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Colony Ship update #41: begun the closed beta has
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AdolfSatan
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Shit's beautiful, digging the updated UI.
And those weapons look sick
And those weapons look sick
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Vault Dweller I assume beta testers are allowed to upload gameplay footage to YouTube?
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Vault Dweller
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I asked them not to as some animations need to be replaced (probably 2-3 weeks).
PS. Infinitron Maybe it's just me but I rarely watch gameplay videos and thus don't really care about this marketing aspect. Still, I do recall that you've been asking for a gameplay video for a while, so maybe I will record one when I have time.
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Sykar
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Guess what ? Died in the first fight.
A game where you can actually die from the beginning and are not handheld like a brain dead retard?
deuxhero
Arcane
I see items marked tradable and lootable. What kind of items aren't?
All I can say for now is that it's a really enjoyable and challenging combat demo. I haven't died in the first fight but currently I'm stuck fighting a guy who can one shot me + his two companions with machine guns who on average are even more devastating and more often than not can kill me in 1 turn even when I have energy shield :D. I'm playing on a laptop currently and using a touchpad (I'm out of my hometown currently) and the game has good performance on a non-gaming, 4 year old notebook (I have Dell Inspiron 5558-3642 with NVIDIA GeForce 920M, Intel Core i7-5500U, 8 GB RAM and a 1366 x 768 display and Win 10 OS). Camera isn't fixed so playing it on a touchpad isn't too convenient to say the least but once I get home I'll properly test it on a better (although still old) computer with Win 7 and AMD card and if I'll manage to install it on my older rig with Win XP I'll try it there as well.
Anyway, for now it's just like Madoraan arena. There are 14 fights all in all and supposedly it lacks some animations but I haven't noticed it during my play (animations that are implemented seem sufficient to me - I hope we will get some nice death animations with lots of gore like in Fallout and AoD though). There are grenades (which I haven't used until now, I thought I could manage without them but I've underestimated my opponents), gadgets, armors, there is cover system and all in all so far fights are at least as good as those in Dungeon Rats.
Anyway, for now it's just like Madoraan arena. There are 14 fights all in all and supposedly it lacks some animations but I haven't noticed it during my play (animations that are implemented seem sufficient to me - I hope we will get some nice death animations with lots of gore like in Fallout and AoD though). There are grenades (which I haven't used until now, I thought I could manage without them but I've underestimated my opponents), gadgets, armors, there is cover system and all in all so far fights are at least as good as those in Dungeon Rats.
Tigranes
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Well, my Andreas Vesalius runs up to them with a big utility bar, and they shoot me in the face. That's how the guns are.
You seem to do quite a few attacks per round and so do your enemies - I don't think the action economy has changed hugely compared to AOD, but just by throwing guns into the mix, it feels like it's a lot harder to prevent the enemies from getting something done in their turn.
You seem to do quite a few attacks per round and so do your enemies - I don't think the action economy has changed hugely compared to AOD, but just by throwing guns into the mix, it feels like it's a lot harder to prevent the enemies from getting something done in their turn.
MRY
Wormwood Studios
Only died in the first fight once, so that's something! But that guy couldn't get past the second fight. So I made a knife-wielding psycho who has hacked his way through the first three fights without any trouble. Game looks, sounds, and plays great. I'm not a ITS combat guy, so for me the measure of the game will be the factions, quests, C&C, etc., but I've enjoyed these fights more than AOD. Maybe because the gear is more familiar, it was a bit more intuitive for me.
First good news of 2020
Also I'd like to sign up for closed beta but I'm stuck with a really shitty laptop which can't even run AoD properly...
Also I'd like to sign up for closed beta but I'm stuck with a really shitty laptop which can't even run AoD properly...
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Trash Player
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I run a gig like Goral's but with Radeon 530 and 4 GB RAM, probably can run it fine?
Signing up, if not for this week, then down the road.
Signing up, if not for this week, then down the road.
Some very early impressions that I also posted on the iron tower forums. Now as Vince said, there's some things missing, like animations and sounds, and it does feel noticeable, so I included it anyway, but whatevs
Performance:
The demo runs quite good on my rig, no technical issues really at all from playing, though I feel that the demo is gonna be somewhat taxing on lower systems. I'm running a gfx ti 1070ti, i7 4970k and 8gb ram, 1440p resolution everything maxed, not exactly a potatoe shit rig, but not top of the line either.
I do expect optimizations down the line.
Bugs: 1 bug encountered: Sometimes during combat, the sound of gunfire will cut out from 1 enemy firing, but its on again when the next enemy fires.
Graphics and UI:
The game looks great already simply put, graphics are very crisp, especially the lighting and the shadows stand out and give a good grimdark feel.
I like the UI alot, it's very simplistic, yet informative and fitting. Obviously it could do with some added stuff, like black borders maybe not soo great on everything. It makes for a too stark contrast in terms of the fluidity of the UI and the overall presentation.
The chargen screen has gotten a very nice facelift, and it feels pretty good. It got a great overview of all the stats now and your character. and it does well of explaning how things supplement eachother and what not.
As is apparant from the screenshots, the artstyle, the art of the items and such is simply breathtaking beautiful.
I like the barter screen, very simplistic and sleak. Some suggestions though, would include things like a proper item sorting filter, and a tally of your money when buying multiple copies of things, so you don't have to guess how much money you need for like ammo and such.
Very nitpicky stuff, but QoL going forward.
Animations and sounds:
The shooting animations and walking/running animations looks a little stiff, still, but passable. Vince explained that these will be touched up, so no worries.
The sound design feels a bit weak and lackluster at this point, but as I said, I'm sure it's super placeholder, it's mostly the gun sounds and stuff, so that's to be expected.
Also, adding UI sounds, clicking and such, would add alot of atmosphere.
Music:
The intro music sounds great and the track that plays within the game, very gloomy and desolate, I love it. Music is really what breathes life into a game!
Combat:
The actual combat itself feels pretty good. The information presented to the player I feel makes sense and feels natural. I got the hang of things pretty fast, as it feels very familiar to other games, especially stuff like xcom or even the old fallout, of course.
The skills and feats seems useable and fits nicely into most combat situations, as I have tried most builds by now.
I had no trouble figuring out my stats in terms of thc and other stuff. I like that you can expand for more info, but keep things simple simple simple. Simplicity is key, with underlying complexity to the player.
Overall, the combat feels very similar to AoD, yet more polished and improved in a lot of great ways, so AoD players should feel right at home.
The cover system is also well-known in many titles by now, and as such, I got no quarrals with it, it works, and its a nice addition to tactical combat.
I like the turn order UI and mechanic, very easy to understand.
The only thing I'm not too sold on yet, is the combat log to the right. I don't know but it feels off in terms of colours, font or something else. Let me sleep on it.
A combat speed slider is also a must during combat, so that would be a suggestion too, going forward.
I also died in the first fight btw, but quickly took revenge and made my way to waht I think was the last fight, p. hard even with maxed gear
Performance:
The demo runs quite good on my rig, no technical issues really at all from playing, though I feel that the demo is gonna be somewhat taxing on lower systems. I'm running a gfx ti 1070ti, i7 4970k and 8gb ram, 1440p resolution everything maxed, not exactly a potatoe shit rig, but not top of the line either.
I do expect optimizations down the line.
Bugs: 1 bug encountered: Sometimes during combat, the sound of gunfire will cut out from 1 enemy firing, but its on again when the next enemy fires.
Graphics and UI:
The game looks great already simply put, graphics are very crisp, especially the lighting and the shadows stand out and give a good grimdark feel.
I like the UI alot, it's very simplistic, yet informative and fitting. Obviously it could do with some added stuff, like black borders maybe not soo great on everything. It makes for a too stark contrast in terms of the fluidity of the UI and the overall presentation.
The chargen screen has gotten a very nice facelift, and it feels pretty good. It got a great overview of all the stats now and your character. and it does well of explaning how things supplement eachother and what not.
As is apparant from the screenshots, the artstyle, the art of the items and such is simply breathtaking beautiful.
I like the barter screen, very simplistic and sleak. Some suggestions though, would include things like a proper item sorting filter, and a tally of your money when buying multiple copies of things, so you don't have to guess how much money you need for like ammo and such.
Very nitpicky stuff, but QoL going forward.
Animations and sounds:
The shooting animations and walking/running animations looks a little stiff, still, but passable. Vince explained that these will be touched up, so no worries.
The sound design feels a bit weak and lackluster at this point, but as I said, I'm sure it's super placeholder, it's mostly the gun sounds and stuff, so that's to be expected.
Also, adding UI sounds, clicking and such, would add alot of atmosphere.
Music:
The intro music sounds great and the track that plays within the game, very gloomy and desolate, I love it. Music is really what breathes life into a game!
Combat:
The actual combat itself feels pretty good. The information presented to the player I feel makes sense and feels natural. I got the hang of things pretty fast, as it feels very familiar to other games, especially stuff like xcom or even the old fallout, of course.
The skills and feats seems useable and fits nicely into most combat situations, as I have tried most builds by now.
I had no trouble figuring out my stats in terms of thc and other stuff. I like that you can expand for more info, but keep things simple simple simple. Simplicity is key, with underlying complexity to the player.
Overall, the combat feels very similar to AoD, yet more polished and improved in a lot of great ways, so AoD players should feel right at home.
The cover system is also well-known in many titles by now, and as such, I got no quarrals with it, it works, and its a nice addition to tactical combat.
I like the turn order UI and mechanic, very easy to understand.
The only thing I'm not too sold on yet, is the combat log to the right. I don't know but it feels off in terms of colours, font or something else. Let me sleep on it.
A combat speed slider is also a must during combat, so that would be a suggestion too, going forward.
I also died in the first fight btw, but quickly took revenge and made my way to waht I think was the last fight, p. hard even with maxed gear
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How many people are dying in the first fight? We need numbers.
Sykar
Arcane
Will report tomorrow!
Excited we all are.
People tend to use gameplay videos as a passive demo. I don't know how much they can help and you know more about that stuff than I do, but they can definitely hurt as the top video for TO is pretty bad. So I think it's better to get one up early, if only to prevent a troll video from beating your SEO later when people search for 'title + gameplay'.
People tend to use gameplay videos as a passive demo. I don't know how much they can help and you know more about that stuff than I do, but they can definitely hurt as the top video for TO is pretty bad. So I think it's better to get one up early, if only to prevent a troll video from beating your SEO later when people search for 'title + gameplay'.
On one hand, I really want to check it out, on the other I want it well-baked when I first get to see it...
Do you have a bug report feature like PF:K? With a form opening up to type your message and then screenshot+savegame+message will be sent?
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WHAT? NOT FIXED?
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