Game News The New World Update #20: Crossing The Factory

[Tigranes]

I know nothing about how massive cargo ships are built these days, so I won't armchair speculate about it. From a gameplay perspective it sounds funable.

Really hard to say much about the 'Design' bit at this level of abstraction - I mean it could be Deus Ex or Wasteland 2 or whatever in terms of these bullet points.

 

[Alienman]

Man built Rama.

 

[Vault Dweller]

 

[HeatEXTEND]

Spoiler

 

[Fenix]

posadists

Who?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_International_Posadist

A loony communist sect that believed that the best chances for revolution would be through nuclear war or literal alien invasion.

Trotskists, phew!

Spoiler

Among all this junk I could barely find the only that worth - Babylon 5 ships.

 

[deuxhero]

How will the game handle shallow raids to kill and loot a few gang members?

 

[Vault Dweller]

That's the fight your way through path. You can kill a few gang members and turn back or push forward.

 

[Infinitron]

Vault Dweller, I'm not sure if you've ever clarified to what degree companions will be controllable. Will you be able to move them around as you wish outside of combat and have them do stuff or talk to people? Split your party between different areas (guess not)?

 

[Vault Dweller]

You're the party leader so you're the default talker. If one of your party members wants to contribute something to the conversation, you'll either ignore it or let them take it from there. Think of the conversation with the first assassin in Arcanum: Virgil wants to handle it, if you can let him or handle it yourself. It works the same way when tinkering with devices or locked doors. You can't split your party. The only exception is sneaking: you select a designated infiltrator the same way you select a decker in Shadowrun and this person is now on his own, counting only on his own skills and gear.

 

[cruelio]

Are you guys going to do early access again?

 

[Vault Dweller]

Yes. Combat demo -> Full demo - > Early Access when 50% of content is done -> Release.

 

[Ivan]

I would pre-order now if I could

 

[hivemind]

combat demo when

 

[baud]

Thy Brother’s Keepers

I make me think of Cain and Abel, keeping with the religious context of the new world.

 

[Jaedar]

You're the party leader so you're the default talker. If one of your party members wants to contribute something to the conversation, you'll either ignore it or let them take it from there. Think of the conversation with the first assassin in Arcanum: Virgil wants to handle it, if you can let him or handle it yourself. It works the same way when tinkering with devices or locked doors. You can't split your party. The only exception is sneaking: you select a designated infiltrator the same way you select a decker in Shadowrun and this person is now on his own, counting only on his own skills and gear.

So after handing off convo to a party member, you give up any further chance to have an effect on the outcome?

 

[Vault Dweller]

Most likely. We won't make the final decision on that until we have first few fully playable areas.

 

[screeg]

Would be fun, and potentially great comic relief, to allow the player to "pilot" a few small conversations for the more violent or less conventional companion NPCs, like riotbot.

 

[deuxhero]

That's the fight your way through path. You can kill a few gang members and turn back or push forward.

Will the remaining enemies alter their habits if you return (like Circle of Eight's "alert" moat house)?