Yep it's an MMO.

MT Silver wrote on May 15, 2019, 15:14:
Wait what? Wasn't this an RPG? Now it's strategy? I'm confused.

It's a successor to Rage of Mages, which was an RPG using an engine very similar to Warcraft. It's a mix between RPG and RTS. I always wanted a true successor to that game, Spellforce 3 was a decent try at that, but it lacked some polish...

From an exterior point of view, your Democrats look weak. Where's the impeachment ? Where are Tump's taxes ? How come a citizen, when summoned by the Congress, can just sit out and give them the finger ? (talking about that AG here) From here it looks like a banana republic, to be honest. The guy in power in the WH does pretty much how he pleases and can even boast about it on his propaganda TV network...

It missed not only a story mode with evolving decks etc. (which is the obvious sore point for a lore-based game) but also proper control on the gameplay. As it is, it's very RNG-based with luck factoring in at draw, card placement, end of turn market, attack lines.. I could do with the blood sucking monetization scheme, but the full-on RNG really was the most annoying part for me. Games i played were so random and unfair for either party, and yeah there was the oddball close finish but most of it was luck of the draw. All other similar deck-building games have means of controlling the RNG in some way via deck ordering, choosing placement, picking attack lines.. Or if we look at Star Realms / Hero Realms, the market is shared between players so they all are submitted to the same RNG.

Metro games and steam work perfectly on linux. Epic Store is a windows exclusive. I will pass..

The game runs beautifully and is using Vulkan. UI is rather good (at least to my taste). Everything is smooth and easy to grasp. Gameplay is utter crap though with multiple layers of RNG, no control on deck order, no mulligan on initial flop, random reinforcements, random placement inside lanes, random attack directions for units, random skill effects (!!).. Add to that the random shop at the end of each round, well, it's definitely no Star Realms and no Netrunner. Running draft mode adds another layer of randomness on top of all that and given some heroes are highly unbalanced, you can end up with very one-sided games..

Riahderymnmaddog wrote on Dec 14, 2018, 13:34:
(...) while taking a knee and listening to satanic music.

Is that still a thing with the alt right ? Thought that was 40 years ago ("satanic music" used to be jazz then rock n roll) ?

Otherwise you had almost nailed it on the first paragraph, the following ones were using too elaborate words and sentences to make it believable

I hope their shop will be available on Linux as their game engine supports it natively. Come on Epic, please also break the dependency on Microsoft...

jdreyer wrote on Dec 9, 2018, 22:31:

CJ_Parker wrote on Dec 9, 2018, 18:32:
Looks pretty good from the screenies on the Steam page. I wouldn't mind a good old classic RTS like C&C, AoE, Empire at War etc. in a Conan setting. Could be fun if they don't ruin this shit with DLC'o'rama hell.

It's amazing how this once glorious and overcrowded genre has all but died. I guess we can thank consoles for that as RTS still does not translate very well to a controller.
The other reason is that programming a decent AI and making decent maps is actual work compared to making lazy console cookie cutter action games.

All of the RTS oxygen got sucked up by MOBAs.

MOBAs that work on a controller, and don't need (much) AI.

Also SupCom kinda obliterated the field being the ultimate RTS, with very few comparative sales. People want brainless entertainment.

CJ_Parker wrote on Nov 29, 2018, 14:10:
BTW, is the chief generally called "Vitalstatistix" in the English books or just in the game? In the German books he has a much more fitting name IMHO since he is called "Majestix".

That's his name in english version. Original French is "Abraracourcix" which is a pun that cannot be translated either...

Mr. Tact wrote on Nov 19, 2018, 22:29:
What a loser. Making millions as a CEO and chairman isn't enough, he has to steal more millions. Derp.

He's famous here for cutting down wages of his employees, and then gifting himself a 200% raise (i cant recall exact numbers, but that's something in that spirit). He was then praised by the local hard-line right for being a straight man. Seems like he's not so straight after all, and all these "commie / leftist / fake news" people were right...

Oh crap. InXile was great. Their time is now over...

My 700+ hours on Elite Dangerous, Assetto Corsa and iRacing, also DCS, kinda disagree.. So yeah if you just play League of Legends or Starcraft, this is not for you, but thinking it's not for anyone is a bit far fetched.

And yeah you can play Elite in 2D flat screen, but it's not the same game at all.

Well about 25% is absolutely huge. Here in Europe whenever a cop uses his gun, it makes the news and the said cop is immediately investigated as of why he drew his gun to start with. It also helps that guns are heavily controlled...

Another factor is EU policemen get *years* of training, including months of training with their guns and how to avoid fatalities, or even using it altogether. Compare to the laughably ridiculous 90 hours they get in the US, wtf, they get random thugs, put uniforms on them, give em a gun and a badge and send em to the meat grinder.. Let's say there is a *slight* problem, maybe ?

It's quite OK though when played in VR. Bind "Engage !" with the FTL drive for instance, and while you're inside your ship see how it never gets old.

China is going to have a separate Internet anyway (they are closing up holes in the Great Firewall, quite aggressively) so it makes sense to have completely separate markets.

Oh yeah. I will definitely have a look at that one, Life is Strange was one of my favorites, as it brought some original gameplay elements to the story-driven adventure game genre, and very good story telling.

Razumen wrote on Sep 22, 2018, 00:55:
Well.....Actually, you don't have to, I believe you can let the cloned you live, he only thinks he has to kill his old self in the mistaken belief in transferred consciousness (spoiler alert)

I know that, it's just the scenario lets you clearly know what is the alternative choice... (spoiler) Let your clone live forever trapped in this madness, being maintained in a semi artificial life by a crazy AI. The ending is similar but in that case you have no choice but to leave your clone behind, who will be trapped forever in darkness and only be able to scream (spoiler end)

ItBurn wrote on Sep 21, 2018, 21:16:
What's even more terrifying is that all that might happen one day. Go to the doctor one morning and wake up to something you can't even imagine.

Well.. one of "you" does.. the other doesnt.. that's the horror. That part in the game where your character fully realizes that and has to kill his sleeping clone (after getting into another "diving suit"), and YOU have to pull the trigger.. still gives me chills. (spoiler alert)

Agree on Soma. The story is one of the best i have ever played, and that's counting Deus Ex, System Shock 1 & 2, Witcher 3.. Yeah the gameplay is not an intensive FPS shooter, but it's stressful enough (*). The various "bumps" in the story and the ending are really thought provoking, and terrifying. While Amnesia takes from classics of horror (namely Lovecraft), Soma is quite original.

Also do not miss the short series they published on Youtube around the game, they are *really* creepy and even more so after finishing the game because you understand them, which weirdly makes them even more terrifying... True masterpiece.

(*) oh escaping that sunken platform station with its reactor about to blow up, that was some cardio there, i had to take a break and a breather i was in sweat..