Settlers of Ganareth Video Game Series

RPG 30 May 2006

An MMORPG initially developed by NPCube in cooperation with Farlan Entertainment and published in 2006. Years later, the rights to the game have been acquired by Snail Games, who decided to reboot the game in 2016 with entirely new visuals, a different business model (now the player has to pay for the game only once), and a number of improvements to the game's mechanics. In Dark and Light, the players travel to a fantastical land of Ganareth, in which three factions fight for power. The game offers a vast open world and complete freedom of gameplay combined with a lack of typical story quests. The new version of this game allows one to develop their character without the necessity to dedicate to only one particular class - characters learn various professions the way the player sees fit. The elaborate crafting system is an integral part of the game allowing the players to create numerous items as well as erect structures - from small houses to powerful strongholds. Another important aspect of the game is the combat - when developing battle mechanics, the creators have drawn their inspirations from FPS games, which resulted in the arcade nature of the game. What is also worth mentioning, both the time flow and changing seasons of the year correspond to the time in real life - one minute in the game equals a minute in real time. The changing weather conditions cause particular effects throughout the in-game world. Dark and Light features high-quality visuals based on the Unreal Engine 4 technology.

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RPG 13 December 2005

Settlers of Ganareth is a stand-alone MMO game created by the French band NP Cube. It was created only for the period between November 2005 and April 2006, because it is an introduction (or open beta) to the actual production of this studio - Dark and Light.

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