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looks like Narupley chickened out, no reply yet.
 

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they should extend this invitation to all codexers... hue hue hue
i'm sure with enough metagaming the game can be beaten in/under 15 hours, even with the shitty default party.
 
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Is 15 hours really a problem? It might suggest multiple playthroughs.

Remembering Dragon Age : Origins I wanted to do a 2nd playthrough too, but the tediousness of the game and its boring plot stretching over 50 hours eventually turned me off. Time is too precious for that. Though there are not many games anyways which make you replay it right after the first walkthrough...
 

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How good and focused a game's pacing is is far more important than simply hitting a set goal of "X number of hours long".
 

Blaine

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How good and focused a game's pacing is is far more important than simply hitting a set goal of "X number of hours long".

Not necessarily. "Good" is a somewhat subjective quality, and "focused" is not always a positive descriptor—there are such things as expansive open-world games in which the player sets his own pace and chooses when and how to explore and to tackle challenges. Like it or not, when it comes to cRPGs especially, many people expect to be playing long enough to really chew the meat of the game and have plenty of time to digest it before they cross the finish line.

I can't think of a single beloved RPG from any year or on any platform that's less than 10 hours long, sans metagaming (e.g., speed runs in Fallout 2). Even the earlier dungeon crawlers with no story or conversive NPCs will take a minimum of fifteen hours to complete, unless perhaps you already have a map made and know what you're doing... and figuring that out yourself is part of the fun.
 
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Hormalakh

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This article changed my perspective. Well written and allayed many of my fears. Likely the first game purchase I've made in a loooooong time.
 

Zeriel

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You fool, what have you done. I was given doritos. The proper course is to maintain your skepticism and hatred until you play the game, then be pleasantly surprised if it remains actually good.
 

Hormalakh

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Hah! You know, you're right. Everything is shit until proven otherwise. Will remain skeptical, but will at least give it a try now.
 

Jaedar

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Project: Eternity Shadorwun: Hong Kong Divinity: Original Sin 2 Pathfinder: Kingmaker
So why is this game not available for preorder to those of us who like boxes?
 

Diggfinger

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Thanks for this video. Didn't check for updates for a while so my observations might be outdated. I'm impressed, especially with their optimizations regarding movement and speed of combat. This is awesomely fast, and yet all animations are looking nice. Did they change something in the combat system? Originally it seemed every single enemy did its turn in sequence, but now it looks like all enemies do their turn concurrently, or "nearly-concurrently" similar to the old MM parts. Is this observation correct?

Really it looks much faster and enjoyable. Great! This is the type of combat Wiz8 had needed (not even the Wiz8 Speedhack comes close to this). Also with the smooth movement they are much closer to 360° turn based combat. I take my hat off, Limbic has all the potential to create a new MMX or Wizardry.

Im cautiously starting to get excited about this game….hope they release it for mac!
 

Azael

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Excellent preview. Looking forward to this game very much. 2014 looks like the best year for CRPG players since, well don't know really, the 90's something.
 

warmonger3

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Excellent preview. Looking forward to this game very much. 2014 looks like the best year for CRPG players since, well don't know really, the 90's something.

Personally I always thought decline started after the release of Demise in 2000. No point in looking back and complaining anymore on the massive suckage we all lived through. Now we can all die in RPG bliss.:troll:

Great job codexians on guiding the team towards our goal of incline.
 

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