Depths of Peril

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Depths of Peril

Developer(s)	Soldak Entertainment
Platform(s)	PC, Mac OS X
Release date	September 5 2007 (Windows) June 4 2008 (Mac OS X)
Latest release	1.010 / May 19, 2008
Genre(s)	Action RPG
Mode(s)	Single player
System requirements	1.2 GHz CPU or better, 128MB RAM, GeForce 2 Graphics Card or better, 150MB of hard drive space

Depths of Peril is a fantasy, single player action RPG computer game. It was developed by Soldak Entertainment and was released on September 5, 2007. Depths of Peril is set in the fictional lands of Aleria. In the game, you play a faction leader in the barbarian city of Jorvik. Your main goal is to protect the city from the rampaging hordes beyond the walls, and to become leader of Jorvik. There are other factions vying for control of Jorvik however, and depending on your actions they will either become friends, or hinder your progress.

1 Features
2 Reception
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4 External links
5 Notes

[edit] Features

Blend of action RPG with strategy elements
Navigating relationships with enemy factions using diplomacy, trade, war, and raids
Real and hard consequences from a living world
Changing, evolving world
A developed plot (40+ short stories, 60,000+ words)
Randomly generated world

[edit] Reception

Since its release, the game has generally been received warmly by reviewers and gamers.^[1]^[2] One notable disappointment among reviewers and fans is the lack of multiplayer.^[3] The reason for no multiplayer, according to Steven Peeler, lead designer and programmer of Depths of Peril, is that they wanted to focus on the singleplayer experience first, before attempting multiplayer.^[4] Peeler hopes to include multiplayer in a future expansion pack.^[5]