Darn. :/

Guess everyone who wants HD screenies will have to wait until full release then or until official screenies are released. Which is kinda disappointing. I was looking forward to taking screenies.

No worries guys, you'll have it very soon.
Stay tuned for something special coming up as well.

You mean everyone'll have it very soon, or we beta testers will? I've been online all day so I assume you just haven't managed to get the beta out today?

Just wondering because you've been afk a lot today on xfire.

Hello everyone! The team and I would like to present to you our newest (and last) ViDoc to you all! We hope you enjoy this awesome insight into the development of Lumoria: Episode Two.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i-cWrkitJo

As heard in the video, Lumoria Episode Two will be released October 5th, 2012.

Reviews from the beta have been pouring in, let’s take a look:

“I honestly can’t commend enough the level design behind it. It’s a damn good level.” – LoneWarrior

“The story was great, and very enticing.” – ODST_Nick

“Environments were fantastic, utterly stunning.” - DarkHalo

…It’s been one hell of a ride, ladies and gentlemen. See you Friday.
Edited by Higuy on Sep 30, 2012 at 12:52 PM

"I only care about the cutscenes, and boy are they good." - MatthewDratt
Edited by MatthewDratt on Sep 30, 2012 at 01:11 PM

The cutscenes are awesome except for the voice acting, which admittedly I only hate because I hate American voices. The Australian voices are awesome, but the American voices are plainly irritating for me and the British voices are too quiet.
I think I had the same issue when I first played Lumoria Episode 1 last year.

Other than that, I agree, Dratt, your cutscenes are so pro. ;)

"Lodeman has such a cool voice!" -VampireGirl

Aye, thanks!

Very cool Vidoc MattDratt, it's real cool to see how this thing has evolved from sketches into finished product!

Y SO LONG. Looks awesome, i want that UI

I must say that actually does look pretty interesting.

Also, nice planning process. Good to see that in maps.

Good job, I must say.

Cool, and thanks for the Linkin Park music also, i had no idea there was a music of this type what Linkin Park made!
Favorite soundtrack now!

lmao

If chief jumped out of a drop pod and said: "Eshays brah. Lets go rob the IGA annd piss on that pole"
Edited by Cheddars on Oct 1, 2012 at 08:35 AM

I think the Linkin Park - Halo song is dated from like 2002. As you might remember I believe for Halo 2 they had a few bands try out to make a song, breaking benjamin had taken the cake. I'm guessing this was LP's take on the cake.

Chief's voice is slightly annoying. It's more unprofessional voices that annoy me though. Untamed American voices annoy me as much as I'd expect an untamed Welsh voice would annoy an American. It just sounds too foreign and too strange.

Looks like some spammers added some quick dislikes to our Vidoc, nice to know we enrage some poor fool this much that he uses all his alt accounts on youtube to vote us down. Hi DSalimander :-)

Please leave our community alone now :-)

even though the vidoc is only a lets say, a teaser of lumoria 2 it looks brilliant guys.
i think two of the most impressive encounter setups i saw in lumoria 1 were the parts where the drones dropped in to the level (the hole in the celling of the rock just before the hunters) hope you know the part i mean. second was the layout of the level and encounters just before the shielded elite (them two parts in particular were pretty much outstanding where level design came into it).

it's been a while now that i've been using this forum and as far as i can see if this is the last you guys will be working with this game engine, then that's going to leave a massive gap in what people will be looking forward to in the future.

fair enough there is also cmt, but that seems kinda like moded levels (sorry guys) compared to the work you guys do with the raw side of hce.

anyway impressive stuff.

Yeah, this is a very impressive campaign. Though I did find a few issues(Well, obviously, I am a beta tester :/), both Episode 1 and Episode 2 are amazing. Every encounter is fun and difficult. And the ending is awesome, and I'm certain that everyone that plays when the full release comes will enjoy it immensely, even if it's a little... difficult to say the least.

Be sure to finish it on Legendary as well, very cool special ending for those who manage to stick through it! Legendary will make you hit a pillow, I'll tell ya, but it's so worth it :-)



I've always seen you as one of the most respectable elder members here, so I find it honorable to receive such kind words from someone like you.

As for the gap, I personally will still visit often and am always willing to help out here and there when I can. But yeah, Halo won't be our main focus anymore, although I have absolutely no regret of my time spent here. Met some great and talented people.

And keep an aye out for Lone and Koo's very promising Flood campaign, my personal favorite other project on this forum. Especially now that thay're going fully custom BSPs for their next levels!
Edited by The Lodeman on Oct 1, 2012 at 05:51 PM

wow, this looks really amazing, im sure the huge amount of work and time that u guys have put into it will show throughout the map, i cant wait to enjoy ur hard work and thank you!

when you say the 5 th of oct is it in austrailia time and is there a mutiplayer selection in the ui
Edited by licon4812 on Oct 2, 2012 at 07:25 PM
Edited by licon4812 on Oct 2, 2012 at 07:29 PM

Earth time and yes, there is an MP selection menu. It has the same functions as a default menu except the CAMPAIGN option has been replaced with LUMORIA, which allows you to quickly play any episode you want.

ok but does the screen shot consel work and can you make the ui have to campan selections one will be the lammoria campagn and the other will be normal and whats with lumoria 2 1 then whats wth lumoria 2 2
Edited by licon4812 on Oct 2, 2012 at 07:49 PM

I had a hard time understand this, but the Lumoria UI will not feature the origional campaign. the Episode 2 (|), Episode 2 (||), etc show which map file of EP2 it is. EP2 contains 3 map files.

ok so epsisode 2 1 is episode 1 fixed

Uhmm, question, How is it that you guys were doing 4p split screen on that vid??? I thought bots wouldn't sync online? Or was it just 4 separate game play clips arranged in a manner that resembles 4 player co-op?

That was actually an illustration of how we have focused on making our levels less linear, eg. it showed the player take the four possible routes in that encounter.

if you have already finished the map then why dont you just relese it today

They have a little bit of work to do before the final release. Not much from what I've seen, but the beta existed to catch any final bugs which they now need to polish out before a final release.

ok

Would be cool to release E1 earlier than 2 though. I don't think I'll be replaying 1 once 2 comes out just for some minor bug fixes. Unless they've really done an overhaul of it.

I think new and revisited cinematics are worth replaying ep1 alone for. More story background, updated tags and encounters, terminals. For people wanting the complete package, they can download it all in one easy package and just do an awesome marathon playthrough when they get it.

It's gonna be an awesome weekend for Lumoria fans.

Coming from a beta tester who obviously has no need to advertise anything, I'll just note that it's not a major major overhaul but I assure you, there are plenty of features that make it worth a replay. There are also additions that will help you understand Episode 2 much better.

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Edited by Jaz on Oct 3, 2012 at 05:32 PM

Sorry, we've set out a certain planning to which we plan to stick. You'll just have to stick it out for two more days.. :-)

Honestly I'm still working on Ep1 so it's kinda hard to release something that's still in works. My deadline is in a few hours D:
Edited by MatthewDratt on Oct 3, 2012 at 07:00 PM

Can't wait for the final release