Age of Decadence Released

[Vaarna_Aarne]

Man, someone comparing your gameplay negatively to friggin Arcanum is just unnecessarily harsh.

 

[Agesilaus]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand completed it as Aurelian for the first time, start to finish. Made a 9 perception 9 intellect crossbowman, gave Miltiades a taste of his own medicine, did what had to be done at the Abyss and the Temple, and now Aurelius is sole ruler of the universe.

Never really bothered with House Aurelian before, because I've always been pro-technology. Pretty fun, though, and it was a pretty seamless and bug-free affair. I hate how I can't increase perception now, though, with the machine (I wanted 10 perception to see if I catch anything new). Also, the Temple is a little... sparse? Needs more flavour text I reckon, it's odd to have so many rooms and so few things to click on/do. Also, what does the giant spear do (other than make that tribal idiot happy).

 

[Vault Dweller]

Also, what does the giant spear do (other than make that tribal idiot happy).

It goes boom.

 

[Agesilaus]

But... how? I went into the temple with the spear and couldn't find anything to do with it. Is it one of those things where I need to go to Akbar the Mad and have him ID it? I've made the temple go boom just using my stats (Int 9 Lore 10 Craft 8), but I haven't found a use for the spear.

Unless... is it a path specific item? Only a certain faction will know what to do with it? Because I've only reached the end with Aurelians and Daratans.

 

[Vault Dweller]

You need to do the ritual first (i.e. Balzaar needs to be around).

 

[Agesilaus]

Ohhh, Okay, gotcha, I'll try finishing the game with House Crassus next time i play.

 

[Abelian]

Logging on the dex after a two week pause a noticing AoD is released the same day:


Realizing I won't have time to play it until the weekend:

 

[Lord Andre]

Yo, spoiler the damn spoilers next time bros. And good game VD, hat's off.

 

[Florian Gheorghe]

Congratulations devs! Wonderful game. I remember reading about it on NMA back in the days.

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[Commissar Draco]

Do we pre-order faithfuls will get GOG keys too Komrade VD? Would buy the second copy to show apreciation for Soviet Game Technology and but the Shekels are sparse at the moment.

 

[Cyberarmy]

And got my ass handed to me as a pretorian, goddamn dodgy 2 handed axer ruined my pretty morning.

 

[Jimmious]

Congrats guys. Hope it sells as much as you want! I'll buy in the weekend and will play within the next weeks

 

[Prime Junta]

Purchased.

Congrats Vault Dweller -- may your years of passion, dedication, and hard work receive the reward they deserve.

 

[Lord Andre]

It occurred to me that while VD is the face of the project around here, this game was a team effort, so BIG congratulations! to everyone at Iron Tower Studios. PM me individually for a complimentary handjob...

 

[Cyberarmy]

PM me individually for a complimentary handjob...

Educate yourself.

 

[Athelas]

Well, unfortunately the game only recognizes my integrated card. My geforce gtx 860m shows up as "gfx null device" and even if I select it, it will default to the integrated one. I can force the application to use my nvidia card from the nvidia control panel and then the game lists it correctly but then in about 30 seconds it will crash and freeze my computer.

If anyone has the same problem and finds a workaround please post it.

Running the game in windowed mode seemed to solve the problem for me. My dedicated graphics card still isn't listed, but I get a much higher frame rate, so I guess it's being used by the game.

Decided to roll a praetor with 3/3/3 in etiquette/streetwise/persuasion. Very smooth sailing so far, though I expect that to be changing any minute now.

 

[CyberWhale]

It goes bloom.

 

[Lord Andre]

Running the game in windowed mode seemed to solve the problem for me. My dedicated graphics card still isn't listed, but I get a much higher frame rate, so I guess it's being used by the game.

I managed to get it working with my dedicated card in fullscreen by only keeping "high" settings (the 4 settings with quality sliders), a "middle" resolution (not max available) and everything else turned off. I found the best practice for me is to start in windowed mode, load a save, then fullscreen. This way I get no glitches and playing on the dedicated card makes the game run very smooth.
I forced the game to pick nvidia card from nvidia control panel. Hope this helps if anyone has similar issues.
Oh, and maximised window mode can be a good alternative, I managed to get anti-aliasing 1 to work in this manner, but I prefer fullscreen.

 

[Zorba the Hutt]

Someone needs to record a community guide aimed solely at game developers, as they know what they want but don't like the circlejerk on the forums when people try to explain the game to them. It's obviously a neglected demographic and sales are being lost:

I can't raise 1000 gold to buy the dude from the bandits. I'm not willing to lose this scenario. But there doesn't seem anything I can do to progress the story. Combat is not an option because you get your faced owned every time.

I know you want to have this game be hard but I'm a grumpy old man and I just want to be able to win a combat encounter without cheesing it. I've tried using bombs and potions and oils, can't beat either the bandits in the forest or the poisoned dudes at the outpost. Couldn't talk the alchemist into getting me the good poison. It's just too easy to be stuck here unable to progress and that sucks.

Lower the skill checks on some of this stuff if you want us to get through it. I know you want us to focus non combat skills and stuff, but even with basically maxing Sword and Dodge, I get owned and that's not what people are coming here for.
...
Yeah I'm going to have to give it up. Maybe refund, dunno. It's just too ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ed frustrating to try and win any fight. I get wanting to be hard, like Dark Souls or something, but the thing with Dark Souls is that there is no RNG. I feel like I'm being skillful with my combat choices but what can I do when every blow is deflected or dodged or DR'd down to nothing. It's the first quest of the game and I can't win a combat encounter even after using the good poison on the dudes.
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Well I'm a professional game developer who has been playing games for 25 years, so I feel like I know what i'm doing. It has nothing to do with my stats, even if it has everything to do with my stats. The problem is that the game is not power-curved appropriately.

I've beaten Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Fallout 1&2, Pillars of Eternity, and many more games like this. If I can't beat the first quest even after doing the special "weaken your enemies with poison" move, then it's too hard.

Game devs can listen or not. My last game was too hard when I released it and sales suffered as a result.

 

[Infinitron]

Game devs can listen or not. My last game was too hard when I released it and sales suffered as a result.

You need to link us to this so we can see what he made.

 

[Zorba the Hutt]

http://steamcommunity.com/app/230070/discussions/0/490123197941178529/

 

[Zorba the Hutt]

LOL, I've got to stop looking at the Steam forum now. At least on the Codex I can tell when people are trolling:

Any plans to bring this to PSN/Xbox Live?
very interested in playing this game but id really like to lie on my couch doing so.. are there any plans to bring this to any of the current gen consoles?

i know its a weird genre for consoles but they got wastelöand 2 on psn now and im loving it!

 

[Redshirt #42]

Had to wait till Thursday to purchase the game to get the proper experience. I'm glad that it's on GOG.com from Day 1.

I had more fun with the demo alone than I had with Pillars of Eternity, so my expectations are high.

 

[Maculo]

These keep getting better:

Well I'm a professional game developer who has been playing games for 25 years, so I feel like I know what i'm doing. It has nothing to do with my stats, even if it has everything to do with my stats. The problem is that the game is not power-curved appropriately.

I've beaten Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Fallout 1&2, Pillars of Eternity, and many more games like this. If I can't beat the first quest even after doing the special "weaken your enemies with poison" move, then it's too hard.

Game devs can listen or not. My last game was too hard when I released it and sales suffered as a result.

 

[Infinitron]

Vault Dweller All the images here are broken for me: http://www.irontowerstudio.com/news/47-the-age-of-decadence-is-now-available