the lead developers, I suspect. I would bet money that, just like at Blizzard, it's a bunch of Gen X dudes who grew up on hard rock and metal making it, which affects the aesthetic.

As a fellow Gen Xer, the trailer made me smile and laugh.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Most gamers wont care if the game has Driizzt or any other novel character in Dark Alliance with this tone. Just sayin.

I'm sure there are Drizzt purists out there, but they're vastly outnumbered.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

While it still could be fun as heck, I can't help but feel that it looks more like a previous gen than a next gen game.

The too-bright lighting and shiny skin everyone has made me think the same thing. Not dealbreakers, but noticeable.

 

[el-remmen]

Doesn't look turn-based to me, which is what I want out of a D&D video game.

 

[Gradine]

Looks like dumb hack & slash fun; so they're doing DA name proud at least

 

[payn]

Doesn't look turn-based to me, which is what I want out of a D&D video game.

Yeap, you'll want to skip this one for sure then.

 

[Mallus]

It looks very... 3-dimensional. I'm having trouble seeing the bones of Gauntlet in it.

 

[payn]

I'm sure there are Drizzt purists out there, but they're vastly outnumbered.

Im already imagining the forum conversations:

D&D Fanatic: Hmmm, this game doesn't capture the essence of Drizzzt, he wouldnt make these choices or go to these places...
VideoGamer: Whose Drizzzt?
D&D Fanatic: First of all, it's who is not whose. Second, Drizzzt is a major character from the D&D Forgettable Realms novels.
VideoGamer: lol, wait...this is a D&D game?
D&D Fanatic: Seriously? Its in the title!
VideoGamer: I thought it was Dark Alliance?
D&D Fanatic: .....................

 

[Istbor]

Is "try too hard" metal a thing? After watching this trailer, I feel like it should be a thing.

Normally, I would say yes, but I loved Brutal Legend, and I doubt this can out metal that. And I certainly thought there was a lot of "Try too hard metal" involved.

Otherwise, I am not sure I am sold on the graphics style they are shooting for here. We shall see, what we shall see.

Plus I didn't even know it was named dudes in the video as the player characters until someone said something, and even after that I don't really care. It would have been better that I could make my own thing, but I'll play some interesting pregens if I have to. I liked Vermintide plenty.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

More details in this Polygon article. (And seriously, WotC, you should really have ENWorld on this same PR list of giving early access to videogames.)

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

And it's entirely possible that with about four months to go, there's still plenty of work being done on it. Regardless, if it's enjoyable to play, I'll likely be happy enough with it regardless.

The too-bright lighting and shiny skin everyone has made me think the same thing. Not dealbreakers, but noticeable.

 

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

I hate to say it, but this looks like trash.

 

[bobmungovan]

This looks like a legit successor to the previous Dark Alliance games, which I loved.

 

[Weiley31]

I am all for Metal Ogres stringing away on Heavy Metal Guitars in DND/Forgotten Realms/Campaign Settings.

Hells, Monster of Murka's latest release gives you a Punk Rocker Barbarian Subclass with the option of getting your very own Shredding Axe(Guitar) weapon.

So crank that absurdity up!!!!!

 

[embee]

So....like a Brutal Legend meets D&D?

That already exists.

Gods of Metal: Ragnarock

A bombastic heavy metal-inspired RPG of epic proportions. Bust out the D4's, turn up the volume and live out your rock fantasy!

www.kickstarter.com

 

[overgeeked]

For a second I was excited thinking you got to play the monsters against the adventurers.

 

[Mercador]

I don't think the new D&D crowd knows anything about Dark Alliance (or even Drizzt) from my point of view.

 

[thomkt]

I don't think the new D&D crowd knows anything about Dark Alliance (or even Drizzt) from my point of view.

It's not just the new D&D crowd that isn't familiar with Dark Alliance. I never heard of it until people mentioned it in this thread.