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Post by Iakus on Feb 5, 2018 19:57:44 GMT
There seems to be an impressive degree of openness and reactivity. These videos got me pretty excited. This could be a game where you have fun trying to 'break' the systems to see what can happen. Combat looks like like Mount & Blade. Not a good mark for me.
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Post by Gandalf the Fabulous on Feb 6, 2018 1:21:55 GMT
Could be great, could be absolute puss, got my eye on it but it could go either way, the combat doesn't look particularly appealing but can't really say until I have tried it. Thing is Henry looks about as interesting as dirt, the sort of bland inoffensive everyman type character that players can sort of inject their own personality onto while still being a pre-defined character, while this is of course their game and this is the direction they decided to go with it I can't really fault those who wish there was a custom protagonist and choice of gender. I love creating my own character, but there's a lack of those games outside of the isometric classic RPGs and in my experience, the execution of a story-driven open world 3D game can fall pretty flat. For instance, I wasn't a fan of the inquisitor which was mostly defined by customizing their looks in the beginning, weapon-class and then who they romanced, if they did so. I actually preferred the less blank slate, Hawke. But on the flipside of that, MEA took a leaf out of DA2's book in regard to CC and that also fell flat for me. I have a feeling the protag in this game won't be the shining point. To be honest I felt the Inquisitor was a bit too rigidly defined for my tastes, at least there wasn't enough room to adequately inject your own sense of personality on the Inquisitor, from weird facial animations to a lack of options within questlines and dialogue that allow you to define your character in interesting ways to a backstory that has no relevance to the plot or the player that is bought up a few too many times in auto dialogue, very hard to play Inquisitor Dredd when the character keeps taking off his helmet in conversations and performing facial expressions other than neutral or scowling while waxing nostalgic about his drunken aunt at the Trevelyan family parties. Not expecting much from the protagonist of this game but the other stuff does look intriguing, hopefully this game can live up to it's ambitions, certainly looks like there are some cool features in this game.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2018 4:41:24 GMT
I love creating my own character, but there's a lack of those games outside of the isometric classic RPGs and in my experience, the execution of a story-driven open world 3D game can fall pretty flat. For instance, I wasn't a fan of the inquisitor which was mostly defined by customizing their looks in the beginning, weapon-class and then who they romanced, if they did so. I actually preferred the less blank slate, Hawke. But on the flipside of that, MEA took a leaf out of DA2's book in regard to CC and that also fell flat for me. I have a feeling the protag in this game won't be the shining point. To be honest I felt the Inquisitor was a bit too rigidly defined for my tastes, at least there wasn't enough room to adequately inject your own sense of personality on the Inquisitor, from weird facial animations to a lack of options within questlines and dialogue that allow you to define your character in interesting ways to a backstory that has no relevance to the plot or the player that is bought up a few too many times in auto dialogue, very hard to play Inquisitor Dredd when the character keeps taking off his helmet in conversations and performing facial expressions other than neutral or scowling while waxing nostalgic about his drunken aunt at the Trevelyan family parties. Not expecting much from the protagonist of this game but the other stuff does look intriguing, hopefully this game can live up to it's ambitions, certainly looks like there are some cool features in this game. It looks incredible. I'm just worried it will be a buggy mess on release.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2018 3:39:16 GMT
And once again my cynicism is correct.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Feb 12, 2018 9:43:05 GMT
ouch, that doesn't sound good. Catch gameplay on Twitch, folks, for final judgement. It's what, slightly more than a day from launch? Wonder if any streamer would get it a bit early. Have to check. P.S. Oh wait, I got something. This came out on 10th Feb. Combat is kinda slow. He's using a controller so no idea how that is for a keyboard. Dialogue's not bad. It's pretty funny to hear a young voice from an old man. Or maybe he isn'tthat old at all according to tale. And omg, a lady of the castle, wife of the noble, going alone to talk to a young man and so openly. Where's her handmaiden? Realism? And btw, according to some comments, it seems what decisions taken will change the direction of the story. Like A from Z. Would be interesting if true.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2018 15:06:20 GMT
ouch, that doesn't sound good. Catch gameplay on Twitch, folks, for final judgement. It's what, slightly more than a day from launch? Wonder if any streamer would get it a bit early. Have to check. P.S. Oh wait, I got something. This came out on 10th Feb. Combat is kinda slow. He's using a controller so no idea how that is for a keyboard. Dialogue's not bad. It's pretty funny to hear a young voice from an old man. Or maybe he isn'tthat old at all according to tale. And omg, a lady of the castle, wife of the noble, going alone to talk to a young man and so openly. Where's her handmaiden? Realism? And btw, according to some comments, it seems what decisions taken will change the direction of the story. Like A from Z. Would be interesting if true. I've put in two hours before bed and so far... beautiful environments. Facial animations and all that jazz is odd in the sense it is flawless one minute and shit the next, but no big deal. Combat took me a bit to get used to. It is unlike any I have come across before. You cant just button bash, gotta have a good think on where you land your punches, stabs and slices. Prior to release people have claimed its similar to M and B but it is a lot more complex than that and less fun, but very satisfying when you get the hang of it. Also there is no one way of doing things. I.e you can use charisma to persuade but if you don't pass that check you will find yourself in a brawl. If you don't win the brawl then generally you have to resort to say, stealthy means.
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Post by SofaJockey on Feb 12, 2018 19:21:27 GMT
A little puzzling to see no reviews before launch.
I didn't pre-order because this is a 'maybe' purchase, so I'm holding back until there's some useful feedback.
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Post by DragonKingReborn on Feb 12, 2018 19:31:14 GMT
I thought that was weird as well.
There are pre-release build reviews, which comment on 'environments' and multiple quest paths and 'combat is really, really hard' plus - as suggested by a 23GB day one patch - mountains of bugs.
Very much a 'wait and see' item, I think.
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Post by Andrew Waples on Feb 12, 2018 19:53:06 GMT
A little puzzling to see no reviews before launch.
I didn't pre-order because this is a 'maybe' purchase, so I'm holding back until there's some useful feedback. Must be still downloading it...23gb?!
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Post by DragonKingReborn on Feb 12, 2018 19:59:37 GMT
A little puzzling to see no reviews before launch.
I didn't pre-order because this is a 'maybe' purchase, so I'm holding back until there's some useful feedback. Must be still downloading it...23gb?! The article I posted explains it a bit further. Game is broken up into 2GB clusters, and if they change one letter in a 1KB text file, they have to reupload the entire 2GB cluster. And it sounds like there were extensive changes/improvements between shipping to publishers and release.
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Post by phoray on Feb 12, 2018 20:15:08 GMT
don't know if I'll watch the whole hour 40 of that video, but will give it a chance to woo me regardless. Wonder what "romance" is supposed to be for this Game Dev.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2018 20:45:26 GMT
don't know if I'll watch the whole hour 40 of that video, but will give it a chance to woo me regardless. Wonder what "romance" is supposed to be for this Game Dev. Looking forward to sex scenes with that aiming system
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Post by phoray on Feb 12, 2018 20:56:07 GMT
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Post by phoray on Feb 12, 2018 21:06:37 GMT
Watched that video (mostly) up to 43 minutes.
-SO, fixed protag isn't cute. - Has a "choose your own stats" at start very close to what I recall of Fallout New Vegas -skyrim camera view -mouths still look weird. -fixed protag already has his own political opinions -can sit at random tables/chairs -character saying they're hungry frequently is Solas and Val Royeux all over again -couldn't fail a tiny quest. - punched a local and got away with it even though everyone in town should know you. - think the selling stolen goods thing is a bit off - was impressed with the death scene
I dunno. that is a slow start for sure.
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Post by Serza on Feb 12, 2018 22:01:05 GMT
don't know if I'll watch the whole hour 40 of that video, but will give it a chance to woo me regardless. Wonder what "romance" is supposed to be for this Game Dev. Looking forward to sex scenes with that aiming system You're not even trying, mate.
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Post by DragonKingReborn on Feb 12, 2018 22:53:31 GMT
don't know if I'll watch the whole hour 40 of that video, but will give it a chance to woo me regardless. Wonder what "romance" is supposed to be for this Game Dev. I wondered about that as well. I actually watched a Naughty Gaming video on youtube showcasing one of the romances. It seemed...kind of sweet? There are conversations (which I skipped past to avoid spoilers) - although the first has the lady asking if Henry is going to a dance. Then it's lots of talking, helping her out, being nice, playing games, being helped by her etc. In short - looks a bit like courtship. The 'naughty' bits were edited out for Youtube, but the gameplay to get to that point looks quite involved and not "Press X to bang". Whether or not the other romance is like that (or if there are other 'casual' encounters Henry can have), I couldn't say. But it is rated for Nudity and "Strong" sexual content, so I'm guessing bewbs.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Feb 12, 2018 23:34:26 GMT
don't know if I'll watch the whole hour 40 of that video, but will give it a chance to woo me regardless. Wonder what "romance" is supposed to be for this Game Dev. It's similar to Bioware's. I think there're two choices. Protag will associate with LI, progress the relationship and then the deed. Sorry, no raunchy naked bits. What comes after, no idea.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Feb 13, 2018 0:00:08 GMT
don't know if I'll watch the whole hour 40 of that video, but will give it a chance to woo me regardless. Wonder what "romance" is supposed to be for this Game Dev. It's similar to Bioware's. I think there're two choices. Protag will associate with LI, progress the relationship and then the deed. Sorry, no raunchy naked bits. What comes after, no idea. Theresa's romance has an explicit sex scene in it. Lady Stephanie's has a fade to black sex scene. Then there is one other explicit sex scene with a minor character if you choose a certain option. And bath houses can be a brothel if you choose that option and that fades to black.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Feb 13, 2018 0:02:56 GMT
I'm a bit sad that all the romances require sex as part of them, since otherwise they seem really sweet, but at least this game rewards me for avoiding them with the one achievement about not having sex anywhere in the game.
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Post by CHRrOME on Feb 13, 2018 0:33:07 GMT
Watched that video (mostly) up to 43 minutes. - SO, fixed protag isn't cute.- Has a "choose your own stats" at start very close to what I recall of Fallout New Vegas -skyrim camera view -mouths still look weird. - fixed protag already has his own political opinions-can sit at random tables/chairs -character saying they're hungry frequently is Solas and Val Royeux all over again -couldn't fail a tiny quest. - punched a local and got away with it even though everyone in town should know you. - think the selling stolen goods thing is a bit off - was impressed with the death scene I dunno. that is a slow start for sure. You mean as in "attractive" or as in "a fixed protagonist is not a cool thing to have" ? - Why yes, it's part of the fact that you're playing a predefined character, you don't get to choose who are they gonna be.
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Post by phoray on Feb 13, 2018 0:37:36 GMT
you don't get to choose who are they gonna be. Only the freedom of Choosing how a character kills things is your definition of an RPG?
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Post by CHRrOME on Feb 13, 2018 0:45:29 GMT
you don't get to choose who are they gonna be. Only the freedom of Choosing how a character kills things is your definition of an RPG? Geralt of Rivia in the Witcher series also had his own thinking, I still felt like in an RPG on all 3 Witchers. Looks and how the protagonists think of their world/environment are not a definition of RPG either. Anyways, I wasn't targeting you. I was just trying to state that on a game with a predefined character, you don't get to choose those particular things. That's how Warhorse decided to do the game.
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Post by slimgrin727 on Feb 13, 2018 1:42:03 GMT
I have to admit I don't like the look of Henry. If we're stuck with a preset character, I'd rather they be idealized or striking. A one to one scan of the actor's face isn't enough.
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Post by Onecrazymonkey1 on Feb 13, 2018 2:00:01 GMT
Even though I would prefer making him look the way I would want in a CC, he doesn't look that bad to me. I'm just hoping that we will at least be able to change his hairstyle or even add a beard somewhere down the road.
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