Overland [XCOM lite + rogue]

[toro]

http://overland-game.com/

 

[Cadmus]

looks shit, that's not xcom lite, that's xcom lite lite the map is so small it's smaller than the screen. fuck this shit

 

[Jackalope]

Is this a shitty phone game? Because it looks like a shitty phone game.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Is this a shitty phone game? Because it looks like a shitty phone game.

That's what people with no talent do, apart from flipping burgers or becoming politicians.

 

[Excidium II]

Is that like...a 10x10 grid?

 

[Cadmus]

Is that like...a 10x10 grid?

deep tactical challenge, every decision matters

 

[Alienman]

He lost me when he said squad based tactics to a wider audience. Actually he lost me way before that but I'm bored. Hate this new style of minimalist hipster graphics. Looks like Software Inc.

 

[orcinator]

sheeeit, they even have that notexture artstyle

 

[zeitgeist]

Is that like...a 10x10 grid?

That means it's more complex than chess!

 

[Endlösung]

Is that like...a 10x10 grid?

 

[AMG]

Yeah, HoMM3 was a terrible XCOM lite.

 

[ColCol]

On the surface the game looks like decline and I haven't seen enough of it yet to have a solid opinion. Yet, there are a few interesting points.

1.Maps are small. Yet, the time spent on a single map in the videos did not usually exceed ten minutes. The game is mostly about resource gathering. You're stopping very quickly by an abandoned car or an empty building in order to grab something and get going. The tiny maps become filled with monsters and possibly other dangers (like fire) extremely quickly. This makes the maps increasingly dangerous to stay on and navigate around.

2. The game is fatal. Monsters keep generating on maps quickly and constantly. The game is not combat oriented and survivors often lack the means to combat monsters. finally, the survivors usually go down after two or three hits. I feel there is a greater chance of a mission going sour here than there is in X-com.

3. uses an 2-ap system. Yet, since time is a huge factor on maps it pushes the player into being thoughtful/careful with their team's actions (at least when compared to other 2 ap systems).

Overall these are some of the interesting things I noticed about the game.

 

[ColCol]

So, I got in on the early beta and and I stand by most of my main points.


Have an image of a doomed journey. The last survivor is in the middle of the fire.

 

[ColCol]

Another doomed expedition. Maps don't ever start this crazy but as you progress through the game it is easy for them to reach this point very quickly. The main problem here is that two large corpses block the road exit. I made the mistake of eliminating these enemies before realizing that my car can't drive through the corpses. You can only exit the maps with the car if the road is obstruction free. I could not move the corpse and keep the enemies off my characters.
You can exit maps by just having your characters walk out...Yet, that means you are put into a difficult/dangerous map with the goal of acquiring a new car. A note should made that I have two companions in the car. The car also eventually exploded.

 

[ColCol]

Early access that is available to all is now out:


http://www.overland-game.com/

 

[toro]

Early access that is available to all is now out:


http://www.overland-game.com/

Did you manage to finish a campaign?

 

[ColCol]

Early access that is available to all is now out:


http://www.overland-game.com/

Did you manage to finish a campaign?

I managed to get to the end of the beta campaign consistently, which leaves out two areas/sections.

 

[toro]

 

[Horton]

Thanks for the good news!

 

[ColCol]

So I started it, lol, brought this on IO like years ago. Have to say, despite like 3+ years, nothing has changed much. You can see the that the devs strive for simplicity, but at several points the game seems nonintuitive. Example, characters have to juggle items (off the ground) because they can only hold one item at a time (Unless they have a backpack, then two). Runs, and I say this only a short time in, do not seem to differ drastically (same char types-items-enemies). The only really thing this game offers is pretty graphics. Don't buy.