Colony Ship Early Access Release Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Jinn]

Well that's good. Mortismal is the one I was familiar with having mentioned Colony Ship. I'm aware of Splattercat, but he rarely has anything of substance to say and seems to usually only play the first hour or so of games on his videos, so I rarely even really watch him to get a sample of gameplay, and that usually only happens when his videos are posted on the dex.

Pretty much beside the point though. If they're both covering it, then it's better for the game, period.

 

[Jrpgfan]

It's on point actually. With that difference in viewership, one channel probably has a much better chance of boosting the sales than the other. And we're not talking about a small difference here. It's 30k views against more than half a million.

Half a million views for an indie RPG with a shoestring budget is huge AFAIK. If you take all AoD videos on youtube, for instance, it won't reach that number(probably not even half).

 

[Jinn]

Uh, yeah, but they're both going to cover the game anyway, right? All I was saying was I didn't know Splattercat had covered and was going to probably cover the game on release. That's what I meant when I said its beside the point. I wasn't arguing about who had more views.

 

[Jrpgfan]

For the record, I don't even watch youtube reviews and I certainly don't follow either of those channels. The only reason I know about those videos is because VD mentioned it.

 

[Abu Antar]

I think that Colonel RPG might cover it, too.

He has a let's play of the EA, I think. While the let's play doesn't have a huge amount of viewers, the first video hit almost 55k views.

 

[agris]

I wonder if Vince will supply streamers with saves comprising various party setups at various stages of the plot? That could let the reviewers put more meat on the bones of the reviews.

 

[POOPERSCOOPER]

I can see Colony Ship making a ton of money then Vince gets a ferrari and tries picking up some hot babes and they ask what he does and he says in a faggot nerd voice that he makes RPG's as they laugh and run away.

 

[HoboForEternity]

I hope this sells millions then we get the 16th century inquisition occult rpg AND the qantari expedition game

 

[Sòren]

sneak system seems somewhat glitched. two examples:
1. when infiltrating the detroit gang's compound at the Pit some guards (the sharpshooter specifically who can see through walls now) react for no goddamn reason

this might be intentional, but it's still strange:
2. after acquiring the eye in Land of The Blind even yellow tiles - after your movement etc - sound the alarm bell.

 

[motherfucker]

Sneak system is half-baked, counterintuitive and gamey, and shouldn't be in the game at all.

 

[Sòren]

it used to work just fine - meaning the mechanics were transparent - but something definitely happened after the last two updates.

 

[Jaedar]

and btw, small suggestion: u should really tweak the heavy energy rifle. i jumped through to hoops get access to this secret vault, only to realize that its properties are hardly any better than those of the standard; the range, for instance, makes it hardly useable in certain areas (especially late game areas) and for certain builds and the few (1 or 2?) additional damage points do not make it worth applying. i guess the better option is the scoped energy rifle from the clerk at the habitat? i don't know what that does though.

Yeah, rifles are lacking in energy weapons department. The current one is fine for sniper builds (it'll be like 4 points of extra damage or so when you consider most enemies have worse energy than ballistics armor), but if you have the stats to use burst fire it just can't compare. SMGs are in a similar situtation since its only energy weapon of choice has like 10-12 dmg, which is very close to 0 since most lategame enemies have 10+ armor.

Abu Antar not them, but here's mine:

This is one completionist playthrough of the current build, plus a couple restarts early on.
I wasted quite a bit of time on saveloading(sneaking, bad combat RNG) plus aforementioned restarts, however there's like 15% of content unimplemented - I'd say a full blind playthrough will be 30hrs give or take if you know your way around the genre.

That last sentence is some potentially grim reading, but also this can be the truth of many studios.

I feel like that at least partially has to do with this thread's discussion about the game's increased price tag compared to AoD

30 hours for a single playthrough seems like a lot to me, but I've also played the game many times in EA. I'd guess more like 10-20, but there's a good amount of re-playability, although not quite as much as AoD.

 

[Sòren]

and btw, small suggestion: u should really tweak the heavy energy rifle. i jumped through to hoops get access to this secret vault, only to realize that its properties are hardly any better than those of the standard; the range, for instance, makes it hardly useable in certain areas (especially late game areas) and for certain builds and the few (1 or 2?) additional damage points do not make it worth applying. i guess the better option is the scoped energy rifle from the clerk at the habitat? i don't know what that does though.

Yeah, rifles are lacking in energy weapons department. The current one is fine for sniper builds (it'll be like 4 points of extra damage or so when you consider most enemies have worse energy than ballistics armor), but if you have the stats to use burst fire it just can't compare. SMGs are in a similar situtation since its only energy weapon of choice has like 10-12 dmg, which is very close to 0 since most lategame enemies have 10+ armor.

the standard energy rifle is pretty great for snipers as it is, it's just that the heavy one doesn't add much or anything to that. and considering how much of an effort (computers 10 or lockpick 10) you have to make to get there, it just doesn't make sense. but yeah, energy rifles are not meant to be used for close combat. and agree about SMG energy weapons, they are lacking.

 

[Jrpgfan]

Sneak system is half-baked, counterintuitive and gamey, and shouldn't be in the game at all.

It is fine. Some stealth sequences are really fun to go through.

My favorite is probably Fort Stanton.

 

[BrotherFrank]

Wtf no romances, literally no point in having female companions then.



Half jokes aside, looking forward to the release, have been avoiding spoilers so other then premise have no idea what im in for other then hoping it will be as good as AoD.

 

[Jaedar]

Sneak system is half-baked, counterintuitive and gamey, and shouldn't be in the game at all.

It is fine. Some stealth sequences are really fun to go through.

My favorite is probably Fort Stanton.

I think the sneak system is a lot of fun, although it suffers a bit from a lack of truly good encounters. The final church quest in the pit is really well made imo, if you have a low/medium investment sneaker you can get a free kill or maybe two, with a lot of sneaking you can basically assassinate the whole building. There's a few other encounters like that where you can mix stealth and normal combat, which tend to be cool. But then there's also some encounters where it's just cameras, or you just pop cloaking field and win instantly and those aren't as fun.

 

[Elhoim]

sneak system seems somewhat glitched. two examples:
1. when infiltrating the detroit gang's compound at the Pit some guards (the sharpshooter specifically who can see through walls now) react for no goddamn reason

There was a hole between meshes (since time immemorial), but since now he had a patrol route he saw through it. Will be fixed for the final release.

 

[Daedalos]

We're coming near the release, boys.

I command you to shill this shit everywhere as if your life depended on it!

DIS GON B GUD

 

[Jrpgfan]

sneak system seems somewhat glitched. two examples:
1. when infiltrating the detroit gang's compound at the Pit some guards (the sharpshooter specifically who can see through walls now) react for no goddamn reason

There was a hole between meshes (since time immemorial), but since now he had a patrol route he saw through it. Will be fixed for the final release.

Like a tear in the fabric of reality? Could creatures from other dimension come through it?

If yes, please don't fix it. Postpone the release and add an Event Horizon ending.

 

[Sòren]

when fighting Hargrave after lowering the shields one of his guards (shotgunner) starts outside of the combat area. which means, you cannot even reach him with a melee fighter.

 

[Agesilaus]

sneak system seems somewhat glitched. two examples:
1. when infiltrating the detroit gang's compound at the Pit some guards (the sharpshooter specifically who can see through walls now) react for no goddamn reason

There was a hole between meshes (since time immemorial), but since now he had a patrol route he saw through it. Will be fixed for the final release.

Like a tear in the fabric of reality? Could creatures from other dimension come through it?

If yes, please don't fix it. Postpone the release and add an Event Horizon ending.

The AoD gods did say they dwell in the darkness between the stars... we need this Iron Tower please delay until 2028 and make the spaceship an ancient roman spaceship thank you

 

[Shaki]

I believe in ITS.

I am curious how much revenue they need to stay in business though. Hopefully they'll let us know if they've reached their goals.

Judging by the nature of release revenue trends, I'm assuming they'll know within a week of launch.

Unless it's an instant hit (which isn't gonna happen), we won't know until 3-4 months in.

It can be an instant hit, you still have the time to add a shitton of mutant and robot sex, make all companions playersexual fuckdolls, and release a trailer focusing purely on these aspects. Remember there is like half a million zoomer BG3 fans who just finished the game and are looking for something to scratch the same itch.

 

[agris]

we need an option to import our end of game AoD saves and fight that character as CS end boss.

GL shooting your laser rifle with 10th century bolas holding you down, loser!

 

[vazha]

Is Miltiades in this game? the answer better not be no!

 

[Sòren]

you cannot use a companion's skill to get a skill token from the machine at the factory anymore. clearly a bug.

btw i love the game and trying to help you refining it into the masterpiece it deserves to be.