I think just about everyone and their charmed demon knows about the latest announcement from Blizzard.Well, it seems that Diablo 3 is now a bright speck on the horizon.This is good news for fans of the action RPG genre, but I think it is too far away to get overly excited about.I’ll take a hard look at the trailer and emerging bits of news later in the week.For now, I’d like to look at Space Siege.This upcoming release should help action RPG fans kill some time while we wait for Diablo’s expected release next year.
It seems to be based on an interesting, if overplayed, premise for an action RPG.They’ve shamelessly moved the action into space.Earth is destroyed and some nasty aliens called Kerak’s are hunting down the last survivors aboard the colony ship Armstrong.It’s your job to kill these bad guys and save the day.Not exactly a groundbreaking premise but it should let the Dungeon Siege gameplay grow into a new environment. 
I’ll start off with the basic core first.I’m really impressed with what they’ve shown of the controls.They’ve mixed in some of the aspects usually foreign to the genre.You still click to move your character but you fire your weapons by using the right mouse button.They also promise plenty of available hotkeys for the skills with options for rolling.Basic rumors of a cover system with ambush options should make it even better.I’ve always disliked the minimal interaction that Dungeon Siege featured in its combat, so this is a welcome addition.
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