Didn't like the structure of AoD but I bought Colony Ship anyway and will play it, just to see what direction Vince went into with this one.
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Are you going to play Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game
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Beans00
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I kind of liked AoD. Ok game but pretty big design flaws. Good setting, bad writing, good combat, bad cyoa shit, good amount of choices but not much freedom when those choices are made.
Overall it was enough that I will eventually play colony ship, but not so good that I'm rushing to play it like I will/did for trudograd, underrail infusion, the next game from atom.
Overall it was enough that I will eventually play colony ship, but not so good that I'm rushing to play it like I will/did for trudograd, underrail infusion, the next game from atom.
Hellraiser
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In general it seem way easier and less "metagamey" for me than AoD so far. AoD required quite a bit of reloading and trial and error regarding what to level up when due to "low margins for error" regarding how the skill check difficulty curve rose as the game progressed, even if you went the obvious path for your build archetype like Thief or Legionaire. Possibly CS is easier because the skill system is (mostly?) level-by-use - you can tag skills (which increases learning gains/skill exp) and increase their level by 1 at chargen but besides that it's all by use, so for example there seems to be a large enough pool of early game easy locks to pick, to allow you to level up the related skill even if it wasn't tagged (at least it's enough for me so far, could be the 10 INT and mastermind feat granting exp bonuses also for skills). Not sure if you get a point every few levels as a bonus or something. FYI I'm playing it blind.
Also the combat encounters seem easier than in AoD, by easier I mean I don't need to retry them 10 or 20 times (more like 3), but maybe because I went with pistols (on a scientist 10 INT character with that 10 INT requiremed feat chosen at the start, so not that much of a combat oriented build I imagine) which work good from close range.
On top of those two you can have companions which can help both in combat and with shit like lockpicking.
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Started playing. Positive first impression so far. I can actually explore, talk to people, do sidequests, rather than being railroaded into tight paths that teleport me from place to place.
The skill gain by use seems to work fine so far, already gained some lockpick and streetwise.
The skill gain by use seems to work fine so far, already gained some lockpick and streetwise.
gaussgunner
Arcane
I'll play the demo, probably the full game. Sounds alright.
luj1
You're all shills
To be honest many people did not enjoy AoD. Plus AoD does not play very conventionally. You are teleported around the gameworld, from one dialogue to another, essentially like reading a CYOA novel. So it is not quite traditional CRPG gameplay and cannot serve as a metric for that.
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Dungeon Rats has more traditional RPG structure and party management.
Pity it didn't get the attention it deserved.
No, because I played Age of Decadence and it was boring AF and the devs are lmao retrardet
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I bought a copy, if only to support games like this being made. I have no idea when I'll get around to actually trying it, though.
Camel
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I learned yesterday that Orphans of the Sky has a sequel and I gotta read it.
OttoQuitmarck
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Need to play age of decadence first. Also the game is a bit too expensive for me right now (nothing to do with the price I'm just poor ATM) and I'd feel a bit shitty for pirating an indie CRPG so gonna wait a bit. Will play eventually.
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