I actually never played the old games this is inspired by.
I do like the style and slow pace though.
(Also I swear one of the sprites was in an android game called Saga RPG.)

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Quoting: STiAT

this will be a free to play title with micro-transactions

Thanks, done with it.

Quoting: razing32I'm a bit iffy on the whole Single-Player microtransactions.
I get the business model in Multi-Player , makes sense there.

Did you ever play Knights of Pen and Paper (av. on Linux and Android)?
Fun SP game, paid, still has microtransactions. But hey, I don't know anyone who use them!

P.S.: don't get me wrong, I don't approve microtransactions in SP games, especially in paid ones.

Haven't tried it , though i do have some of the games on Steam/GOG from the Pen and Paper series.

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Gameplay looks nice , graphics look interesting but while the narrator sounds well done the characters sound a bit amateur-ish.
Still , day 1 linux support and plot wise might be interesting.

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I'm a bit iffy on the whole Single-Player microtransactions.
I get the business model in Multi-Player , makes sense there.

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Quoting: scaineI might have to pick this up. Everyone seems to be raving about it!

It is a very good game with an interesting story. Although initially I wasn't quite sure about the gameplay it grew on me and I'm looking forward to my second playthrough, which might even start tomorrow winkwinknudgenudge.

Next Livestream project ?

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Quoting: harshbarjmost of my programming experience was in the dos days on quickbasic 4.5.

qBasic??? and 4.5 as well... you damn youngins...

Back in my day you had to run Ibm's Basica or GWBasic. Then again even that was after I started with basic on the Commodore Pet, Vic-20, c-64, then Apple ][. (and yes, in that order too...)

So old that Lord British was barely a squire. (not quite)

What ... no ZZT ? :-p

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Pretty much agree with everyone here.
You can't stop piracy by blunt force. Torrents and cracks abound and any DRM gets broken eventually.
And several studies have shown that if people cant afford something they will pirate. And if they cannot even pirate they will not buy.

https://gizmodo.com/the-eu-suppressed-a-300-page-study-that-found-piracy-do-1818629537 [External Link]

What they should focus on are grey markets. They harm devs a lot more , but only a few smaller devs woke up to this issue. The big games are still tied to dinosaur publishers and their stone age thinking.

As a former self-admitted pirate , ease of purchase convinced me. Give me a better product , ease of purchase and I will gladly pay for your product. Ship with broken DRM , excessive fees , always online nonsense and well ... the Jolly Roger shall fly my friends. ;)

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Quoting: KlausOn the light note: I love the 3D-with-sprites aesthetic :woot:

Quoting: harshbarjLooks a bit like towns. Let's hope it fairs better than that game, which was abandoned by it's developers. Shame as it looked to be a great game. This game looks to be one to watch.

Does it matter though?

Last I played Towns, it was a fun game. It wasn't being developed anymore, but this didn't really make it any worse. If the Dwarf-Fortress developer some day drops the project (probably due to dying of old age) it will still be a unique game.

StoneHearth is still being actively developed, but regardless, if it was dropped now, I'd still recommend it.

Most of these games could be declared "finished with upcoming feature updates", and it wouldn't make a difference. Most simply are never declared finished, before the developers drops active support.

Then again, once these are no longer being developed, I tend to lose interest, as my interest requires being rekindled by new features. But that would be the same, if the game had been declared feature-complete and development had stopped for that reason.

I agree with you , there are a lot of good games and even if they stop being improved they are still worth playing.
The issue nowadays lies with games funded and supported via kickstarter/early access only for the game to abruptly halt development.
The question then is : Was the promised product delivered to those that supported it financially ?
If you pay me for a pizza and I bring you pizza sticks , regardless how good they are , do you feel you got you money's worth ?

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Quoting: PompesdeskyI've been waiting for too long to get the definitive edition of this game with all the DLCs, it's never running out of new DLCs :D

It's the paradox business model for better or worst :)
Still they put out nice stuff and show Tux love.

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But can it run Crysis :D

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