Quoting: rkfg

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Quoting: rkfgReminds me of Wasteland 2 a lot (visually) and a bit of Planet Alcatraz (an old Win-only atmospheric and very Russian game so I wouldn't recommend it to non-natives even though it worked perfectly on Wine years ago). I'm very happy to see such a successful project from my fellow compatriots, especially after the big Insomnia letdown. These guys did a proper Early Access and it helped them to iron out the bugs before the release, that's how it should be. I'm not a fan of story-driven games going through Early Access because it's like getting spoilers so I'm grateful to those who helped to test the game. A sure buy on release for me.

Confused a bit about that statement.
I recall touching Planet Alcatraz a bit back in the day.
What makes it "very Russian" ? Poor translation ?

It has a huge amount of Russian culture code in it. The poor translation of course can't carry it well. The main prison theme (that's dear to many Russians as the whole country is like a bit relaxed Gulag), the jokes, stereotypical characters and folklore references, all is probably lost in translation. The Western players could be triggered by some casual (not bigoted) racism, sexism, homophobia etc. all of which is pretty common in Russia and treated with humor.

The graphics are dated of course but the ambient music should still be nice and the gameplay isn't bad at all.

Aaah. See what you mean. Culture is a hard beast to translate. In any culture.
Now that you mention it I am actually wondering if a translation can ever do it justice.
I have enjoyed games like Metro 2033 in the past but can't promise I understood all the subtext and references it might have had.
All this talk makes me want to look for Planet Alcatraz and give it another go.

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Hope it does enough to not just be "another one"
One thing i find odd in the trailer is how much work they put in the world and the characters only have a basic walk animation. Couldn't they draw them swinging an axe or casting a line ??

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Indeed , that moving base is eye-grabbing.
Hope they flesh out an interesting world.

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Curios if they add more factions , like the Tau or Sisters of Battle.

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So a bit like Neo Scavenger ?

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Quoting: rkfgReminds me of Wasteland 2 a lot (visually) and a bit of Planet Alcatraz (an old Win-only atmospheric and very Russian game so I wouldn't recommend it to non-natives even though it worked perfectly on Wine years ago). I'm very happy to see such a successful project from my fellow compatriots, especially after the big Insomnia letdown. These guys did a proper Early Access and it helped them to iron out the bugs before the release, that's how it should be. I'm not a fan of story-driven games going through Early Access because it's like getting spoilers so I'm grateful to those who helped to test the game. A sure buy on release for me.

Confused a bit about that statement.
I recall touching Planet Alcatraz a bit back in the day.
What makes it "very Russian" ? Poor translation ?

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Buying this as soon as i get my paycheck :D

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Guess there really is a Tycoon game for everything.

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Another store ?!

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Think I already got this from Itch.io on a discount.
Nice to see it is still being developed.

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