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STRAFE® |OT| REAL. BLOODY. FUN (also bleeding edge graphics and gameplay circa 1996)
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Because there's a dearth of non-roguelike FPSs out there...Uh huh
Please indie FPS makers, get away from this trend. Not all of us are gagging for roguelike elements in every genre.
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Deleted member 22576
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah it's like the only thing I've played remotely similar to strafe is eldritch.
Fried Food
Banned
that kind of pixelates everything but it doesn't add the warm and fuzzy VHS filter
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
Sad thing is I spent less to get into Delver's early access (Which isn't even on Kickstarter and is being made by one guy) and have enjoyed it a lot more than STRAFE which I don't really find myself wanting to play much and I spent $50 on the KS.
Difference is both are first person randomly generated games, but Delver is more of a Roguelike action RPG or something with amazingly designed level styles and actually fits the random level paradigm a lot better.
The Delver dev even does streams every week showing his progress. Of course Delver isn't a FPS. Just more of a FPRPG or something.
Difference is both are first person randomly generated games, but Delver is more of a Roguelike action RPG or something with amazingly designed level styles and actually fits the random level paradigm a lot better.
The Delver dev even does streams every week showing his progress. Of course Delver isn't a FPS. Just more of a FPRPG or something.
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Deleted member 22576
Unconfirmed Member
Dang there's a lot of hidden shit in this game
https://twitter.com/STRAFEgame/status/863506897793568769/video/1
https://twitter.com/STRAFEgame/status/863506897793568769/video/1
MisterCrow
Member
Patch #2 notes (from http://steamcommunity.com/games/442780/announcements/detail/2470633236761060953):
Has anyone been able to figure out the strength of the starter railgun? It seems so weak, even with the shooting the alt-fire thing. The shotgun feels like the clear winner out of the 3.
Has anyone been able to figure out the strength of the starter railgun? It seems so weak, even with the shooting the alt-fire thing. The shotgun feels like the clear winner out of the 3.
Still enjoying it. One thing I've noticed is the weapon upgrades especially seem wildly out of balance.
Seems like depending on your upgrade you can have a weapon that does MANY times more damage (maybe 8x) or maybe you'll just get a weapon one that can bounce back and harm you (at least before patch 1), and it's all just random which upgrade terminal you run into.
I've taken a screenshot of the terminal that gave me one that one hit kills almost every enemy with way better accuracy than the standard version. I'm actually afraid they'll nerf it...
The 'items' you buy / occasionally find also seem out of balance. There's a nice regen one that works up to 75 health and the recharging armor one seems like it could be really broken if you just decide you're not going to care at all about how long it takes you to finish.
Seems like depending on your upgrade you can have a weapon that does MANY times more damage (maybe 8x) or maybe you'll just get a weapon one that can bounce back and harm you (at least before patch 1), and it's all just random which upgrade terminal you run into.
I've taken a screenshot of the terminal that gave me one that one hit kills almost every enemy with way better accuracy than the standard version. I'm actually afraid they'll nerf it...
The 'items' you buy / occasionally find also seem out of balance. There's a nice regen one that works up to 75 health and the recharging armor one seems like it could be really broken if you just decide you're not going to care at all about how long it takes you to finish.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
Yeah, I have a Retina MBP and even with it rendering at 1080, it didn't actually run well enough for me until I changed the physical resolution of my display to 720p. Even on my GeForce GT 750M and quad-core i7 and 16GB RAM. What exactly could this engine be doing that would kill its performance there? It was so laggy. The mouse movement was laggy. The game was slow. Turning was slow. Changed to 720p physically and it ran like butter.Picked it up. Enjoying, but had to drop the resolution to get good performance. I guess I need a newer laptop. I have an i5-5200U and Intel HD 5500.
I got the Special Reserve box yesterday. Pretty awesome.
Also tried the game for the first time and sadly it's a huge letdown. It's honestly nothing like they have promoted. Slow, clunky, cumbersome, shooting does not feel all that great and the levels are boring. Hell even the gore is boring looking
Also tried the game for the first time and sadly it's a huge letdown. It's honestly nothing like they have promoted. Slow, clunky, cumbersome, shooting does not feel all that great and the levels are boring. Hell even the gore is boring looking
Just tried it and got a refund. The components just don't come together, the guns are super unbalanced, the gun upgrades screw you over more often than not, you're reloading more than you're firing. All the extra rogue-lite elements just add clutter.
In Doom you can catch your breath and take it one area at a time, in SRAFE it's pretty much a constant rush to the exit while enemies swarm you.
In Doom you can catch your breath and take it one area at a time, in SRAFE it's pretty much a constant rush to the exit while enemies swarm you.
Sorry, but your last statement is not true. There are ways to manage the assault.
FrontalMonk
Banned
Main reason for that is because Strafe has faster enemies that beeline for you rather than moving generally towards you but shuffling back and forth some too.
The other reasons is because Doom doors open and close, and enemies don't open doors.
Now that you mention it, I think it is the doors. I really appreciated being able to always lock myself in in Prey.
exmachina64
Banned
I'm surprised the subtitle hasn't been changed to "REAL. BLOODY. BORING." by now.
Just got a KS update. Huge update coming including daily/weekly challenges, new game modes and (something I know a lot of people were asking for) new unlocks that persist in between runs (it sounds like they're toggle-able, possibly not all beneficial?). Bunch of fixes and QoL stuff too.
Beta is already available too!
Beta is already available too!
calavera_jo
Neo Member
Are the teleporters easier to get up and running now? I stopped playing because I had to look for all those damn components
calavera_jo
Neo Member
It may be inspired by it, but doesn't compare to it at all imo
Try Dusk instead http://store.steampowered.com/app/519860/DUSK/
Jacksinthe
Banned
I'm glad they are still trying to salvage this.
I'm also glad Karma did it's thing round 1.
I'm also glad Karma did it's thing round 1.
calavera_jo
Neo Member
It's def not as bad as people make it out to be. I just hate that the game doesn't respect my time. What's wrong with letting me save, or at least give a checkpoint between zones
Shanaynay
Member
Oh, Dusk looks pretty badass, thanks for the link!
Triggerhappytel
Member
This is on sale on PSN and I was going to ask how it is, but reading the posts on this page I guess the answer would be not great.