AC1 and AC2 lore

[Cerulia]

This is something I've wondered pretty much since AC2 came out... How much continuity is there between the lore in AC1 and AC2? I mean, how closely do the two live teams work on keeping things in one game on track with the other, do you work from the same, um, design documents (Or however you keep track of all this stuff ^_^)

I never really followed the AC2 lore beyond a little of what was in beta, because I always just assumed that the AC2 team would take it their own way, but if we can read AC2's lore as just a future point of view of AC1's that'd be another story ^_^

[Gustaive]

Without giving too much away .... AC2 lore tries to draw on "The Golden Age" for it's back story. This point in time is pretty much years and years in AC1's future while being years and years in AC2's past. There's some depressing things in AC2 like having to fight undead versions of ourselves and our current heros.

[Silifi Of Death]

oooo! Do you get to fight an undead Elysa Stathelar?

[Eddie the Crazy]

No, but her spirit is around for the Hero Quest in AC2

[Cerulia]

Wow, that sounds really fun actually! I didn't get to play for long in beta (My computer was under the minimum specs, so I was only able to run it till they put a check in that said I couldn't run it ^_~), but the little I saw didn't look all that much like the Dereth we know - Seeing things from AC1 like spirits of our heroes must be really good! ^_^

It's mainly things like Geraine that I'm wondering about - I believe he's a pretty key figure in AC2, so it would be interesting to learn more about him from that, since he's pretty mysterious in AC1's lore. But if there are differences between AC2 lore and AC1, I wouldn't want to confuse myself ^_~

[Gustaive]

Geraine's background is mentioned here and there in AC1. He gets more story in AC2 though and it does follow what is provided in AC1.

[Ibn]

This is something I've wondered pretty much since AC2 came out... How much continuity is there between the lore in AC1 and AC2? I mean, how closely do the two live teams work on keeping things in one game on track with the other, do you work from the same, um, design documents (Or however you keep track of all this stuff ^_^)

I never really followed the AC2 lore beyond a little of what was in beta, because I always just assumed that the AC2 team would take it their own way, but if we can read AC2's lore as just a future point of view of AC1's that'd be another story ^_^

We work very closely to make sure the lore doesn't contradict. Orion knows the lore of both games very well, as does Keth on the AC2 team, and members of both teams frequently consult them both to make sure that everything works together.

[Cerulia]

Thank you very much for the answer Ibn! It's really good that you work together so closely... Think I'll go take a look at a few AC2 sites ^_^