STRANGER: Meet Steiger and make some new friends with an axe, a crossbow and a host of powerful spells
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 08 May 2007 - leading video game developer and publisher Fireglow Games TM , best known for its Sudden Strike® series, today presents Steiger - one of the three main heroes of the upcoming cutting-edge RPG/RTS-blend Stranger®. The character for advanced players that like challenging gameplay.
In his home world, Steiger was an educated spy. His last quest was to investigate the bizarre happenings in the City of Wizards. Therefore he knew how to survive in hostile surroundings and adapted very quickly to the world of Stranger, called Kront. Steiger is perhaps the most flexible of our heroes. His ability to powerfully wield an axe in melee helps him to get rid of monsters getting too close. But his skills in using a crossbow are unsurpassed and help him decimate enemies before they come close, including flying ones.
Steiger is not only a valiant fighter because of his fighting ability, but also because of his excellent vision and hearing. While others may pass unaware, Steiger "feels" hidden magic artefacts and machines that could aid his course.
Already being deadly himself, Steiger's full power is to be seen when he is leading a squad of units. His mastery in using the green spectrum of magic crystals allows him to heal wounded soldiers and even to resurrect dead ones. Facing an army that will stand up every time you knock them over might be found hard to overcome
Please click on the link below for new screenshots from Stranger.
ftp://ftp.fireglowgames.com/demo/st/steiger_screen070508.zip
About Stranger:
Stranger combines epic role-playing with some of the best elements of real-time strategy. The never-before-seen spell and item enchantment system allows a never-before-seen flexibility as players simply have to swap the amounts of used crystals to adapt to their enemies' strategies. The unique level design allows you to fight on several levels at the same time. Seamlessly interwoven maps enable distinctive tactical options.
Features:
RPG blended with some of the best RTS elements
3 main heroes and many units to choose from
Over 100 different monsters
Unique and flexible magic system
Great variety of items and gear
More than 30 hours of single player campaign
Multiplayer with up to 8 players
Level design enables distinctive tactical options
Stranger will be available worldwide from May 2007.
Captions for the screenshots:
1_Stranger_Steiger.jpg:
Steiger as he was before he approached computers and became 3D and textured.
2_Stranger_Steiger.jpg:
Steiger is not only a formidable archer but also knows how to fight with an axe. Thanks to his magical skills he is strongest when leading a squad, as his healing and resurrecting spells render his troops hard to overcome.
3_Stranger_Steiger.jpg:
A crossbow comes in handy when flying monsters attack your party. The lever on the right is a spellcaster. At this very moment it belongs to settlers of the Half-Day Citadel settlement, however, a player can take control and cast a powerful magical shield over his troops.
4_Stranger_Steiger.jpg:
The enemy's trap at a narrow passage leaves our crossbow-archers in melee. In a situation like this, players should quickly engage their melee-fighters to help out.
5_Stranger_Steiger.jpg:
While Steiger blasts away his enemies with magic, one of the enemies gets magically "stoned" (no pun intended).
6_Stranger_Steiger.jpg:
Big boys with their toys: The machine behind Steiger is a Lanzrayer (one of those machines from the "Hearts of Death" release). It is assisting Steiger in his mission to reach Perrens' Castle through the Plains of Mokkosa, destroying nests of monsters called Narranks to help settlers of the Half-Day Citadel and Red Rocks Village settlements, and overcoming a wizard controlling the path to Perrens' castle.
7_Stranger_Steiger.jpg:
Steiger is recovering the spellcaster (also known as a cretion in the world of Kront). In this particular mission, the spellcaster is able to heal players' warriors in most parts of the map. This comes in handy when the party has split up!
-------------------------------------------------------
For additional information, please contact:
Max Dolmar
Max.Dolmar@fireglowgames.com
About FIREGLOW
FireglowTM Ltd. was founded in 1999. Since then, Fireglow has developed four games of the Sudden Strike series (Sudden Strike®, Sudden Strike Forever®, Sudden Strike II® and Sudden Strike - Resource War®).
Fireglow is now developing other games for the Sudden Strike series ( http://www.suddenstrike.com - including Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory), and is also launching another independent brand, Stranger® ( http://www.strangergame.com).
For more information about Fireglow, visit http://www.fireglowgames.com.