Quoting: scaineI dunno, this looks like a modernised Tales of Maj'Eyal... I'm very interested! Looking forward to their release.

Not that ToME couldn't stand a little modernizing.

Still, it isn't clear what they mean by "next generation" here. The graphics and general mechanics don't seem especially groundbreaking (or impressive in the art's case). Are they talking about this CCG-like class system?

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You're saving people from plague?

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Hold up, a dev said "PC" and didn't use it as a synonym for just Windows? I...I think I need a moment...

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Quoting: razing32Think Samsai already played this on stream.
The bots are STU-PID !!!

He did, and wow does the game not explain anything. Like at all.

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Considering how Valve are perfectly fine with the Black Mesa fan game, I can't see them having a problem with this either.

Though true, not quite the same I think :)

What makes you say that? Put it this way, has Valve ever gone after a fan game?

They haven't, and hope they never do, but it's not the same the remake of their first game that a new iteration of their most hyped/expected game. Obviously I don't want Valve to cancel any fan-made game but I would rather understand more the cancellation of Project Borealis than if they had done it with Black Mesa. If that makes sense :)

If anything, it would be less understandable given that Black Mesa is remaking an existing property with the same story, whereas Boealis is making a pretty much entirely new game in a new engine, working from a synopsis of what could have become HL3. In effect, PB is simply fanfiction. Which we already know Valve is fine with.

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Oh, I think Samsai played this on stream. The soundtrack is really great.

Edit: My mistake, it was something different which had a similar aesthetic.

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I never got very far in the first one due to that stupid Adobe AIR thing. I wonder if it'll actually install now that Proton is a thing.

Edit: According to the compatibility reports page, that's a big no.

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Quoting: g000hCertainly been getting my money's worth with this game. 260 hours play so far (4 Jan 2019) ... and this is before it got Mod support and "even more" developer content (e.g. new characters). It has been very pleasant for me to see and experience each of the additions to the game since early access (e.g. when the Defect character got revealed).

Prior to "Slay The Spire" I was smitten by FTL: Faster The Light [External Link] ( and here's the GOG Link [External Link] )

Not saying that it is of similar level, but I recently began playing indie title "Frost [External Link]" and this survival rogue-like card game is also scratching a similar itch (i.e. I recommend it too). Frost has a free, playable demo so you can have a try before blowing any cash.

Have you tried Dicey Dungeons? I find it, too, scratches a similar itch with weird emergent combos and general one-more-turn-ness. Although it's very much in development, so while playable and fun it still has a ways to go.

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Quoting: BTREJust when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. :D

Just wait until they come out with the next official playable character. And a whole new deck to go with them. The devs said "more coming" so I suspect they've got multiple new characters planned.

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Quoting: BeamboomImpressive base, but we really do need to see a bit more of the actual gaqmeplay. What's the enemies, what's the danger? What's the goal, what will drive ur forth?

From the previous article (linked in this one):

Set in the steampunk era, you take on an expedition to a forsaken island that you once called home. But sudden eruptions triggered by mechanical beings turned the wondrous place into an apocalyptic wasteland. In order to survive the island’s natural elements, you have to outsmart these creatures and capture one of their drillships. Use their own technology against them as you upgrade the machinery and reclaim your homeland.

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