The Bobby Blackwolf Show

359 - 10/28/12 Bobby Blackwolf Show - Interview with Michael McMain, CEO of Xaviant about Lichdom

  • Our final interview from SIEGE is with Michael McMain, CEO of Georgia-based independent developer Xaviant, to talk about their upcoming first person magic game Lichdom.
  • But first, we give our impressions of Forza Horizon (which Bobby reviewed on VOG) and the Xbox Smartglass app that just released on Android.
  • Then we take calls about Scribblenauts: Unlimited and Forza Horizon.


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Flaco_Jones
Flaco_Jones
11/1/2012 10:14 AM

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Lichdom sounds like a game I would enjoy playing. As soon as you started talking about a first person magic game, my mind went straight to the Bioshock games. I don't typically like shooter games either, but Bioshock adds magic (plasmids) to the gun play and by combining spells with each other or with certain other weapons you create more powerful results. And like Lichdom, Bioshock has an aim assist to help shooter challenged people like myself. I really hope Lichdom makes it to consoles, because it removes the guns altogether and sounds like it really plays with the idea of spell combinations.
act_deft
act_deft
11/1/2012 11:02 PM

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Really great show. I liked your Forza Horizon review and I would totally be down for a VOG community night of it.

And Lichdom does sound like a great game.
TigerClaw
TigerClaw
11/2/2012 6:47 AM

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Great show, Sounds like Forza Horizon could be a fun game for those who are more into arcade style racing.
ssj100matt
ssj100matt
11/5/2012 2:32 PM

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I have to say Bobby you might have sold me on Forza Horizon. I wasn't aware of the voltron like development team behind the game. In a ways the game kind of sounds like Initial D in the sense that you have rivals with different advantages and weakness's. And like Initial D it has the auto customization aspect as well. I've always been turned off of many of the Forza and GT games because of the almost intimidating amount of customization and tuning you have to do in the game. Too much emphasis on tuning takes away the fun for me. To me a good racing game is something that leaves it more open to skill on the track and the ability to have fun playing with friends. From what it sounds like Forza Horizon is that.

Also good interview. Sounds like we will have to keep an eye on Lichdom in a year or so.
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