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[Kagus]

And is it... Actually fun and interesting to play?

Y'know, in contrast to the original?

[Mephisto]

It's as fun as you would find that collection of descriptors. Meaning you've got to enjoy new takes on the survival-crafting theme. I do, so I like it.

I haven't played the original but I'm going to make the claim now that they are only tenuously connected by being developed by the same dude. The original looks like a typical Stardew-Valley-em-up (and I have no desire to install Flash so I can find out). The new one is a voxel game wherein you can do quests for villagers, "research" new items, and build to your heart's content while trying to not get murdered.

[Kagus]

My mistake, I goofed on the names... I was thinking of Rogue Legacy, not Rogue Legend. The leg confused me, as legs are wont to do.

[Iduno]

I mean, this game is weird, but it's not the craziest game ever like people seem to think.

My mistake, I goofed on the names... I was thinking of Rogue Legacy, not Rogue Legend. The leg confused me, as legs are wont to do.

Oh yeah, that game was 1/4 as good as it should have been.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

Has anyone played Jedi Fallen Order yet?

Honestly, it looks pretty good--I cant find much legitimate criticism that isnt hate-fuelled cynicism.

[Mephisto]

The Steam reviews look like they're pretty good. No hate-fueled cynicism that I saw at a quick glance.

[Cthulhu]

It's not running well, I'm considering refunding and getting it on PS4 instead.  So far it seems pretty good though.  The combat I've seen so far feels a lot like Sekiro, very focused on counter-attacks and dodging, which is a big plus in my book.  Even if it's not as good as its inspirations, anything that moves mainstream games away from the Arkham Asylum model is a good thing.  I absolutely fucking !!hate!! arkham-style rhythm game combat.

Considering it's designed as a story-generator and has robust custom story potential, it might deserve its own thread, but until then Wildermyth is very good and you should get it.  Currently casually strolling towards Overwhelmingly Positive on steam, with zero negative reviews.  It's a genre-blender, X-Com combat, CYOA comic book storytelling, and crisis-management board game overworld.  You start with three random peasants and grow into a company of bad dudes to save the world.  Semi-generational gameplay, characters age, retire, etc. and an average three-chapter game will cover 30-50 years depending on how you do.  A big part of it is the emergent story elements, as characters' personalities affect what happens in the story segments, and they form relationships or rivalries with story and in-game consequences.  In addition to items they can get weirder changes.  One of my guys accepted the call of the wolf-god and now he has a wolf head.  When he got his arm cut off in a fight, instead of being stuck with a hook-hand it grew back as a wolf-arm for a pretty nice secondary attack.  Another character is infected by a tree-spirit and heals faster in travel via photosynthesis.

Magic is also really cool.  Though you can apparently get more traditional spell effects from transformations, the base magic class is the mystic, who can possess objects on the map for various effects.  Like if you posses a boulder, you can fling rocks at enemies, or possess a campfire to slide the fire around the map, doing damage to everything it passes through.  It's a lot of fun.  Classes have a ton of abilities too, which you get as you level up and allow them to specialize in weird ways.

[Robsoie]

Noticed this free 7DRL game from 2018 , Zombie Rogue with some nice enough pixel graphics and some interesting gameplay mechanism around turning to zombie/staying human with an infection bar that get you into a zombie when maxed (you can turn back to human at any time , assuming you have found some serum, they're not rare so i guess it is to allow you to manage your human/zombie time as zombie lose 1 hp/turn)
https://gamefish.itch.io/zombie-rogue

Toyed a bit with it and while the page mention making your own team with zombies/human but i couldn't find a single human (out of a shopkeeper at some point) and couldn't find how to get any of the zombies i ran into (when i was in zombie form) into "my team".

I died on the 3rd floor while on a zombie form with an "assassin" insta killing me (well it landed a lot of attacks on the same turn apparently), not sure if it is intended or an impressive bad luck.

[King Zultan]

It's not running well, I'm considering refunding and getting it on PS4 instead.  So far it seems pretty good though.  The combat I've seen so far feels a lot like Sekiro, very focused on counter-attacks and dodging, which is a big plus in my book.  Even if it's not as good as its inspirations, anything that moves mainstream games away from the Arkham Asylum model is a good thing.  I absolutely fucking !!hate!! arkham-style rhythm game combat.

Considering it's designed as a story-generator and has robust custom story potential, it might deserve its own thread, but until then Wildermyth is very good and you should get it.  Currently casually strolling towards Overwhelmingly Positive on steam, with zero negative reviews.  It's a genre-blender, X-Com combat, CYOA comic book storytelling, and crisis-management board game overworld.  You start with three random peasants and grow into a company of bad dudes to save the world.  Semi-generational gameplay, characters age, retire, etc. and an average three-chapter game will cover 30-50 years depending on how you do.  A big part of it is the emergent story elements, as characters' personalities affect what happens in the story segments, and they form relationships or rivalries with story and in-game consequences.  In addition to items they can get weirder changes.  One of my guys accepted the call of the wolf-god and now he has a wolf head.  When he got his arm cut off in a fight, instead of being stuck with a hook-hand it grew back as a wolf-arm for a pretty nice secondary attack.  Another character is infected by a tree-spirit and heals faster in travel via photosynthesis.

Magic is also really cool.  Though you can apparently get more traditional spell effects from transformations, the base magic class is the mystic, who can possess objects on the map for various effects.  Like if you posses a boulder, you can fling rocks at enemies, or possess a campfire to slide the fire around the map, doing damage to everything it passes through.  It's a lot of fun.  Classes have a ton of abilities too, which you get as you level up and allow them to specialize in weird ways.

What game are you talking about here?

[Folly]

Considering it's designed as a story-generator and has robust custom story potential, it might deserve its own thread, but until then Wildermyth is very good and you should get it.  Currently casually strolling towards Overwhelmingly Positive on steam, with zero negative reviews.  It's a genre-blender, X-Com combat, CYOA comic book storytelling, and crisis-management board game overworld.  You start with three random peasants and grow into a company of bad dudes to save the world.  Semi-generational gameplay, characters age, retire, etc. and an average three-chapter game will cover 30-50 years depending on how you do.  A big part of it is the emergent story elements, as characters' personalities affect what happens in the story segments, and they form relationships or rivalries with story and in-game consequences.  In addition to items they can get weirder changes.  One of my guys accepted the call of the wolf-god and now he has a wolf head.  When he got his arm cut off in a fight, instead of being stuck with a hook-hand it grew back as a wolf-arm for a pretty nice secondary attack.  Another character is infected by a tree-spirit and heals faster in travel via photosynthesis.
Magic is also really cool.  Though you can apparently get more traditional spell effects from transformations, the base magic class is the mystic, who can possess objects on the map for various effects.  Like if you posses a boulder, you can fling rocks at enemies, or possess a campfire to slide the fire around the map, doing damage to everything it passes through.  It's a lot of fun.  Classes have a ton of abilities too, which you get as you level up and allow them to specialize in weird ways.

What game are you talking about here?

[Kagus]

And in the paragraph before that; Jedi: Fallen Order, the new Star Wars game from EA, which was primarily marketed by having EA release a statement that they promised not to fuck this one up.

Star Souls sounds interesting enough, but I know I'm never going to buy it. EA and all that. I was also a bit peeved that the review article I read about it seemed to completely neglect the Jedi Knight series when talking about "previous Star Wars games" and how they generally only matched the form of Star Wars jedi-ness, and never the substance...

Fuk u m8, Jedi Knight lightsaber combat is the only one that got it right.

[wierd]

wait...

EA made a promise not to fuck something up, AND YOU BELIEVED IT?

[Kagus]

wait...

EA made a promise not to fuck something up, AND YOU BELIEVED IT?

I don't think anyone believed it, which is why that statement generated so much attention for the game... Now everyone's watching for the inevitable and colossal fuckup.

[wierd]

For sure, that's popcorn worthy material right there...

[Folly]

ARPG goodness~

Path of Exile 2

Diablo 4

Sadly, neither game is expected before 2021. Something to look forward to.