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Legacy Of Dorn: Herald Of Oblivion
« on: September 11, 2020, 12:40:33 PM »
Hello citizens! I've recently found a game in my steam collection is no longer available to purchase, but is still playable; It's a W40k digital novel by Tinman Games, Legacy Of Dorn: Herald Of Oblivion - It's a spacehulk game that mixes retro style arcade combat, albeit in turnbased form, with a choose-your-own adventure reading style

You play as the Amperial Fist Brother Nabor, accompanying the Terminator Squad Scipio as their newest member on a mission into the spacehulk Herald Of Oblivion!

If you have any Qs & As you are interested in fielding please ask away below; let me know if you're interested in me transcribing the story experience
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Re: Legacy Of Dorn: Herald Of Oblivion
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2020, 12:52:17 PM »
That sounds quite fun... I'm guessing it's just totally unavailable if it's not purchasable?
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Re: Legacy Of Dorn: Herald Of Oblivion
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2020, 01:10:58 PM »
I think you can get the game by redeeming keys still, so various third parties would probably still work fine (although as I already owned the game for a bit I can't say for sure)

but it has been removed from the steam store as a purchase-able item since Tinman Games no longer has the license from GW

If you already own the game you can still play it though
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Re: Legacy Of Dorn: Herald Of Oblivion
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2020, 05:56:49 PM »
That is too bad!

I'm not familiar with the term "digital novel" could you explain?  It sounds like its not a text-based game, or that the text is interspersed with turn-based arcade combat.  I don't know a lot about indy games, a friend's family developed them in the 1990s and 2000s.

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Re: Legacy Of Dorn: Herald Of Oblivion
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2020, 12:28:27 AM »
Yeah it's how the developers described the experience, I've never seen the term used anywhere else really!

I mislabelled it as a digital novel but they on the steam page call it a gamebook... huh. I guess I was thinking in terms of comparing it to a visual novel but with less priority on the visuals.
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Re: Legacy Of Dorn: Herald Of Oblivion
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2020, 11:27:59 AM »
Humh, those labels make me think of something more like "King of Dragon Pass" which is centred around reading text and looking at image and making choices from a list of options.   Or a digital version of the old Fighting Fantasy / Lone Wolf books.

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Re: Legacy Of Dorn: Herald Of Oblivion
« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2020, 11:46:06 AM »
I actually managed to complete the game today, after I learned about the "free choice" option and unstuck myself from a few chronic snags
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Re: Legacy Of Dorn: Herald Of Oblivion
« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2020, 12:36:10 PM »
I keep meaning to get and play King of Dragon Pas sometime, it sounds fun.
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