Quoting: Mountain Man

Quoting: KohlyKohl

Quoting: Mountain Man

* A smart simulated ecology of species who fight each other over food and territory
* An engaging combat system that learns from your every move

Games have been promising this sort of thing for years. It was called "emergent gameplay" a decade ago. I also have yet to see any game fulfill any of the lofty "emergent gameplay" promises made by developers. I think the best we've seen is the NPCs in the Grand Theft Auto series reacting in unexpected but not particularly meaningful ways.

The NPCs in Shenmue would leave for work or go out into town and come back at night. That was awesome for 1999. Zelda: Breath of the Wild also added this and it really added to the feeling of the game.

I agree with you that in 20 years it hasn't been improved upon at all and that is disappointing. Hopefully this game can pull through and make a truly immersive world that is different for everyone.

NPCs in 1996's Daggerfall also had schedules. There was a hilarious bug where you could wait in a shop until the keeper locked up for the night and went home, and then you were free to loot the place without consequence, because there was nobody around to see you stealing!

If i ever get to playing Daggerfall i might exploit that :P

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Quoting: KohlyKohl

Quoting: Mountain Man

* A smart simulated ecology of species who fight each other over food and territory
* An engaging combat system that learns from your every move

Games have been promising this sort of thing for years. It was called "emergent gameplay" a decade ago. I also have yet to see any game fulfill any of the lofty "emergent gameplay" promises made by developers. I think the best we've seen is the NPCs in the Grand Theft Auto series reacting in unexpected but not particularly meaningful ways.

The NPCs in Shenmue would leave for work or go out into town and come back at night. That was awesome for 1999. Zelda: Breath of the Wild also added this and it really added to the feeling of the game.

I agree with you that in 20 years it hasn't been improved upon at all and that is disappointing. Hopefully this game can pull through and make a truly immersive world that is different for everyone.

First game I saw do that was Gothic 1
People would go wash their face in the morning , eat , smith , travel to where they needed to be etc.
It blew my mind to see a game that "complex" when i first played it.

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Quoting: dpanterLooks cool!

If you would rather play a more arcadey, very simplified, super compressed version of 'judge people based on clues and determine their fate' then maybe check out Peace, Death! available on Steam for only 4.5€, Linux native, runs on even a rotten potato.

The rotten potato had me in tears :D

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Odd this was never brought up before on GOL
Seems to have a lot of potential

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Well we will not be getting They are Billions any time soon so i guess this would be enough ?

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Still no Last of Us :(

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I remember when i first played this in college.
It has grown so much ( unlike 0 ad which is still in Alpha after a decade - sorry had to vent)
When online gaming for the first time this was a favorite with a good friend back home.
Then I tried switching over to linux a few times and every time Wesnoth (and Eschalon) was my go to game that was in every repo.

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Quoting: BeamboomAnd so the first verse of the swan song begun...

I think their primary problem was their strategy to have the users create the content, aka "pvp". Big failure. It sounds so great on paper, just create a sandbox and keep the servers running, and wait for the steady income to begin. So, SO many small studios try that route. But it doesn't work like that. It's not that easy.

Free to play is the first nail in the coffin sadly.
We'll see how things progress.

Quoting: GuestThen try Project: Gorgon [External Link]

i don't thing u find better native MMO

its not cheap but have demo

It is native, true , but the price is a bit much for what it offers in my opinion.
Maybe it is aimed at more old school MMO fans and there is something I am missing.
For now Secret World in Wine/dual boot is the best MMO for me , just because it gets away from the same medieval trope.(good story, lore etc)

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Quoting: GamewizardI've been thinking about tracking down a used i7 machine or something similar and sending it Tarn's way. I might email him here soon about it.

I wonder if I would be worthwhile to pitch in together and buy them a cheap computer with Linux pre-installed. Have it ship directly to the developers from a store in their country to cut shipping costs.

Maybe a crowd funded one from System76 ?

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Quoting: ShmerlHm, would be fun if the game provided Turing complete option to dynamically alter its own behavior using in-game methods ;)

Maybe it can also bring you breakfast in bed while you play :D

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