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Satellite Reign (Kickstarter) - Spiritual sequel to Syndicate Wars by orig. creator
- Thread starter V_Ben
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Ghost_Messiah
Member
God those new screens looking fantastic. Like a beautiful fusion of technicolour awesomeness. So excited to try this.
Nikodemos
Member
"MOVE ALONG. KEEP MOVING."
exmachina64
Banned
Alpha/Steam Early access coming soon.
http://satellitereign.com/dev-diary-10/
Music sample: https://soundcloud.com/5-lives-studios/satellite-reign-ambient-01
So hyped.
Kojirospath
Member
Really glad I backed this. Looks great!
Messofanego
Banned
I had zero idea about this game. Now it's on my radar.
FlyingSaucer
Banned
So beautiful. Games that don't overuse neon do cyberpunk wrong.
Nikodemos
Member
You'd need the Magic Carpet engine for that. Man, what an absolutely amazing technological feat that was.
ferrasvansen
Member
Looking good, defo on my to get next year list. Such good memories of the original game in the 90s and syndicate wars was good too.
CyberPunked
Member
We need more Cyberpunk games. Cyberpunk 2077 is my most anticipated game next to Fallout 4 and Star Citizen.
Yeah, the earlier shots didn't have the rain effects included, which have the occasional sheets of "misty" rain pass by. We're adjusting it every other day to find a balance we like. Hopefully the rain will be dynamic in the final release, but it's a lower priority at the moment.
Nikodemos
Member
http://www.gog.com/game/syndicate
http://www.gog.com/game/syndicate_wars
While I'm not exceptionally fond of the original, I quite liked Wars (ironically, most other people feel the exact opposite). Wars is quite a bit harder, though (especially since you can exploit some loopholes in the original).
Thanks.
Also, a question about the Candela SSRR used: will you also have an option to use the SSPT Global Illumination? I don't care if no PC alive can run it then, just having it there as "Ultra Advanced Option" would be great for screenshots alone.
Thanks.
Also, a question about the Candela SSRR used: will you also have an option to use the SSPT Global Illumination? I don't care if no PC alive can run it then, just having it there as "Ultra Advanced Option" would be great for screenshots alone.
We're waiting for them to release their GI solution so we can check it out. One issue with using GI is that we'd have to set up a system to remove some lights when it's enabled. At the moment I'm manually adding in extra lights to simulate the "bounce light" which wouldn't be required using GI, it would just make the scene overly bright. So we have to get a hold of it first to evaluate it.
Hey all. We just released a gameplay video of the upcoming pre-alpha build of Satellite Reign, have a look!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kw0ruzLrYw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kw0ruzLrYw
questionmark
Member
Saw this earlier today. Looks awesome.
Looks great already.
So the Early Access of Satellite Reigns is out on Steam. Has anyone had a chance to give it a try? What sort of content is currently in? I pledged enough to get a key and I am really tempted to load it up, but I try not to play early access games as much as possible. I'd rather wait to see the full package. I've been itching for a cyberpunk game though so I might cave.
Edit: Just noticed the |OT|. Guess I'll get impressions there.
Edit: Just noticed the |OT|. Guess I'll get impressions there.
It's been a busy week, our launch trailer came out in preparation for release next week and our first review came out!
I'm not expecting all our reviews to be as glowing but i'm a bit of a pessimist.
I'm not expecting all our reviews to be as glowing but i'm a bit of a pessimist.
Nice. Game deserves a proper OT, though.
Congratulations! As a backer and Australian, I'm very happy to see 5 Lives managed to deliver on the original pitch. Loved my time with the game in early access, and am looking forward to playing the full game.
Cool, glad to see positive reception.
I'll get this when/if the TRON look has been modded out.
Seriously, the lighting on the trenchcoats is very off putting.
I mean, I get that they wanted to make the agents easy to see.
But this can be achieved via other means like an outline around the characters, or changing the brightness/hue/saturation of the characters only...
Or via more elegant design schemes using lighter colours.
LamerDeluxe
Member
Cool trailer, I love the overshoots in the character animations, makes everything look more weighty and convincing.
Since no one has claimed the OT I will start working on putting one together. First timer though so if anyone wants to do it, I will pass the baton to them. Once I've put in some real work into it I'll claim it in the OT thread but until them, feel free.
In the meantime if there's any particular pictures, media, information, OT titles, you feel should be included, feel free to suggest away.
In the meantime if there's any particular pictures, media, information, OT titles, you feel should be included, feel free to suggest away.
So after I made my snide comment about trenchcoat lighting, my copy of Satellite Reign decided to stop working
Seriously though, I tried to switch to borderless window mode, causing the game to... not so much crash as to not render properly.
As in, it wouldn't render at all - leaving me with only a small title bar with the game icon, the minimize button and the close window button.
Running windows 10, on a 3440x1440 monitor. Have tried deleting the game and redownloading, as well as deleting the user data, but nothing seems to work.
I know the game is running given that the sounds still work... I just can't interact with it (because I can't see anything to interact with).
Any advice Wetwired (or anyone else able to help)?
Seriously though, I tried to switch to borderless window mode, causing the game to... not so much crash as to not render properly.
As in, it wouldn't render at all - leaving me with only a small title bar with the game icon, the minimize button and the close window button.
Running windows 10, on a 3440x1440 monitor. Have tried deleting the game and redownloading, as well as deleting the user data, but nothing seems to work.
I know the game is running given that the sounds still work... I just can't interact with it (because I can't see anything to interact with).
Any advice Wetwired (or anyone else able to help)?
So after I made my snide comment about trenchcoat lighting, my copy of Satellite Reign decided to stop working
Seriously though, I tried to switch to borderless window mode, causing the game to... not so much crash as to not render properly.
As in, it wouldn't render at all - leaving me with only a small title bar with the game icon, the minimize button and the close window button.
Running windows 10, on a 3440x1440 monitor. Have tried deleting the game and redownloading, as well as deleting the user data, but nothing seems to work.
I know the game is running given that the sounds still work... I just can't interact with it (because I can't see anything to interact with).
Any advice Wetwired (or anyone else able to help)?
I didn't do it to spite you I promise
Try holding ALT and load the game via steam (I assume?) you'll get prompted with the old style resolution selection. Hopefully changing settings there can help you out otherwise hit me up on PM. I've notified Mike about it to take a look at, there was some recent changes in regard to borderless windowed and fullscreen exclusive that might be causing it
Do you know if you're running in DX9 or DX11?
I didn't do it to spite you I promise
Try holding ALT and load the game via steam (I assume?) you'll get prompted with the old style resolution selection. Hopefully changing settings there can help you out otherwise hit me up on PM. I've notified Mike about it to take a look at, there was some recent changes in regard to borderless windowed and fullscreen exclusive that might be causing it
Do you know if you're running in DX9 or DX11?
Cool, holding down ALT worked for me. I was running DX11 (assuming that's what the option without a DX note is).
Crayon
Member
I'm pretty tired and I didn't notice the date on the op. I though the kickstarter had just started and was considering funding and everything. I got very excited for this upcoming game. Then I saw that it was a bump and the game is out. Feels good. Will buy.
Congratulations and thanks for the l/sos version, it means alot to me to have this game there.
Congratulations and thanks for the l/sos version, it means alot to me to have this game there.
Awesome, I spoke to Mike, it's more likely to be an issue with the removal of the stock unity resolution selection window that used to load before the game. We're now instead loading in native res which seems to be causing issues. From what I gather he's gonna switch to load by default in 1920x1080 and allow people to change once in the game. Hopefully that will fix the issue. If not the inelegant resolution window will have to return pre-launch of the game :/
Thanks for the heads up, I hadn't seen this snippet!
Thanks but I have no idea what I/sos is?
KyanMehwulfe
Member
I liked |OT| In streets soaked with rain and neon. It's just a quote from the release trailer, posted in the thread about it. The 2 big screenshots in that thread may be good to use, too. As wetwired (dev, enviro artist I think) said, probably a lot of older screenshots around from the gaming being a work-in-progress with an early access. So, I guess the main thing would be to make sure any screenshots you use (like the 2 he posted) are from the most recent version of the game since the engine went through a lot of small updates. As for Art, I like the official concept art here. That very first image is rather Syndicate-esque, maybe a good introduction header image, and that 3rd pic with the combat crossfire a good gameplay header image. Other than that, not sure, good luck though I hope it looks great.
Played a shit load of SR this weekend.
Very enjoyable overall. But it's falling a bit into the Ubisoft school of collectathons trap - each district ends up feeling the same in terms of gameplay content/structure. Do the same things to end up with the same results, but in slightly different places.
In the grid district now... not sure how many zones left... 1 visible are there 2 hidden zones that have been greyed out?
The core gameplay is fundamentally quite good... enough flexibility to do stealth, go all out killing spree, etc.
But the game get's a bit easy if you're thorough about collecting stuff - it's not even just the stuff you get, but the skills make it substantially easier (especially hijack - I end up having an army of high level grunts on my team and just shooting the shit out of everything), while the challenge doesn't really rise significantly.
Also, the story been conveyed largely through skippable/easily ignorable text means that... I've skipped most of the story. I don't really know what's going on. I blame modern gaming... but really, even Syndicate Wars had some scripted story events in missions.
The agent skills system is a huge improvement over previous Syndicate games... gives me a lot more clicky and options.
Perhaps what the game needs is more ways to counteract the great ball of death that you can easily build up. Maybe it's in there and I'm simply not up to it yet - more grenades and explosives hurled.
Cars should also damage things when they blow up.
Missing the lack of climbing into cars ability... even if fast travel is more convenient. Also getting knocked about by cars and having them not do anything makes it feel like... cars are meaningless window dressing.
Still, very enjoyable game, will probably finish it unlike most games I play.
Very enjoyable overall. But it's falling a bit into the Ubisoft school of collectathons trap - each district ends up feeling the same in terms of gameplay content/structure. Do the same things to end up with the same results, but in slightly different places.
In the grid district now... not sure how many zones left... 1 visible are there 2 hidden zones that have been greyed out?
The core gameplay is fundamentally quite good... enough flexibility to do stealth, go all out killing spree, etc.
But the game get's a bit easy if you're thorough about collecting stuff - it's not even just the stuff you get, but the skills make it substantially easier (especially hijack - I end up having an army of high level grunts on my team and just shooting the shit out of everything), while the challenge doesn't really rise significantly.
Also, the story been conveyed largely through skippable/easily ignorable text means that... I've skipped most of the story. I don't really know what's going on. I blame modern gaming... but really, even Syndicate Wars had some scripted story events in missions.
The agent skills system is a huge improvement over previous Syndicate games... gives me a lot more clicky and options.
Perhaps what the game needs is more ways to counteract the great ball of death that you can easily build up. Maybe it's in there and I'm simply not up to it yet - more grenades and explosives hurled.
Cars should also damage things when they blow up.
Missing the lack of climbing into cars ability... even if fast travel is more convenient. Also getting knocked about by cars and having them not do anything makes it feel like... cars are meaningless window dressing.
Still, very enjoyable game, will probably finish it unlike most games I play.
More_Badass
Member
Linux/SteamOS
Okay, this is a blast from the past but: did you implement the V2 of the kit? At least the game runs a whole lot better than 6 months ago.
Plus, Livenda promising something gamechanging in 7 days and 7 days and 15 bhours ;-)
No unfortunately, they dropped it too close to our release. We did get it and tried it but it wasn't compatible with out heavily modified shaders. We may look into it again later, we just couldn't justify the time spent looking into it when there was bugs to fix.
We've made a lot of in house changes to both their initial SSRR and the PBR alloy shaders to optimise and tailor them to our needs. Without going through the process of implementing the new version we have no way of even knowing if the new one is even faster than our modified version.
KyanMehwulfe
Member
Reviews are coming in good... I liked the Kotaku review. Good points about being similar or influenced to Syndicate equally a good point, but not being too similar also a good point. I still play the original Syndicate a bit on Origins and though I love the overall look, pacing, and systems... sometimes the thing is a damn struggle to manage haha. Looking forward to the improves in Satellite Reign, and loving how the lighting system and cover system both look. But I think it's the huge world and lots of leveling/upgrade systems that really will keep the game in rotation.