It's really nice to see they're filling in so much content, although I'll almost certainly never get to see it.

I doubt I'd be able to muster the skill and tenacity to get all the way to the Ashlands. Hell, I haven't even been past the swamps. So this stuff might as well be a whole other game.

Really hoping at some point they'll get all the late game stuff finished so they can loop back and make the early game more engaging and improve quality of life for the lesser Vikings among us.

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I never thought I would live to see the day....

I seriously need to play this game again.

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I've never been very good at Slay the Spire (literally dozens of losses for each win, never beat the heart and stopped trying, etc.), but I kinda love the game anyway. It's tremendous fun how you can make these broken builds without hardly trying, and you can reasonably seat of your pants it without needing to really understand synergies or keep track of what every relic does. Which interacts well with my inattentive nature.

As to only showing a couple of the first game's characters, I think I recall that the Defect and Watcher were added relatively late in development. So Ironclad and Silent are basically the iconic characters, being there longest and second most. Makes sense to match those with at least one new character. Now whether we get the other two at all, or if we get another new one instead, that's up in the air. Only so much time in a reveal trailer, and their absense may not mean anything at all.

I'm good if they freshen it up though.

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Quoting: PenglingAh, Konami, I love you but you sure are weird - why was this not a Castlevania collab?!

Still, uh, does that mean we're one step closer to Bomberman Survivors now?

Castlevania's busy over at V Rising's house. They're having a sleepover.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyWell anyway, a "Slay the Spire" sequel is one of the few sequel games I'm rather looking forward to.

The trailer for Wizard of Legend II is a huge turn-off. And I'm not really a fan of changing the art style either.

It's great that StS2 isn't going down that road.

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Quoting: GetBeaned

Quoting: pbSo the whole hyped Triple-I Initiative was all about announcing a few sequels and DLCs, am I missing something? Zero excitement for me, but then again, I don't watch or care for Triple-A announcements/events, so I guess I'm just not the target audience.

What did you think it was going to be? They advertised it pretty heavy as a quickfire showcase of upcoming games, indie games at that, not AAA.

Prince of Persia is an odd fit though. Not sure how "indie" a Ubisoft game can get.

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I see the Ironclad and the Silent as usual, but I'm not sure about the skeleton. Not sure if the Defect and the Watcher are going to be back, or replaced with entirely new characters this time around.

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Just logged in to take a look at the new stations, and yeah, they're quite different from the old ones. It gives more of an "active" feeling, where the aliens look like they're moving around on various errands, rather than just standing around in a nondescript waiting area full of unused seating.

Same layout for each, but the colour schemes and assorted decorations change, which is still miles better than the original design.

It was really nice to see they put the trade terminal next to the teleporter. That'll save headaches for a lot of folks.

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Quoting: wvstolzingYeah OK, I'm reinstalling it after a *very* long time.

I had enjoyed it even in its barren initial launch state; & in the meantime I got a taste of Minecraft as well -- which I like a lot. Now that NMS is a lot more 'minecrafty', I'm curious how the base building aspect works. Though I suppose there's no analogue to 'redstone' in NMS now, is there?

There's some electrical stuff you can do, but it's pretty minimal. Building is kind of a cross between Subnautica and Valheim, if that makes sense. You have a system of modules (round room, square room, greenhouse module, etc.) and you also have a system of placing walls and floors and roof pieces and suchlike, with three different materials (wood, stone and metal). You have to kinda run your own wiring to power stuff in the latter version, whereas with the modules everything is hooked up to each other and you just have to supply power and batteries.

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Holy crap, FINALLY!

I've been asking for more interesting stations for *years*. They've been consistently the most boring parts of the game, with an "airport waiting room" vibe, and yet you need to visit them in almost every system. The fact that they were identical regardless of the race (why do Vy'keen sit on the same size chairs as Gek, who are a third their height?) got to the point of immersion-breaking.

Improvement of the guilds is just as welcome, given they were functionally nothing more than a source of the occasional free credits and such until now. None of them did anything interesting or characteristic, they just took up a space on that side of the station.

All very welcome changes, as is ship customization. But the station designs are the biggest from my point of view.

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