Chris Parker & Ion Hardie Interview

Russian site Freelancer has scored an interview with Chris Parker of Black Isle Studios and Ion Hardie of Reflexive Entertainment, in which they talk about the recently announced Lionheart. Here’s a little something to get you started:

Q: Maybe you could describe in a few words the main character?

A: The player creates a single character. This character can be male or female, any of several different races, and have a multitude of different abilities through the attributes, skills, perks and traits that the system makes available. Over the course of the game they can have other characters join and adventure with them. Some of these characters can come and go for only one quest, or may potentially stay on as long as the player character wishes (or story elements allow).

In the beginning of the game the player is suffering through subtle persecution at the hands of the Inquisition. In this altered history, the Inquisition seeks to ferret out the magically-imbued as well as users of magic and eliminate them as a threat to mankind. Unfortunately, the player is imbued with a spirit, and in the opening cut-scene, they fall under the watchful eye of the inquisitors.