Dawn of Fantasy is an upcoming video game to be released on the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. Set in a fantasy world the game offers four playable races which compete for dominance in a large rendered world. It is set in the fictional world of Mythador.
Game engine
The game engine is fully 3D and includes a Day/Night cycle, level of detail correction, shadows, bloom, and HDR effects. Thousands of characters on screen are promised, which can ride, walk, run, swim and climb as well as being able to negotiate fortifications, such as walled fortresses etc.
Naval and siege battles, corpse looting, and a full economic model are built in to an a engine which takes care of micromanagement of the economy.
Gameplay
Story driven single player, and multiplayer modes are both planned. The game is primarily a RTS with micromanagement automatically handled by the computer. Games focus around the construction of a home city, with a variety of objectives.
Races
Orcs, men, dragons and elves are the four playable races.
Singleplayer
The single player campaign is played from the point of view of the humans, and centres around the story of a young noble.
Multiplayer
The primary multiplayer mode centres on base building and conquest, up to 8 players can be active at one time. An alternative MMORTS (Massively multiplayer online real-time strategy) mode is also planned which allows players to transfer their assets from previous matches forward to other games. A skill matching system will also be included - pitting players against opponents with similar skill levels based on previous matches.
