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Black Geyser is an interesting-looking RPG that’s being crowdfunded

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Set in a world that’s being beset by a curse of greed, this isometric RPG is trying to put its own unique touches on the tried and true formula.

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Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness [Official Site] is set in a kingdom that’s close to civil war and chaos grows ever day. This is a title that takes clear inspiration from Dungeons and Dragons and games like Baldur’s Gate. Many of the same elements such as an assortment of familiar fantasy race archetypes and classes feature in the game. Things like recruiting characters to your party, primary and secondary quests, magic and abilities, crafting potions and all those other staples will be in there as well.

What caught my eye in this one was the premise of most of the conflict is a curse brought on by a dark goddess that causes greed to grow in the hearts of people. The impact of the curse is determined by the player’s actions as things like looting everything and taking every reward can increase the effects on the world. This can lead to NPCs acting differently and lying, bandits assaulting estates and even the dead rising to reclaim things you’ve looted from them. It’s the sort of thing that I think will make or break the game as how this ties into quests and the meaningful choices players can make in a playthrough will ultimately define how things play out and determine replay value.

Black Geyser has been in development for a while and has turned to crowdfunding to finish up content and to polish the game. It’s projected to be released next year on both GOG and Steam when it’s completed.

You can back the game or read more about it on its Kickstarter page.

Thanks for the tip, Cyril

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Nezchan Apr 30, 2018
So an RPG that actually penalises you for being a kleptomaniac murder hobo? That's pretty refreshing.
STiAT Apr 30, 2018
On the first look really PoE, but the thing with the world reacting more on actions sounds refreshing.

Not kickstarting though, too much bad experience with linux ports. Maybe when some kind of beta comes out and is playable with feature parity (that one i learned from SotA, still no map, still not optimized, and buggy as hell).
razing32 Apr 30, 2018
It does look a lot like PoE or maybe a hint of Tyranny ?
Still , i like those things and this looks very good.
Too scared to crowdfund after I have a copy of Kingdom Come gathering dust since they never bothered to port to Linux.


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Nevertheless Apr 30, 2018
I asked them on KS. They're using the Unity engine and plan to support all platforms from early access on.
bingus Apr 30, 2018
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I've backed it. I do love my CRPGs, and this has a real Baldurs/PoE feel to it.
Elvanex May 1, 2018
Quoting: razing32It does look a lot like PoE or maybe a hint of Tyranny ?
Still , i like those things and this looks very good.
Too scared to crowdfund after I have a copy of Kingdom Come gathering dust since they never bothered to port to Linux.

I was also an early backer of Kingdom Come. Thankfully, they honored my request for a refund no questions asked. I'd definitely recommend to anyone else burned by them to also request a refund. Let them know they can't just promise something without delivering.
TheRiddick May 1, 2018
Kingdom Come works pretty good on DXVK however at 4k I can only get around 40fps with my 1080ti last time I checked, and there is a weird bug that causes a crash at the intro bar scene discussion, dunno if its been resolved, probably not. I think AMD users don't have a issue with it.

I guess they felt cryEngine's linux support was in such a terrible state that they'd just not bother. Does it even support Vulkan? probably not, crytek has been sinking for a long time now, doubt any development work has happened to improve the engine. Lumberyard on the other hand.....
Purple Library Guy May 1, 2018
. . . I wonder if the game will play differently if I greedily wait for a sale before buying it.
razing32 May 1, 2018
Quoting: Elvanex
Quoting: razing32It does look a lot like PoE or maybe a hint of Tyranny ?
Still , i like those things and this looks very good.
Too scared to crowdfund after I have a copy of Kingdom Come gathering dust since they never bothered to port to Linux.

I was also an early backer of Kingdom Come. Thankfully, they honored my request for a refund no questions asked. I'd definitely recommend to anyone else burned by them to also request a refund. Let them know they can't just promise something without delivering.

At this point , I may not even bother.
Might as well give it to a friend or something.
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Haven't read the entire KS page, but I like everything I've seen about this game so far. I really like the idea of greed being the curse. Greed is not inherent with capitalism but it's certainly a potential side effect.
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