Quoting: EikeI still got a key for chapter one (of which I'm 99% sure it works).
Anybody?

Grab a free key from Eike and save all of 0.89€. :P

(Seriously, chapter one is 90 % off on Steam right now.)

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The trailer's music makes my ears bleed with the idiotic compressor delay effect that plagues most modern dance/pop music. I mean it makes me feel physically ill. Legend or not, if I play this game it will be with the music disabled.

Sorry, rant done.

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Quoting: rustybroomhandle

Quoting: tuubiWait, aren't Metroidvanias supposed to be platformers? I mean, this looks nice but isn't that stretching the concept just a bit?

Usually it just means the progression/story is set in an open world, but new areas (usually with new bits of story) are accessed by acquiring new skills.

Other example of non-platfomer Metroidvania is Aquaria.

One could argue that even Slime Rancher has some rlements of the genre.

I guess we've got the next "roguelite" on our hands. This is stretching the concept beyond the point of usefulness.

It's like we're running out of genres, and soon there'll be like three to choose from.

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Wait, aren't Metroidvanias supposed to be platformers? I mean, this looks nice but isn't that stretching the concept just a bit?

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Looking forward to more adventuring goodness. And so is my wife. :)

EDIT: grammar swat

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Quoting: GuestAll AAA and many indie games have fake screenshots though.

You mean on store pages I assume? Exaggeration in any case.

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Quoting: Xpander

Quoting: Linas

Quoting: liamdaweWow, how low are you settings? Mine looks nothing like that.

This is supposed to be Ultra. I would really like to see a screenshot from a similar location. The screenshot is Värmland, Sweden, Elgsjön (Sprint), Midday / Sunny.

i can make a screenshot tomorrow if someone doesnt beat me...

but yeah i dont remember seeing such a blocky shadows

I went shadow hunting last night, and true enough, if I drove right next to the snowbank in Sweden I did find some shadows with blocky edges. Never noticed them before either. They seem to be most noticeable in the cabin and dashboard views.

This doesn't mean that the screenie in the article is fake like Linas suggested. Environmental shadows look smooth enough if they're even a bit further away (or if you're actually moving). They wouldn't look blocky in that particular view.

Sorry, I didn't think of making that screenshot. Or checking my settings. I blame the flu and the fever. It did look similar to what Linas saw though.

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Quoting: GuestDirt Rally: has plenty of advertisements on the side of the roads.

I hate ads as well, but these I find very easy to ignore. In fact a Rally sim would be less realistic without them.

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Dirt Rally <3

Sorry, just had to get that off my chest.

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Quoting: LinasShadows in the game are not anything as smooth as that. They are quite blocky and jagged. The only nitpick I have with Dirt Rally.

Could it be your graphical settings or something? Because for me shadows look quite smooth, pretty much like in the screenshot.

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I'm looking forward to this one. Let's hope they can get it all sorted out.

Quoting: EikeLooks nice. I never heard of these adventures, are they good?

Homestuck is a web comic that has adventure game style narration, and it does include interactive content like minigames etc but it's not actually a game series. If you can take a gazillion levels of meta on top of meta, and have a high tolerance for weirdness and memes, go take a look at mspaintadventures.com [External Link]. I haven't read it all, but it's definitely worth a look.

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