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[Zeus The Dino]

Shitty trailer imho, and the fps wasnt looking too good. First game ran like ass as well, had some good ideas but poorely executed

 

[Dusk Golem]

I know someone working on the game so knew about the delay before it was announced. They think the trailer wasn't a good representation of the game and told me this before the trailer aired today, and the game was delayed because it needs more work but they think the game will come out good.

Basically Undead didn't want to show a trailer yet because the game is still buggy and in work but had to, but they're happy they got more time to work on it. Just thought I'd share that bit at least.

 

[BizarroPete]

STRONGLY dislike the forced coop (it seems) and the first game seems better so far.

I loved the first one.

I don't believe the co-op is forced, you can still play solo.

 

[Dusk Golem]

STRONGLY dislike the forced coop (it seems) and the first game seems better so far.

I loved the first one.

I don't believe the co-op is forced, you can still play solo.

The co-op isn't forced, it's 100% optional you're correct. You can play it single player or in co-op.

 

[dugdug]

It's an indie game.

...in 2017. With MS' money behind it. On the world's most powerful console.

Step your shit up, Undead. My hope is that the game is still early and will look better by release, but, this was disappointing.

 

[RdN]

It looked awful..

Seems to barely be an improved over the first one.

 

[Coriolanus]

It's an indie game.

Undead Labs partnered with MS Studios for SoD2, so no, not really.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

...in 2017. With MS' money behind it. On the world's most powerful console.

Step your shit up, Undead. My hope is that the game is still early and will look better by release, but, this was disappointing.

They could pin some of the blame with SoD1 on Cryengine, no such luck this this around...

 

[isaacnukem]

...in 2017. With MS' money behind it. On the world's most powerful console.

Step your shit up, Undead. My hope is that the game is still early and will look better by release, but, this was disappointing.

Microsoft's backing doesn't instantly mean they'll get a huge amount of funding. I'd take engaging gameplay mechanics over janky animations anytime all the time.

 

[SomedayTheFire]

They could pin some of the blame with SoD1 on Cryengine, no such luck this this around...

What engine is this on?

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Microsoft's backing doesn't instantly mean they'll get a huge amount of funding. I'd take engaging gameplay mechanics over janky animations anytime all the time.

Pretty sure it's first party at this point.

What engine is this on?

UE4.

 

[Sendero]

Wow, it really does look like a remake/HD version of the original. Some areas like the church, the farm with an inclined roof and the military compound looks way too similar.

Would love to heard about the new features. For example:

*4 person Co-Op
*It will have 3 large maps (at launch) - each one as big as the original. And that when you transition, your resources will transfer as well.
*Seems to have larger buildings and extended vistas.
*There seems to be a new quick "side step"/dash ability, that can be used to evade attacks.
*You can apparently jump at the back of those big zombies and kill it from there (mini game, like Dragon's Dogma?).
*There are 2 NPCs fighting multiple enemies with knife/machetes only (and a knife execution), so hope this means the CQC has been improved.
*Guess there are more negative statuses, like "being cold" (think hungry already existed).

Pretty disappointing that it's scheduled for next year. Was hoping Oct-Dec at least.
I might try to replay the original - never tried the expansion stuff since didn't sound that great (I prefer solo'ing).

 

[Grisby]

From what I've heard, yes, it's a similar type of game as SoD.

If they can have all of the systems of SOD with those graphics then I am impressed. I am more interested to see it on Monday.

 

[lucebuce12]

Truth be told, I'm a bit glad this is coming next year. It means that I can get a new GPU and have a PC that can run this at full settings.

The first SoD is one of my personal favourite games, a true gem. So naturally I'm really hyped for this one.

 

[Stumpokapow]

This isn't exclusive to the Windows Store, is it?

I asked a developer last year and he said "stay tuned":

mgamini:
One specific question: is the game coming to PC more broadly or just to Windows 10 Universal Windows Platform Store?

That I can't specifically comment on just yet. Stay tuned!

 

[metareferential]

It looked awful..

Seems to barely be an improved over the first one.

There's coop, which makes immediately much, much better.

The game is fine, I don't think many here have actually played the first one.

 

[Theorry]

Looke great to me. Not sure what people are getting at. Big step up from the first one.

 

[Obliterator]

If I'm being honest I thought this looked really really rough.

Never played the first but can't say this trailer did much to convince me to jump on board

 

[Musky_Cheese]

Character models and movements looked bad. But it's still a year away. They can fix it. Right???

 

[PopcornMegaphone]

Looks janky, but fun. So a lot like the original.

 

[Kayhan]

Looked straight busted. But I am still interested.

 

[Plasma]

Hope this game is a bit more polished by the time it comes out, you could kind of excuse the jank in the first game because it didn't cost that much but as far as I know this is going to be a full priced game.

 

[painey]

my friend and I couldn't believe how long and focused this trailer was considering how poor the animations were. It reminded me of a fan-made video made in GTA

 

[Memento]

The trailer went waaaay too long

Especially for such a poor showing of the game... seriously, the animations are terrible wtf

 

[Jintor]

trailer was way too long for a game that looks like 'it's the old one but better'

i still want to play it but yeesh

 

[Theorry]

Dev interview.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg0fZoB-dzQ

 

[ChoklitCow]

This was an extreme disappointment for me, in one of the games I was most looking forward to from the conference. I still don't even know what I watched.

 

[SmoothRunningGun]

I can't believe they showed 5 mins of this at their show. It looks rough.

 

[Joshua Hull]

I'm guessing this is a "We'll be on Steam 6 months after launch" dealie.

 

[atom519]

Never played the first, but looks uninspired and the running animation was just awful.

 

[Neuromancer]

I didn't think it was a great trailer, but I have no doubt that the game itself will be awesome.

 

[GuitarAtomik]

I'm not hyped or anything, but I'm pretty interested. Mostly because of the base stuff.

 

[adversarial]

Damn, that looked so rough. I feel like this game has been in development for years already, and I love the concept, but for some reason I expected this to look way better. Looks like State of Decay 1, same shitty animations, etc.

I loved the part where the lady is fucking zombies up that are literally surrounding her in melee range, and then the party opens up with fully automatics right at her.

 

[-MD-]

I thought the first one wasn't very good, played it for 3-4 hours and dumped it.

Coop could get me to play it though, assuming it's better than the original.

 

[KageMaru]

Count me in day one. Biggest disappointment is that it's not launching this year.

Undead Labs partnered with MS Studios for SoD2, so no, not really.

They did the same with the first but it was still an indie game. We don't know the team size, size of the world, number of assets, etc. So we can't label this as AAA when it may not be one.

Looke great to me. Not sure what people are getting at. Big step up from the first one.

Yup I've been following the development of this as much as I can and I'm excited.

 

[Vengal]

Loved the first game but really wanted to be able to play coop in some way. I wanted drop-in coop where someone could bring a character to help, but I have to imagine they still have the same single player in there.

 

[Dick Justice]

Looke great to me. Not sure what people are getting at. Big step up from the first one.

Big step up from the first one, but that isn't exactly saying much. I think it looks fine, but the animations still look janky as fuck.

 

[Yearsoflurking]

looks like state of decay, good launch window for the game imo

 

[UraMallas]

Loved the first game but really wanted to be able to play coop in some way. I wanted drop-in coop where someone could bring a character to help, but I have to imagine they still have the same single player in there.

Not sure what you mean but co-op has been confirmed. You can drop into other people's games and bring back all the stats and loot you gain there.

 

[Neuromancer]

The first SoD was a bit janky so I don't know why anyone would have expected it to all be gone this time around. And for me the jank was part of the charm.

 

[Nealand Liquor]

SOD2 with coop??? That was my biggest wish from the original. I can't wait, but now the question is do I buy a xbox or build a new PC?
Build a new PC is most likely the answer.

 

[goonie]

I can understand some of the concerns here, but considering the delay to 2018 and what Dusk Golem said, they're still going to iron out a lot of the kinks. Being a big fan of the original, I thought this presentation looked great, and I'm excited to see how it comes along.

 

[Magwik]

I asked a developer last year and he said "stay tuned":

None of the games really seemed to mention Windows 10 Store and instead went with just the Store, so we may hear something about changes tomorrow?

 

[EBE]

Weak trailer for sure but I thought some of the footage looked incredible technically. Those animations though. Yikes.

 

[Jashobeam]

 

[Miles Quaritch]

They did the same with the first but it was still an indie game. We don't know the team size, size of the world, number of assets, etc. So we can't label this as AAA when it may not be one./QUOTE]

Pretty sure they've said the game world is at least three times the size fo the one in the original and considering how dull a lot of that world was...

 

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[Lord of Castamere]

Didn't the remaster go for near full price? Is this 60$? One the main reasons the first did so well was the price for the content you got. Not sure this will rock the charts this time.

 

[EBE]

Didn't the remaster go for near full price? Is this 60$? One the main reasons the first did so well was the price for the content you got. Not sure this will rock the charts this time.

YOSE was budget. i want to say 20 but it might have been $30

 

[KageMaru]

They did the same with the first but it was still an indie game. We don't know the team size, size of the world, number of assets, etc. So we can't label this as AAA when it may not be one./QUOTE]

Pretty sure they've said the game world is at least three times the size fo the one in the original and considering how dull a lot of that world was...

Do we know if this world will be as sparse as the first? I thought I read in a dev blog that there was more to the world. If the team hasn't blown up but they have to produce assets for a world three times larger, that could explain some things.