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D&D Dark Alliance - co-op action brawler where you play Drizzt's party
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Delterius
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i can't believe there's people on the comments who don't know who DRIZZT is..............
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I can't believe this thread is still in General RPG
Clockwork Knight
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It's alright for an action game with seven levels. Hopefully it doesn't include the visual variety changes like the goblins wearing different armor, though the bosses are probably included.
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Lucky fellows...
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LudensCogitet
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So I'm two minutes into this thing and you complete a mission objective and get a reward for walking 50 yards and pushing the jump button once. Modern video games are broken.
EDIT: Ok. couldn't make it to the 4 minute mark. Braindead enemies stand around while you kill them in big empty arenas. Second objective is to "destroy the ballista" which actually means kill some cannon fodder and then hit the attack button next to a prop.
Then you walk down a glorified corridor to another big open arena with the same braindead enemies in it.
I rate this depressing / 10.
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Snatching that for my signature.
Mebrilia the Viera Queen
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what a steaming pile of crap :D
Stella Brando
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Is this about the gay elf who died in Baldur's Gate?
Sacibengala
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The comments section shows that this game will be a disaster. If the IGN crowd are Whinning about an action game, you know it's dead.
LudensCogitet
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I want to see some footage where the player attacks no one. I have a strong suspicion that the NPCs can kill everything without any help. This game reminds me of when a little kid goes up to an arcade cabinet on attract mode and acts like he's playing. I've pretty much completely disconnected from AAA games, gaming "news", etc. If this is what is happening out there then video games really are a waste of time that rots your brain.
It's rotting mine and I'm just watching footage.
It's rotting mine and I'm just watching footage.
Peachcurl
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Preclaimer: I didn't watch most of those 20 minutes of gameplay.
Is that gameplay footage with NPCs (i.e., computer controlled), or are those other players? I mean, it's a coop game, so shouldn't IGN test it as such? :/
Either way, this is likely not a AAA game.
Is that gameplay footage with NPCs (i.e., computer controlled), or are those other players? I mean, it's a coop game, so shouldn't IGN test it as such? :/
Either way, this is likely not a AAA game.
Max Heap
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This game feels more like a sequel to D&D Demon Stone rather than Dark Alliance:
And just like back in the day it will be one of those cases where the developers were ordered to squeeze the D&D system into something where it doesn't really fit.
Except this time even the action gameplay elements feel dated.
And to be entirely honest, those weren't even that original back in the early 2000s (with the PS2 LotR games around and whatnot).
I almost feel sorry for the guys that are making this game.
Working on a license like D&D used to be a dream project for a lot of old school developers.
But this just screams "soulless commissioned work".
And just like back in the day it will be one of those cases where the developers were ordered to squeeze the D&D system into something where it doesn't really fit.
Except this time even the action gameplay elements feel dated.
And to be entirely honest, those weren't even that original back in the early 2000s (with the PS2 LotR games around and whatnot).
I almost feel sorry for the guys that are making this game.
Working on a license like D&D used to be a dream project for a lot of old school developers.
But this just screams "soulless commissioned work".
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Not really?
Only Nintendo gives an automatic win option for some games if you lose a lot and even then you can just not use it, for all the complaints about games getting easier...you still need to actually do stuff, like, Doom Eternal is a massive AAA title and a big complaint some gamers had is that you die more easily than in any other game in the franchise, this despite the game revealing through a scene that you are absolutely the same guy from Doom 1 and 2...just apparently more squishy after years of slaughtering thousands and thousands of demons.
The only exception being more pacific games that don't have violence anyways like Animal Crossing, but those go for a completely different market.
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I can tell you for a fact, that no modern game allows NPCs to really do anything without the player. Just play any Left 4 Dead or Vermintide game (which, along with things like Warframe is the audience this game is targeting) and you know the AI will not be that competent. Is it braindead though? Yes, absolutely.
I give the layman some credit. Games in this genre with mediocre action have not been doing well at all, and that's likely because the competition is lifting that standard a lot higher. Godfall, Marvel's Avengers, Anthem, and now Dark Alliance. They're too mediocre and too boring both conceptually and seemingly gameplay-wise to deter anyone to stop playing Warframe or Destiny 2 (which is saying a LOT).
This game will fail like many D&D games before because they don't know how to get the right people for the job. I think a co-op looter slasher D&D thing could work, but not like this, and not with Drizzt's setting. Nobody wants to play as some boring book characters (two humans and a dwarf? Most players wouldn't even touch human), they would want to play their own Forgotten Realms character (or, you know, any other setting). They definitely don't want a mediocre copy of God of War reboot style combat, it would need to be a lot more skill-based and with a lot less HP bloat (see: Warframe).
Silentstorm
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Can't wait for them to look at settings that were turned into beloved games before so we can get a Planescape action game.
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It makes me motion sick. Why do people insist on this screen shake crap. It's like they don't want you to play the game. They keep getting the FOV wrong - it should be a meme by now where the camera is up the player's ass. There's all this special effect/attack crap in the way of enemies like fireworks every time you attack - like with Cattie Brie. It's a button masher where you have to hit a goblin 50 times just to kill it.
Animations are awful. Combat is garbage: with games like Shadow of Mordor and Batman, you just can't go back to this stuff from 20 years ago. Combat is probably one of the few areas that have improved in games like this.
And finally (because I'm a nerd) the Drizzt novels span 30 years or more. It's interesting that they chose to go back to the early days. In the current (crap) novels Cattie Brie is a Mage/Ceric adept at crafting magic arms & armor, Drizzt is a Ranger/Monk, and Regis is some sort if killer Rogue with alchemy skills. Bruenor and Wulfgar are still the same, but all characters are epic level I think. They could all have been more than just button mashers.
Animations are awful. Combat is garbage: with games like Shadow of Mordor and Batman, you just can't go back to this stuff from 20 years ago. Combat is probably one of the few areas that have improved in games like this.
And finally (because I'm a nerd) the Drizzt novels span 30 years or more. It's interesting that they chose to go back to the early days. In the current (crap) novels Cattie Brie is a Mage/Ceric adept at crafting magic arms & armor, Drizzt is a Ranger/Monk, and Regis is some sort if killer Rogue with alchemy skills. Bruenor and Wulfgar are still the same, but all characters are epic level I think. They could all have been more than just button mashers.
Ebonsword
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Jesus Christ, I was sick of the sound effects after about 30 seconds. I couldn't imagine playing this for 20 hours.
*silent cough* ... nothing wrong with being a Monk... *volume of the statement lowers into whisper*.
>.>
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Well, the point he was making is that these dull designs/characters in-game could've had creative and interesting options. So in this case no theres nothing wrong with monk.
But I think it was still a problem that they chose the novel chars. Nobody cares anymore, why pidgeonhole themselves?
Augh. There's these sequences where the video rumbles erratically. I felt very nauseous from watching the gameplay. I couldn't survive for more than four minutes without getting mild headaches and the urge to puke my afternoon supper.
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Oh, that's a good idea actually. A Valve game in this genre would likely have a lot of content and possible moddibility. And Dota seems to be a universe people like (they made an anime so), and a lot of chars to use.
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MANNNN, take your little BITCH ASS stomach outta here ya fuckin' eye disease! This is a GAMER'S GAME. Oooh, you wanna play but your poor wittle stomach can't hwandle the scawee wittle shakes? Pop a dimenhydrinate, PUSSY. Hahaha, this is DUNGEONS & DRAGONS as GOD intended. This game is going to light the genre on fire.
INNOVATION AND INCLINE ABOUND, BABY! Look at those animations. IMPACTFUL hits. You niggaz see when my main man, big Wulfgar was smacking those frozen adventurers and how majestic and smooth it looked? How bout when babygurl Catti-Brie ain't need no gameplay description to tell HER how to play and went point blank archery to get an UNCOMMON GREEN HELM (!!!!!!) from a YUGE chest in the middle of the room?!
When Drizzt had his, not one, but TWO scimitars out and rather than show off with them or do the advertised backstabs (likely to keep your cocks from exploding in jizz, thanks based mercy god IGN) he opted to take it easy and have his MOFUGGIN BLACK PANTHER (RIP Chad Boseman or Bozzwick or w/e lol I gotta look up my Twitter follows brb) come out for like two seconds and do some crazy shit I didn't even see because I was so excited!
Jesus Christ, listen... listen... I think we should all buy this game and play it together. Fuck Pink Eye here, this nigga will throw up over everyone so he can be in Crispy's party or something. Let's do it! I love this idea! I love games! I'm a gamer!
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