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Haven’t seen vibrant 2D graphics like these since The Whispered World.

The Journey of Iesir takes place in a land reminiscent of the medieval ages, yet has a story that integrates ideas as old as the legendary Vikings, and as modern as the hippie movement in the 1970’s. This story details the journey of a charismatic Viking named Daniel Trondhjemsfjord, who has a burning desire to return to his Viking heritage and join the ranks of this legendary yet clandestine group. Michael and Jack, two wanderers and freelancers, join him on his quest. What begins as a simple job turns out to be much more than any of them has bargained for.

The game has been in development for some time now, but fortunately - authors say the game is near complete and they lack just a little bit on the animation side. It’s interesting to see what the initial graphics looked like before they went with a more of a Disney-esque approach:

And here’s an interview with the developer

The game looks quite nice.

The second picture indeed reminds me of something you could see in Runaway. Like Sushi’s hotel and saloon scene.

Sushi’s hotel ( you can see dear’s head in both scenes )

But the first picture reminds me of some of the Broken Sword scenes ( The Cafe)

Pic 1, Pic 2, Pic 3

And the character himself looks like a brown haired Guybrush

That’s quite an interesting combination of ideas. I can’t wait to see how this game turns out to be

beautiful…....another game to wait for

http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=41440.0

It looks like they’re trying to hunt down an animator.

Nice visuals!

Most promising screenshots I’ve seen since the first screenshots of Runaway many years ago!

Everything I’ve found so far suggests that there isn’t gonna be any voice acting for the game. I’t would be a great shame if such a beautiful looking game were to end up voiceless. If I was a talented voice actor, I would offer my services for free for this project! Anyone knows what they’re planning in that respect? And is there any planned release date?

tsampikos - 06 November 2012 03:51 PM

It’s not a problem if the game is voiceless. best adventure games of all time are voiceless.It’s enough if it has nice music and good sound effects. I hope that this game will soon come out. 

I recall all of my absolutely favorite games have voices. lol Not to mention my favorite modern adventures have okay voice acting and still rank up better than a game that relies on text.

Unless the game is Botanicula, its awkward to not hear voices in gaming anymore. Voices add that much needed aspect to the experience of the game. I can’t stand playing Casual HOG’s that have no voices, unless it offers something more than just an interesting story.

tsampikos - 06 November 2012 03:51 PM

It’s not a problem if the game is voiceless. best adventure games of all time are voiceless.It’s enough if it has nice music and good sound effects.

I completely respect that you feel that way, but the way you say it makes it sound like its a rule that applies to everyone . Monkey Island 1&2 were easily my favourite games back in the early nineties, but I’m pretty sure that all my future replays will be the special editions.

I remember the first Talkie adventure I ever played was the CD-rom version of Simon the Sorcerer, sometime in the mid-nineties, and the first impressions remains one of the greatest moments in my (gaming)life. Good voice-acting adds something to a game that no text ever could: real emotion.

In my opinion, a game without voices can feel a bit “dead”, however, with such impressive visuals as The Journey of Iesir is displaying, I’d play it no matter what. Voices or not. The thought of how great the game could have been with a dedicated voice cast could possibly ruin the experience to some degree though.

I’d still like to check this game out, even if it doesn’t get to have any voice-over work.
Of course, it’d be a plus if it did feature voices, but I don’t mind a voiceless game. My favourite DS games have very little voice work in them, and some of my favourite PC adventures became my favourites in an unvoiced version (Fate of Atlantis, Simon the Sorcerer, Monkey Island 1+2).
I agree with Dag, though, that when given the choice, I’d now only play the voiced versions of those games. But that still doesn’t mean that I’ll ignore a game just because it doesn’t feature any voice-overs. Heck, my favourite game of the last year was To the Moon, and that didn’t have any voice work done…

The Journey of Iesir is looking great, voices or no voices.