Review Frayed Knights Reviews

[sea]

I asked the developer on his forum and he says there are no hidden modifiers in combat. However he too has noticed bad luck streaks, so he says he's going to go over the code again to see if his math is correct in all cases. It's totally possible that sometimes the RNG just really does hate you.

 

[villain of the story]

You're such a good poster, sea, you put the rest of us in a bad light. I hate you.

 

[Crooked Bee]

Oh well. Thanks for clearing that up, sea. I actually enjoy hidden modifiers - like, really enjoy - so I was hoping my attempt at an explanation would prove correct. Anyway, the game has been decent so far, even if I do have some complaints; then again, I'm nowhere near the end of it.

 

[Zed]

I would have loved the game if it had character generation. I don't like being stuck with the 4 archetypes. And like Excidium I didn't like not being able to see how many monsters were in a patrol.

 

[Satori (original)]

Well with levelling you can change their proficiency to whatever you desire although their dialogue will still be as if they were of their starting class.

 

[SuicideBunny]

It's far away from the level of, for example, Eschalon.

yes, but not in the way you imply.

 

[Cassidy]

I'd love to play both Frayed Knights and Grimoire to make a comparative analysis, but I suppose that is impossible because I'll be outlived by Thursday.

Downloaded the demo to see if it will be fun enough for a purchase. If it's considerably better than Eschalon that means good news.

*Edit: Definitively going to buy it later. From the demo, it feels like what Anachronox would have been if it was in a fantasy rather than Sci-fi setting and with a faster blobber combat instead of JRPG slooooow stuff with excessive fancy animations, and I have a soft spot for games that don't take themselves seriously and try to take a humorous spin on the genre.

Also I don't get people complaining on the interface. It's much smoother than BaK's or Wizardries.

 

[sea]

Also I don't get people complaining on the interface. It's much smoother than BaK's or Wizardries.

Well, it's ugly, it takes up way too much screen real estate, it's inconsistent (both visually and functionally) and it's basically dated in the worst of ways. There's a reason that interfaces have moved away from the standards of 1993, and you can most certainly make an old-school game without it being a pain to do anything.

 

[Angthoron]

I'm also playing the full version now, some thoughts:

- Level design and encounters do get more complex
- Unfortunately, you have not one but two I Win buttons that you can spam
- Equipment improvements are horrifically slow for the rogue unless you take swords (shouldn't be the point?)
- Rest mechanic is pretty neat, took me a while to figure it out though, but that saved me a lot of trips to town once I did
- Patrol respawn is pretty bloody annoying when you've cleared the entire area and are going back to town with zero health and energy left. Also fun to run into one after coming back from town and waste half your energy on a pack of random Imps. This also happened to me after reloading a cleared room, which definitely made me happy
- (engine issue) Loading times give me enough time to grow and trim my beard
- Why are the places of Yes and No buttons reversed in the interface?


Having fun with this thing though mind you.

 

[rpgcodexusername]

on first impression, seems casual - will investigate further

 

[Humanity has risen!]

I agree with the general impressions so far. The designer has his heart in the right place and did a fairly decent job, but the game is a bit lacking in the complexity that people like us crave. I like the feats and leveling up, though.

I also dislike the interface, it is quite ugly and lacks keyboard shortcuts. It's obvious that it was made with the Ipad in mind.

Enemy variety also seems to be lacking.

Also, no quick-save function? So I have to fight with the interface every time I want to save? Bummer.

It seems like a decent introduction to the genre to casual gamers though, and a fairly decent game for the rest of us.

 

[ortucis]

I also dislike the interface, it is quite ugly and lacks keyboard shortcuts. It's obvious that it was made with the Ipad in mind.

The game is using old Torque Game Engine. Anyone who has used it knows what a POS that engine is and what kind of support (read=improvements) GarageGames provides. It isn't UDK where developers release monthly upgrades/fixes for their engine.

 

[Mortmal]

Its a one man job , its pretty decent i suppose and the character building is ok. The big problem is that i played wizardry 8 before. Its more complex than eschalon but way under wizardry, no surprise there of course. The humor and graphic style doesnt do it for me, i need at least pratchett level.
Nothing to get ecstatic at , as usual ill wait for kotc2, or maybe vogels games.

 

[Angthoron]

Enemy variety also seems to be lacking.

Variety improves significantly once out of the tower, though that should be addressed too, for the start of the game early impressions are important.

I'd also like to semi-retract my complaint about gearing up the thief, it's not that bad after all.

 

[Darth Roxor]

Serious Sam 3 has been moved to November, which means my October budget has been relieved.

This better be worth it, you faggots.