GB Feature: Eschalon: Book III Preview

Basilisk Games’ Eschalon: Book III is scheduled for release in the very near future, and we’ve had the opportunity to spend some time with an early build of the RPG threequel. We’ll be covering the game extensively after it’s released, of course, but in the meantime you can check out our hands-on impressions of the game:

Book III, like its predecessors, is played using an isometric view of the world. You control a single character, and everything takes place in turns — but in a friendly way. Nothing happens until you have your character do something (like move or attack), but then everybody else takes their turn simultaneously and quickly, and so it becomes your turn again almost instantly. In fact, walking around feels like it takes place in real time, and about the only place where turns are noticeable is when you face enemies who have slow attack animations (like archers), and you have to wait for them to finish before you can attack again.