Flagship Seattle's Mythos Unveiled

I'm so sick of Diablo-esque games. I know they sell well and people like them, but do something different. I just don't find the appeal of a Diablo style game these days.

(swissgar impression) That games looks like dildoes.

I wish they would just come out and say, "yeah, we basically just took the code we already had from FATE and added in the Hellgate networking code."

Still, glad to hear this is going to be free--I might actually play it now!

Grats on making a Diablo clone.

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It looks like Diablo and Fate have mated to create this. I still plan on buying Fate one day, it seemed like a cheap form of entertainment from the demo.

The basic idea, a free multiplayer Diablo-esque dungeon game with randomization is great. Hopefully there will be a lot of variety in the environments and enemies, for more tactical depth. Everybody likes to level a character, explore, and collect items.

Yeah these graphics don't look so hot but it's probably fine...

But how are they gonna make money? Some sort of basic vs. extended game thing?

Too old style of gameplay.

This is the same moral issue that keep me from playing again pacman, Wingcommander, blockout and tetris. Time has changed. Nice ideas, love random maps, free(a very nice plus) but no thx.

Let me just state that I am a sucker for any game that is highly randomized. Preferably maps (ala Diablo)... not just item drops (ala Titan Quest).

I found out about Mythos a couple weeks ago via word of mouth. I did some digging to find out what was up. Turns out this isn't exactly a totally new game from scratch.

It is based on (or at least heavily influenced by) a game called Fate that came out about two years ago. The UI and gameplay for both games are nearly identical. The lead programmer/designer of Fate was a dude named Travis Baldree. Travis is now a Project Director at Flagship Seattle.

Fate is a action-oriented, single-player dungeon crawl that owes a lot to Diablo with a few original touches thrown in. It's style is a bit more cartoony... though not in a bad way. It's got an infinite number of randomly generated dungeon levels, monsters and some crazy magic items. It also has some nods to the granddaddy of the genre, Nethack. Stuff like having a pet cat or dog that can actually run back to town and sell your loot for you.

Fate isn't groundbreaking by any means. And does have some annoying and/or repetitive aspects. But it is definitely entertaining and engaging.

Oh... and it's completely free to play. (As long as you are willing to watch an ad or two before the game loads). Try it out at: http://www.playfate.com/

Anyway. My guess is that Flagship recognized some talent and scooped it up. Mythos really seems to be some sort of hybrid Diablo 2.5 / Fate 1.5 / MMO sextravaganza.

I for one cannot wait to give Mythos a try. And god bless them for (apparently) making it free and community-oriented. Hope my Alpha invite comes soon!

Looks like if Diablo and WoW had a child.

How does one apply for a job at their Seattle location rather than their California location?

Doesn't look too hot

I'm on the alpha for this (I think the NDA was recently lifted, or else I'm in trouble), and I think it's pretty much like Fate 2. When it's done and polished it should be provide a whole lot of fun for Action/RPG fans.