Legends, myths, and magic spill into reality as an ancient battle for revenge envelopes a remote Welsh farmstead in this horror-adventure for the PC





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Hi Becky

Thanks for that !!

Sounds like another case of soon being compelled to spend more pennies

Cheers.

Mad

Mystical place, Magic...OHHHH I love it

Thanks, Becky

What a treat

Hmm, what happened to the Mabinogion? I've been tracking this game as Rhiannon: Beyond the Mabinogion by Arberth Studios for some time, suddenly it turns into Four Branches? I'm not nearly as curious about this as I was about the other.

Sierramindy -- I've checked the description of the plot, and this seems to be the same game as Mabinogion, but with a changed subtitle. I think perhaps the North American publisher decided that two difficult-to-spell-and-pronounce Welsh words in one title might be too much for us North Americans.

Thanks Becky

I love a Celtic treat !

Looking forward to this one

love

Hello chaps. Becky's absolutely right, there was a marketing decision in the US about the potential complexity of pronunciation - so a new strapline was arrived at. It is exactly the same game and the 'Four Branches' referred to are specifically the legends we've used from the Mabinogion.

We're on the home straight and it feels fabulous. There'll be a playable demo soon as well.

BTW, thanks to all the beta-testing volunteers. Had a great response from GB.

Cheers

Noel
Game Engineering
Arberth Studios

Woe is me! Beyond the Mabinogion sounded so adventurous and full of possibilities of who-knows-what, so I was really, really intrigued. However, Curse of the Four Branches just sounds like a lot of trouble of the kind that bores me. I am not a fan of horror stories, I don't dig Dracula, with the exception of one chase scene in a movie where someone yelled, "Catch him, that's Dracula" and somebody else shouted, "Dracula who?" Now, that's funny, it always cracks me up!

Never judge a book by it's cover. I believe in this case, it would be better suited to not judge a game by it's name.

Ana

Is this a vampire game? Please tell me isn't a vampire game. I'm a sucker for anything Celtic.

Thanks for the info, Becky!

Those initial screenshots aren't fabulous (or at least don't give me much of a sense of atmosphore, they're just room screenshots). But the story sounds like it could be really cool.

Another one to look forward too, I think!





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Thanks Becky...this game is sure looking good to me from the sound of it.

Guys, this is really tricky. I want to say "No, no no, it's not like that it's like ..." but I can't because that would be a spoiler. Be assured that 'Rhiannon' is not a 'vampire' game - nothing so superficial. It's MUCH more involved that that. You will pit your intelligence against the deviousness of a Welsh wizard. He is Llwyd, the sorcerer who appears in each of the Four Branches of the Mabinogion and it is from those four tales that we take our story.

BTW, don't underestimate rooms. It's not just the rooms, it's what happens in them.

I don't do vampires. they scare me. they're the only "monsters" that do. I supposed if it's a vampire with a Celtic accent I might be able to handle it.

Hey Becky thanks, sounds great..
I love this kind of adventures is my fav

Love Maria

I love deep dark stories. Hope Interact will stock it, another game to play on the dark rainy winter nights.
Thanks Becky
EDIT Noel, I adore mysterious rooms . Thank you, can't wait.

Noel, hope I didn't offend! Just meant there's no actual spookiness appearing in those screenshots themselves. (But I probably shouldn't be spoiled anyway!)

I'm still very much looking forward to this game.




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Offended? Moi? Nah. Simply can't imagine being offended by anyone here. Anyway, skin like a rhinocerous wearing an anorak while sitting in a titanium battletank buried in concrete, me.

Mind you, there are indeed no traditional-style ghostly apparitions in those pictures though, so I see where you're coming from. The pictures are supposed to demonstrate that our graphics at least conform to the state of the art, I guess. It's the plot and the sounds and the music and the surprises and the way we'll generally mess with your head that'll spook you.

Cheers

Noel

BTW, must get round to sorting out my signature. We'll be in the shops by Halloween.

Hi, noelbruton

I am prepared to be Spooked,Haunted, Scared,Creeped Out Etc Etc


BTW...I am prepared to be kissed by Dracula also

Can't wait for this game

Hi noelbruton,
And readers of this thread:
I am not judging the game or even the name of the game! How shall I put this? My curiosity (strongly built into my DNA) is very keen when I read "Beyond the Mabinogion" which conjures up all sorts of "unknowns" but "Four Branches" is sort of "blah" and all I can think is like, 4 branches of what? a river? a road? a tree? I'm reacting, not judging. Kittens have curiosity, babies have curiosity, but they aren't making judgments and neither am I.
I haven't made up my mind as yet whether I will buy this game or not, depends on what I learn and how I react to it in the future. Curiosity keeps my mind open as to whatever comes next, but why do I get the feeling that if one decides right now at the beginning that this "sounds" like a great game (a reaction) that this is a reasonable statement that is easily accepted.

I agree with Sierramindy. I don't know why publishers always feel they have to dumb down titles for North America. All it does is make it harder to find information about the game, and the original game names are almost always more interesting.

I think they dumb things down because they think we're dumb.

If they thought we were dumb, I don't think they'd include the difficult puzzles in adventure games. They might think we're impulsive -- they've studied what attracts people when they see a game on the shelf, and they try to make the title, box art, etc. fit what seems to make people buy.

It was a joke!!!