Finally Monolith is back, now this is good news. Seriously, they're nothing but a DC comics factory now, it's really sad. Screw that studio. Seriously, screw them. Maybe we can get stuff like No One Lives Forever, Blood, FEAR and Condemned.
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Betrayer (17th century FPS from Ex-Monolith devs)
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I recommend watching Ravenous, very good film about the subject you linked to.
Peter
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If they're going for a stylized look, they have to create their assets with that in mind. As someone said already, looks like a cheap filter thrown on top of a regular-looking game, which makes everything turn into an indistinguishable mess. Looks unplayable.
dnf
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Setting breaking and anacronic npcs, be male or woman is a must in today entertaimnent industry.
msxyz
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I wish Monolith (or whatever is called these days) would produce a NOLF sequel. If they fear (pun intended 
) that someone could sue them over the license, they can always change the names, as long as they keep that silly 'Austin Powers' vibe that permeated the NOLF games.
As for this product, the art direction is interesting... I wonder if it will need an uber PC despite being ported on handheld hardware that can hardly compete with the PC GPUs from ten years ago!
) that someone could sue them over the license, they can always change the names, as long as they keep that silly 'Austin Powers' vibe that permeated the NOLF games.As for this product, the art direction is interesting... I wonder if it will need an uber PC despite being ported on handheld hardware that can hardly compete with the PC GPUs from ten years ago!
There will never be a NOLF sequel again because a) nobody knows who owns the rights and nobody cares to put the pieces together again (i.e. legal nightmare) and b) it's quirky setting/themes are not considered relevant and appropriate for the dumbed down, modern day CoD/Hunger Games/Walking Dead/Twilight-spoon fed doom & gloom masses today.
chestburster
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I started watching this couple of weeks back but never finished it. The comedy vibe of it kinda put me off.
Deakul
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Looks fucking awful, I'll stick with Expeditions instead, thanks.
Dr Tomo
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I am interested with the title as it does have recognizable names behind the game, so possibly a 50% sale purchase right here. I am curious to know if they lost their touch though at this point or if they can recreate the tension.
Hellraiser
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The game has a lot in common with the default xenforo style 
FuelBlooded
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I can't imagine how they can watch a black and white game for that long and develop it. It's not even grayscale!
LordDenton
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lol codex getting excited about a cellphone game
Lyric Suite
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Wrong. There is no such thing as artsy-fartsy-indie-hipster shit that's done "right". I would rather stick forks into my eyes that play this crap.
Careful. You might regret saying that after Betrayer turns out to be a little classic.
Lyric Suite
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Maybe modders will fix it.
zwanzig_zwoelf
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Implying that UE3 is moddable without anal sex.
retardation
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Be warned Codex, I suspect this guy is an implanted sleeper PR agent with a mission to subtly promote
FuelBlooded
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It's my avatar, isn't it?
Let's do a little experiment here:
To me, the last picture wins in terms of creepiness. Greyscale + high contrast/brightness is superior to plain mono.
Not because mono is strenuous to the eyes but because it's tiresome and boring to look at. Hopefully Blackpowder reconsiders this during their Alpha testing.
To me, the last picture wins in terms of creepiness. Greyscale + high contrast/brightness is superior to plain mono.
Not because mono is strenuous to the eyes but because it's tiresome and boring to look at. Hopefully Blackpowder reconsiders this during their Alpha testing.
Zewp
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I bought it because fuck yeah card monies and only $13.
The graphics simply fucking suck. They make it hard to make anything out at a distance seeing any kind of proper detail is nigh impossible. It's just not fun to look at, doesn't add to the tension and is just a poor design decision all around. That said, it's amazing how fluid it makes the game. Playing it on maximum on a rig that just barely makes the minimum requirements and constant 60FPS. Even things like the wind blowing through the grass and trees doesn't make the FPS dip, which is surprising seeing as any other game in which something like that happens will make my FPS dip.
The combat is okay. Nothing special. It's still far from done, as there's no projectile drop yet. Shortbows, longbows, pistols and muskets all shoot the same range, but I think this will be patched later seeing as there is a range stat tied to every weapon. It could really have done with melee combat, though.
Other than that, there's not really much to comment on. Can't say anything on the story. Exploration is a bit crap due to the fact that you can't fucking see anything.
The graphics simply fucking suck. They make it hard to make anything out at a distance seeing any kind of proper detail is nigh impossible. It's just not fun to look at, doesn't add to the tension and is just a poor design decision all around. That said, it's amazing how fluid it makes the game. Playing it on maximum on a rig that just barely makes the minimum requirements and constant 60FPS. Even things like the wind blowing through the grass and trees doesn't make the FPS dip, which is surprising seeing as any other game in which something like that happens will make my FPS dip.
The combat is okay. Nothing special. It's still far from done, as there's no projectile drop yet. Shortbows, longbows, pistols and muskets all shoot the same range, but I think this will be patched later seeing as there is a range stat tied to every weapon. It could really have done with melee combat, though.
Other than that, there's not really much to comment on. Can't say anything on the story. Exploration is a bit crap due to the fact that you can't fucking see anything.
Zewp
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Okay, I finished the alpha just now. It's about an hour and a half long. Here's a few random impressions;
Overall, I'm not very impressed. It has the possibility to be a good game, but so far it isn't a good game. The entire game consists of finding and collecting brightly marked clues to find out what happened to the fort while shooting piss easy enemies.
- Lacking in challenge overall and I don't really see how they're going to fix it. You roam around the wilderness looking for 'clues' about what happened to the settlement, and the whole place is dotted with enraged Spanish soldiers that resemble zombies a bit too much for comfort. The issue? Unless you take on multiple enemies at once it's impossible to die. Just sneak around and snipe everyone from afar.
- I'm starting to understand the art style. There are two styles of play, normal world and some kind of supernatural shadow realm. If you ring the bell in the town you enter the shadow realm, which is the exact same place, except the black and white is reversed and instead of Spanish zombies you fight wraiths. Wraiths are a bit more of a challenge as they only spawn when you're in the vicinity, meaning they immediately start chasing you. Once again, though, they're piss easy and you can just kite them without ever taking damage.
- In the shadow realm there are totems that are corrupted and if you activate them they spawn about 8 wraiths, which you have to kill to remove the corruption. Removing the corruption from the totems unlocks the gate to the next region, which isn't accessible yet in the alpha.
- Melee enemies kill you in one shot, but go down in two shots from a bow/musket so they rarely reach you. Ranged enemies do a lot less damage, but take more hits to kill. By far the most dangerous situation is when you're being rushed by a melee enemy while fighting ranged, but this only happened once in the entire alpha.
- You collect coins in the wilderness which you can use to buy new equipment in town. Dying drops your coins, but you can still go fetch it. Dying again before you retrieve your loot loses you that loot.
Overall, I'm not very impressed. It has the possibility to be a good game, but so far it isn't a good game. The entire game consists of finding and collecting brightly marked clues to find out what happened to the fort while shooting piss easy enemies.
I'm gonna buy this once they go full release. I don't care what the haters say.
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