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[askovdk]

I just want to mention that the PS4 port of Thea 1 (incl 'Giants') has been implemented very well.
It's exactly the same game, but they make good use of the controller.

[Il Palazzo]

Went and bought it.

Spoiler: the local standards of beauty appear to be rather Rubensian (click to show/hide)

[Cathar]

Just to say, I'm looking for someone to play this game with, and can find no one. Thea is hard and have a roguelike level of stress inducement with characters dying a lot to RNG, but is actually one of the very, very few games I would recommend spending money on.

If someone is looking for a multiplayer campaign, feel free to contact me

[Biowraith]

Went and bought it.

Spoiler: the local standards of beauty appear to be rather Rubensian (click to show/hide)

He's alright, but ole Boris here has my heart:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[Dostoevsky]

Have two more - the dark, mysterious type and the resident bad boy.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

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(I have an attractive rat as well, but alas it is not also beautiful.)

By the by, if you're not yet aware: once your reputation with a group reaches more than 50ish, if you stop by the tavern of their main settlement (it'll tell you if it's not the main settlement in the visit description), you're able to hire someone every dozen+ turns. That seems to be the replacement for the 'attraction' value in the first game that gave a chance of other races turning up.

[E. Albright]

Well, um, with some groups you can hire someone. With other groups you can borrow someone for an hour or two of sweet lovin', which may still have the same effect, albeit indirectly.

[E. Albright]

May 13 release date for Thea 2, apparently because of market considerations. Color me concerned - they've been making sweeping changes to try to fix some of the balance problems, but they're adding new imbalances each time they do. It has clear promise right now, but it also feels really raw, and pretty sloggish. It also feels really stingy about recruits, which is only made worse by the fact that you can have two villages if you somehow can scrape together the population. Between that and how grindy any non-reckless strategy feels, I'm not sure it'll feel welcoming (or possibly even fun) to new players.

[Dostoevsky]

Yeah... in the last couple of months they've revamped a few of the somewhat core systems like crafting (not necessarily bad, just pretty big changes not long before release). They also decided to throttle/'normalize' population growth, which I personally really don't like, then doubled down on it in the most recent patch. Kinda hoping more dedicated folks will use the modding tools to improve the population system once things settle down.

[Il Palazzo]

Ugh, man. That game I played a month ago was not fit for release.

[E. Albright]

Weirdly, with the last patch it feels a lot less broken if you underscore the "hobo" part of "murder hobo". Not setting up a village until I was 300+ turns in made it feel a lot less grindy and the difficulty curve felt smoother. They also added the divine quest and a bunch more events. I'm not sure it's release-ready, but I'm a lot less offput by the idea than before my most recent game.

[ollobrains]

hopefully it sells well at release so they can continue patching it up

[Iduno]

hopefully it sells well at release so they can continue patching it up

-Bioware fans

[Dostoevsky]

For Thea 1, at least, they did have quite a robust post-release patching life, including adding multiplayer and a free expansion. The only 'DLC' they released was essentially a tip jar.

So based on the record I'm somewhat hopeful.

[ollobrains]

hopefully it sells well at release so they can continue patching it up

-Bioware fans

ewww bioware, would never never buy their titles

[Trolldefender99]

How is everyone here enjoying Thea 2? I never played Thea 1 so no experience with that one.

From what I read, Thea 2 is like a survival rpg with a lot of strategic elements? I know you get a band of people and a village, but its supposedly better to spend a long time without a village and do quests and survive. But that doesn't really tell me how good game is or not.

I'd probably want to buy it before official release if I was to get it at all, most early access games go up in price after they get released. So hence why I ask how its being perceived so far.

Thanks
 
(edit: I ended up using my money for another game. Won't list it cause this thread is about Thea 2 and not another game, but I'm gonna wait on Thea 2 I think to see how it is past release.