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[Mephansteras]

Yeah, after watching it I'm not sure it's a game I'd get. But I appreciate the concept.

[Aoi]

It kind of reminds me of Into the Breach, which I rather enjoyed. Enough to be worth checking in on later in development (or maybe a cheap bundle of alpha games... Kenshi for 2$ or so was a bargain.)

[scriver]

Looks great, but there doesn't seem to be much to it (and I'm not talking about the early stage in development here)

When I first saw the Commit and Rewind buttons I was excited as I thought it would mean another "phase based" combat game, where you plan your actions up ahead and then every character's actions play out at simultaneously. It was a bit of a let down when it proved not to be the case.

I also don't get the design choice to have both the player character's actions take place immediately during their own turns, but have almost every enemy (except the one that is an enemy version of a PC class) need both their turn AND your next turn to take effect. It seems like a really good way to ensure nothing is ever really going to happen to any of the PCs.

[Egan_BW]

Yes, it is. I think the idea is to make a not very hard game.

[scriver]

Yes, he said as much. But there is a big difference between making a not-difficult game and making a non-challenging game. He appears to be wanting to make a not-difficult game, but what he appears to be making is a non-challenging game. Challenge is not what makes a game difficult, it is what makes a game engaging.

[itisnotlogical]

I think I might like X-Piratez more than the original X-Com, although I'm still in the very early game and can't tell if I've already screwed myself. I don't know if there's enough discussion left to resurrect the old thread and I don't want to keep derailing the death thread, but I have some questions that hopefully aren't too big of spoilers:

- Besides losing out on the rewards and notoriety, is there any downside to ignoring the various missions?

- Is there any use for peasants or castaways outside of the combat? The airbus is so small you really can't afford to bring anybody that can't pull their weight.

- How am I supposed to tell if somebody is a harmless civilian/neutral or another enemy? A lot of people on one mission looked like they were carrying weapons, but I lost points at the end for killing them.

[cider]

Somebody is making a turn based tactics game where the premise is "What if SWAT, but with WIZARDS"

And I'm very much looking forward to it! Tom Francis is great at coming up with interesting gameplay concepts and features and making them work in a game, as made evident by his previous games Gunpoint and Heat Signature.

[Folly]

Borderlands 3 has been confirmed for release on September 13, 2019.
Notably, the PC release will be timed-exclusive to the Epic Games Store. BL3 will be available in other digital storefronts April 2020.

[Levi]

But I want to play the girl with the abs nooo....

Oh well, it just means I get to play with the bug fix patches all installed. 

That said, that box art is a thing of beauty.   

[Kagus]

But I want to play the girl with the abs nooo....

Oh well, it just means I get to play with the bug fix patches all installed. 

That said, that box art is a thing of beauty.   

I mean, I'm a little sad that it isn't post-enlightenment Krieg, but it works.

Some folks are disappointed it's not a psycho pointing three finger-guns at his head.

[Mephisto]

The first I saw that image was in a Twitter thread where the dude I'm not going to name said he'd try and get BL3 released on Steam ASAP should Gaben tell people that HL3 was in development. I assumed the image was a joke based on the Saint Gaben image macro.

[Mephisto]

Double post. Whoops.

Paranoia of tabletop RPG fame will soon have a CRPG. The worst aspect of Paranoia is the insufferable fanbase that makes it impossible to have an actual discussion.

[itisnotlogical]

Finally beat Fallout 4.

I love almost everything about the game, but it has the absolute worst implementation of speech/charisma in any RPG I've seen. I'm not a big fan of the FO3/NV style, where having enough Speech gives you the best ending on a silver platter while apologizing for ever being in your way; OTOH an actual dice roll is just as stupid with the added frustration of being unpredictable. The speech check options aren't even that interesting; they just amount to the Sole Survivor saying "pretty please" rather than any sort of lying or convincing.

[Kagus]

Paranoia of tabletop RPG fame will soon have a CRPG. The worst aspect of Paranoia is the insufferable fanbase that makes it impossible to have an actual discussion.

How... How does one even do this? How can you convert Paranoia into something that can actually be run by a computer?

The first trailer's a bit dry, but hopefully they'll put one with a bit more personality out once the development has actually progressed a little bit.

[Mephisto]

How... How does one even do this? How can you convert Paranoia into something that can actually be run by a computer?

You make it asymmetrical multiplayer. X people playing troubleshooters, 1 person playing Friend Computer. Add some kind of tech currency stuff so FC can throw limited spanners into the works. Sort of like Arma III Zeus mode, maybe?

But the thing I linked is singleplayer. Part of the Paranoia fun (at least when playing Zap) is gathering enough justification to be able to off your fellow troubleshooters with no negative consequences. That's... not a thing in a singleplayer tactical strategy game where you control the whole party.