You can run, jump, walk, climb and fight, and in no time at all you're leaping from roof to roof and plundering goodies from houses you're not supposed to be in.Īs you soon discover, the island of Stros M'Kai is well-populated, and there are plenty of people to talk to at the outset. Walking around, exploring and talking to people is very much in the vein of Tomb Raider and Mask Of Eternity, and is achieved using a simple combination of cursors and 'action' keys.
The island of Stros M'Kai - or, more specifically, the docks of Hunding Bay - are Cyrus's starting point in the adventure. It works okay - characters nodding their heads as they converse (but not moving their lips, as seen in Half-Life), and gesticulating in a fairly human manner - and is a far better way of telling the story than with pre-rendered alternatives, because the impact of losing control of your character is dampened. This becomes apparent from the outset (or at least after the cruddy pre-rendered intro subsides) as Cyrus's ship slips over the particularly effective texture-mapped seas in the first of countless movie-like scene-setters. Characters, objects, buildings and cut-sequences are now all modelled in three dimensions. Gone are the dodgy bitmap sprites - the ones that always faced you, regardless of where you were in the room - and in come the polygons. In something of a departure from previous Elder Scrolls adventures, Fledguards graphics are this time generated in complete 3D.
Whatever, it sets up the story and the main quest in the game (to find your sister, dummy), and Cyrus sets sail for the island of Stros M'Kai, which is where his sister Iszara was last seen. Having left the continent of Hammerfell after an unfortunate incident in which he accidentally killed his brother-in-law (oops!), hearing news of the disappearance of his sister Cyrus now sets out to return. Search For SisterĬyrus, the lead character of Redguard and your vessel for the duration of the game, is a surly, mercenary bloke living out a self-imposed exile on the high seas.
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Those familiar with the world of Tamriel, the location of Bethesda's exclusive campaign setting, will not be au fait with this kind of thing, but you can rest assured that it works very well and fits neatly into the Elder Scrolls series of games. The angle in this instance is of a 'pirate' persuasion: Jolly Rogers bandanas swashbuckling and copious amounts of rum spilt on bare torsos down at the docks. Redguard, created by US-based RPG stalwarts Bethesda Softworks - the people behind the gigantic but flawed The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall - is such a game, and if truth be told it's actually bloody good. It's action adventure time again, folks, and by golly these developer-type chaps are getting the hang of it.
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