AHA-Lambda
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This is getting very confusing now. I would personally like this part cleared up, cos alot of people are being sold on this as being Deus Ex, when apparently it's not.
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This is getting very confusing now. I would personally like this part cleared up, cos alot of people are being sold on this as being Deus Ex, when apparently it's not.
So it's like a Telltale game but with meaningful decisions and combat. Basically not a Telltale game at all.
Here's are impressions from Rock Paper Shotgun:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/11/22/impressions-consortium-2/
$70,000.
Maybe they'll be able to afford some of that if it sells well.
Chance Hale
Member
I played Dominions for a few hours the other day. This is nothing.
I just started playing and it's really fantastic so far, much better than I expected. I wa about to make an OT but good to see this is already up.
Bonus screenshot:
I really don't think so. At all. Just looking at my inventory it seems far more Deus Ex than Telltale:
Bonus screenshot:
AHA-Lambda
Member
But RPS in that link right there compares it to TellTale. But then again, Durante says otherwise =/
I'm gonna hold off and wait for more people to play before I do anything.
And why does that matter? Did they make a game with this awful art style because of how those 2 games looked so many years ago? And I still think SS2 looks good when it comes to the art style, this does not.
Bonus screenshot:
ok, this one deff. doesn't look like JSR, so i take back what i said
cicero
Member
I felt the exact same way about that Titanfall thread last night as I do reading through this one now. This is what I get for venturing too far outside the GAF GOG & Steam threads.
PuppetSlave
Member
Just some quick impressions. Played for 30 minutes or so, mostly playing with the in game combat simulator and reading the in game computer text logs and articles.
Combat is very very basic and should not be the reason at all for buying this game. The focus of the game is on conversations and decisions made there. Well only played 30 minutes like I wrote so haven't really gotten into the game.
So far I am very happy with my purchase, now I got to get to bed though.
Combat is very very basic and should not be the reason at all for buying this game. The focus of the game is on conversations and decisions made there. Well only played 30 minutes like I wrote so haven't really gotten into the game.
So far I am very happy with my purchase, now I got to get to bed though.
GuitarAtomik
Member
Though it's still not going to win any awards for graphics, it actually looks a lot better in motion
No wonder games like Skyrim sell like crazy. Apparently all you need is pretty graphics to get a free pass. :/ I mean just reading the features sounds like something I would want in all my rpg's/games
GFX be damned
- Dive into a world with well over 150,000 words of back-story and lore, where everything you read, see, speak, or hear relates to the story and characters, and everything is there for a reason.
- The story unfolds based largely on your actions. You may use diplomacy and talk your way through the entire game - never shooting anyone! OR, decide to use deadly or non-lethal force.
- Regardless of what you choose to do or not, the experience always moves forward, adapting seamlessly to YOU.
GFX be damned
Ya pretty much. It really sad a game like Mount and Blade, a game with a budget of a 5 year olds lemonade stand has amazing and deep melee combat with average graphics, but Skyrim, a game with combat so outdated and shitty that came from early 90's PC games gets a pass.
Midnight Bliss
Member
I really don't like when people advertise (x) game as game but I suppose it isn't really fair for me to judge that unless I've played both.
game but I suppose it isn't really fair for me to judge that unless I've played both.old manatee
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eXistor
Member
What the hell, this came out of nowhere for me. I'm gonna read some impressions and maybe I'll get it, but I don't really have an opening for it right now (too damn many games). This is right up my alley though.
Why are people bitching about graphics again? It sounds like everything so many people of GAF want and all you can say it "graphics suck, so no"? I thought we were better than that.
Why are people bitching about graphics again? It sounds like everything so many people of GAF want and all you can say it "graphics suck, so no"? I thought we were better than that.
loganclaws
Plane Escape Torment
Thank you for your contribution!
It's a game where you move around in first person more or less freely, interact with stuff, have an inventory and fight. You have a conditions, health, energy, heck, state of your individual organs. And that's just what I've seen in the first 40 minutes.
I don't feel like it is much like a TellTale game, at all.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
as others have mentioned concept sounds cool, but that art style... :/
That title is how you grab attention. Sounds interesting, will try and check it out for sure. I agree that the artstyle is a bit...... janky. It feels like they wanted the older deus ex/system shock 2 asthetic or older game look, but it has that newness that makes it seem disordered. If they just had it look like the old deus ex it may have been more palatable.
How does the fighting play out anyway? I was watching the stream earlier, and I only really saw exploring the ship and talking.
Kind of tempted but at the same time I'm kind of hesitant at the price.
Yeah, and they even seem to have an interesting system for balancing equipment load and usable (utility) energy.
Impulse bought on the concepts presented. Art style reminds me of something, can't put my finger on it, but I like it anyway. I also like the concept of building an advanced sci-fi ship like thing out of an old Boeing.
I've just cleared
. My only issues so far have been a couple of minor bugs (Duplicated audio subtitles and a really strange random death).
I've just cleared
the boarding section having captured Kiril
I just downloaded a patch, that was quick. No idea what it fixed, haven't had any issues so far.
With interesting nonlethal options.
Bonus screenshots:
I assume from the virtual reality training program I just completed that combat plays like an FPS:
With interesting nonlethal options.
Bonus screenshots:
jim-jam bongs
Member
Misspelled "scenario"? Preorder cancelled.
Took about an hour
The dialogue system reminds me of Alpha Protocol more than anything. Timed dialogue and per-character reputation.
Oh now you ruined it for me
I enjoyed his or her contribution.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
I think some of the reactions earlier in this thread suggest the danger of picking a thread title like the one chosen here AND writing an incredulous OP about how is no one playing this game that just came out today that you've gotta play?!?!?
jim-jam bongs
Member
The dialogue system reminds me of Alpha Protocol more than anything. Timed dialogue and per-character reputation.
Oh now you ruined it for me
Look you can't just invoke the names of two games renowned for their iconic attention to correct spelling and grammar, then expect people to overlook these things.
VibratingDonkey
Member
Just tried alt-tabbing to see if it'd be alright with that. Nope. Save before you give that a shot.
loganclaws
Plane Escape Torment
I honestly think that in many ways, this is the closest thing to a Deus Ex or System Shock game in forever!
I think that's one spin on it. A less charitable view could be that some posters here are actually really shallow.
Anyway, perhaps it would make sense to make this the |OT| for the game? And perhaps rename it, though I really don't think those comparisons are that far off base. Though it's hard to come up with something completely comparable, I can't really think of many first person action RPGs focused on such a small (but dense) setting.
Just set the game to borderless windowed fullscreen. Was positively surprised that it had an option for that!
Chance Hale
Member
Can you be a massive asshole like you can in Alpha Protocol?
loganclaws
Plane Escape Torment
From what I played, yes. Each character you meet has a disposition towards you that can be altered by your dialogue choices.
I just started playing and it's really fantastic so far, much better than I expected. I wa about to make an OT but good to see this is already up.
I really don't think so. At all. Just looking at my inventory it seems far more Deus Ex than Telltale:
Bonus screenshot:
You should downsample and force some good AA Durante, put the game through its paces.
Would really give the distance some clarity, like in the second shot it starts to get a bit blurry as you get farther away.
Chance Hale
Member
Neat, probably going to buy this tonight. Is it in real time like the Last Express or does every conversation progress events/time?