The Lady, the Mage, and the Knight 
        (ROLE PLAYING)
                                      
                                      
   LMK is a work currently under complementary hammers in the dual forges
   of Larian Studios of Belgium, and the Danish group Attic, of Realms of
   Arkania fame. Their combined talents are being stretched like
   glistening skin across a paper-based RPG skeleton originally created
   by Fantasy Products. All three are experienced companies, and
   certainly plan on infusing this title with a unique triple-stylistic
   overture.
                                    
   The game centers around the lives and adventures of three very
   prominent pre-scripted characters. The initial conflict we're looking
   at is a rash of plague and hunger, which drives an island community to
   its knees in desperation. Enter the protagonists, who are brought back
   to investigate by one of the citizens. The said Lady is a deadly elven
   archer, as beautiful as she is swift and dangerous. The Mage is an
   apprentice wizard of sorts, able to incinerate your opponents with a
   variety of detailed spell effects. And finally, the Knight is a
   hardened warrior in the European sense, made powerful by glittering
   steel and an honour as unshakable as his armour.
                                      
   As the story is unfolded, layer by layer, the party will discover more
   about the source of the scourge which ravages the island of Rulat. The
   characters wage war and gain experience in the classic RPG sense, but
   with some considerably ambitious features designed to augment
   traditional gameplay. The plot will indeed draw the player in, but now
   it is time to examine the guts of this beast, and see what pulses.
                                      
   First of all, the designers opted for a semi-isometric, 16 bit
   high-color bitmapped environment, much like many other currently
   developing RPGs will utilize for the sake of detail. But within these
   natural boundaries, LMK will proudly display a host of graphical
   embellishments, including colored lighting, complex particle systems
   and reflections, and some of the most stunning facial renderings and
   texturing I've seen since Fallout. 
                                      
   Also on the technical front, allusions have been made to neural-net
   algorithms behind the artificial intelligence which makes up the
   non-player characters and the monstrous inhabitants of the game world.
   This will result in some rather frightening cunning, from what I've
   been told. Your opponents will be very aware of their own abilities,
   and will attempt to change the stakes of the combat to reflect their
   own advantages. It should prove most challenging to overcome the
   various foes within.