KickStarter Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness - Tales of the Moon Cult expansion on the way

[GloomFrost]

Question to those playing EA: Is writing really that bad or it just triggered Steam babies by using "his" instead of "them" for character of unknown gender?

Any company that doesn't fly flag of New ClownWorld Order, is my fren

I think its better them most writing done by NU Obsidian, Bethesda or Larian. No huge lore dumps, no constant wokeness no unnecessarily long descriptions. I would say its the same level as old Bioware (BG2, DA:O). Simple, solid, entertaining, practical dialogues and BELIEVABLE, memorable characters. Its not exactly Disco, Arcanum, Sunless Sea, VMB or KOTOR 2 but still better then 90% of other so called RPGs we get nowadays.

Eh? I don't think it's on the same level as anything from old Bioware. Not in any aspect. It's a decent imitation, but that's all.

Oh sorry I must have missed the good 'ol days when Bioware writing was something spectacular. All I remember is that it was miles behind Black Isle, Troika and Old Obsidian work. Just compare KOTOR to KOTOR 2.

 

[Krivol]

Yeah, writing is not that good in BG1 and 2. It's like New Hope - people remember its story better than it really is.

 

[JDR13]

Question to those playing EA: Is writing really that bad or it just triggered Steam babies by using "his" instead of "them" for character of unknown gender?

Any company that doesn't fly flag of New ClownWorld Order, is my fren

I think its better them most writing done by NU Obsidian, Bethesda or Larian. No huge lore dumps, no constant wokeness no unnecessarily long descriptions. I would say its the same level as old Bioware (BG2, DA:O). Simple, solid, entertaining, practical dialogues and BELIEVABLE, memorable characters. Its not exactly Disco, Arcanum, Sunless Sea, VMB or KOTOR 2 but still better then 90% of other so called RPGs we get nowadays.

Eh? I don't think it's on the same level as anything from old Bioware. Not in any aspect. It's a decent imitation, but that's all.

Oh sorry I must have missed the good 'ol days when Bioware writing was something spectacular. All I remember is that it was miles behind Black Isle, Troika and Old Obsidian work. Just compare KOTOR to KOTOR 2.

Cool story, but I didn't say anything about it being spectacular. Black Geyser is not on the same level though in any way. I'm not just talking about writing here.

 

[JDR13]

Yeah, writing is not that good in BG1 and 2. It's like New Hope - people remember its story better than it really is.

The same goes for the majority of games being mentioned here.

 

[Ontopoly]

Did they actually change a lot from the play test to early access? Didn't they come out a couple days apart? I tried the demo but not the early access even though I have it from kick-starting. Worth a try? Because I was just going to wait until release day.

 

[Stokowski]

Question to those playing EA: Is writing really that bad or it just triggered Steam babies by using "his" instead of "them" for character of unknown gender?

Any company that doesn't fly flag of New ClownWorld Order, is my fren

By "really that bad" you mean "grammatically correct", right?

 

[Readher]

Question to those playing EA: Is writing really that bad or it just triggered Steam babies by using "his" instead of "them" for character of unknown gender?

Any company that doesn't fly flag of New ClownWorld Order, is my fren

I wouldn't say it's bad, but the game is fairly railroaded so far. Most of the dialogue options are Yes/No plus optionally slightly wacky versions of the two. Few dialogues have any skill checks. From what devs or people close to devs (unsure) are saying on Discord though, various branches and choices will be added during EA. The greed system which is supposed to be a big feature also isn't implemented fully, and that's supposed to be heavily tied to choices. So yeah, most of the stuff I've encountered so far (18 h) is fetch quests of different flavors. You'll definitely be spending much more time in combat than interacting with NPCs.

 

[Cryomancer]

Tier 4 necromancy is great. Persistent acid poison + ability to summon skeleton halberdier with a base spell slot.

I'm playing with just 3 party members so I can get high level magic sooner. Can't wait to see how amazing tier 6/7 necromantic magic will gonna be.

 

[vazha]

I realize its early access, but does it include the entire game content? I am tempted not to wait another year and play it straightaway.

 

[Readher]

I realize its early access, but does it include the entire game content? I am tempted not to wait another year and play it straightaway.

No

 

[Shrimp]

I realize its early access, but does it include the entire game content? I am tempted not to wait another year and play it straightaway.

Not currently, but according to their Steam page they plan on eventually adding the following chapters.

EA Phase 2

• Northern areas
  
• Backer rewards: custom spells, random encounters, items, plants
  
• Temple system
  
• Optimizations and performance enhancements
  
• Chapter 3 of main quest

EA Phase 3 (Full Game Launch)

• Stronghold System
  
• Desert Areas
  
• Improved item mechanics
  
• Full greed system
  
• Pets
  
• Optimizations and performance enhancements
  
• Deeper roleplay options in quests
  
• New item types
  
• Improvements to character models
  
• Visual improvements
  
• Chapter 4 (final chapter) of the main quest

 

[Ontopoly]

You'll definitely be spending much more time in combat than interacting with NPCs.

As it should be.

 

[Ulysa]

I realize this is a simple game and not original but fuck it, I had fun the little I played. Particularly enjoying a humbling personal beginning without being bombarded with lore or 30999 simultaneous stories about things I don't give a fuck. I really like the music and art. I love that the dialogues are consice and I can't believe how much I missed that. I didn't want to go to sleep and looking forward playing more.

 

[Mustawd]

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Don't have time to play it.

 

[Fedora Master]

 

[rojay]

I enjoyed it too. Not going to make me forget Baldur's Gate, but there are some interesting concepts that they could develop.

Also, thank those of you who hold KOTOR as the high point of crpg writing. Let's me know our opinions... differ.

 

[Fedora Master]

Guys. Please. You're trying to convince people you're making a quality product here, right?

 

[Jenkem]

Guys. Please. You're trying to convince people you're not just shitposting here, right?

 

[Fedora Master]

The voice acting sounds exactly like Crying Is Not Enough.
Big fucking

 

[Mustawd]

take a look at these grafix whjores

 

[Fedora Master]

take a look at these grafix whjores

The least they can do is have a walk cycle that doesn't look like everyone's got scoliosis.

E:

Okay I smirked at that

e2: Aaaand with a crash while loading into the market of the first big city my adventure comes to an abrupt end.

I get what they're going for and some of their ideas are alright but at the same time the quality of the models, the VO, the writing itself, QoL are... not that great. Nothing that couldn't be improved but this being an EA title we all know what'll happen...

 

[Reinhardt]

Created wintermage and am lv 1 at moment.

I have about 12 hp

Remember, kids, hp bloat only bad if monsters have it. If Victor have it - it's gud thing.

 

[Reinhardt]

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Guys. Please. You're trying to convince people you're making a quality product here, right?

I don't know - they look just like your regular elves.

 

[Krivol]

take a look at these grafix whjores

The least they can do is have a walk cycle that doesn't look like everyone's got scoliosis.

Are you shitting on Black Geyser? Are you?

 

[Fedora Master]

Are all these clickable yet empty barrels really necessary game?

e:

THIS IS NOT HOW NORMAL PEOPLE WALK