KickStarter Double Fine's MASSIVE CHALICE - Released... but nobody cares

[evdk]

Any more news at all about this?

All updates for Golden Chalice backers regarding how well their money is spent can be found here.

 

[almondblight]

Spiked defensive armor...where the defensive spikes only pop out after you've been hit, then go away the next turn:

 

[DeepOcean]

Why make an armor that protects you better only after being hit? What is the problem they have with helmets? This thing looks silly as hell.

 

[suejak]

THAT IS COMPLETELY UNREALISTIC

 

[KoolNoodles]

Why make an armor that protects you better only after being hit? What is the problem they have with helmets? This thing looks silly as hell.

One of the mec trooper abilities in XCOM EW is minor damage reduction for all subsequent hits after the first one and lasts for a couple turns. Can save your mec pretty often in the early game

That is indeed an awesome ability. I explained it away in my head as a power-management feature. Since it only lasts a limited amount of time, why would a Mec have it active at all times and just use it up? So it just triggers when they take fire, and since Mec troopers have a ton of hitpoints it's not really a big deal if the first shot hits. Especially with that automatic repair perk.

 

[Metro]

Any more news at all about this?

http://www.shacknews.com/article/83225/broken-age-sales-secure-funding-for-act-2-development

 

[suejak]

The Massive Chalice crew do a pre-Hour of Fun playthrough of the current Massive Chalice build:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=...eature=player_detailpage&v=kndxDmALoj0#t=2518

Hour of Fun is an annual (?) Double Fine event where everybody stops work for an hour to play each other's current builds.

 

[Ulminati]

The gameplay section of that (about halfway through the build) was mildly interesting. Not enough to sell me on the game, but good to see there is an actual game being made. The combat looked like nu-xcom, which I didn't care for. The whole having to install your troops as regents to breed more heroes was mildly interesting though. If properly fleshed out (think CK2) it could be fun. Especially if regent families could feud and you'd have to deal with idiocy if you sent feuding offspring off on a mission. I doubt that will be the case though.

I wasn't overly fond of the graphics. But I guess they are placeholder still.

 

[DeepOcean]

without much thinking.

I'm not surprised, that is the Double Fine slogan. No autist children and Alzheimer grandmother should be left behind.

 

[Trash]

Loved the idea of their pitch but withdrew my pledge as it seemed more and more like they never had more than an interesting idea before starting their Kickstarter. Glad I did just that. Even for very early footage it looks decidedly uninspired and meh. I really got the distinct impression that there wasn't a whole lot of thought put into both the strategic and tactical layer of the game.

 

[Borelli]

I greatly dislike them being influenced by nu x-com. Max 5 heroes in one mission is just decline.
In other news i heard the word cadence which they used to describe the enemy for the first time in my life. A new english word for me to learn, how exciting! To wiktionary!
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cadence

Noun
cadence (countable and uncountable, plural cadences)

The act or state of declining or sinking.

 

[felipepepe]

I thought it was interesting their idea that melee characters can psned all their actions points moving AND still do a melee attack, as some sort of charge. Can't recall any other game doing this as a default condition.

 

[Infinitron]

I thought it was interesting their idea that melee characters can psned all their actions points moving AND still do a melee attack, as some sort of charge. Can't recall any other game doing this as a default condition.

I think melee in Shadowrun Returns works this way?

 

[felipepepe]

Really? I thought melee on the OC very bad, so I went full ranged and never noticed...

 

[HanoverF]

Congratulations, backers, you've backed an Xbone exclusive
(backers are still getting it first for pc)

 

[pakoito]

Does Double Fine still have any credit left? They seem to be tearing down what they got with Stacking and Costume Quest.

 

[Irenaeus]

Ask your local loan shark.

 

[Haba]

I thought you were joking.

Then I realized that this is Double Fag we're talking about.

In an email to backer's project lead Brad Muir said, "We thought we'd kick out a quick update to clear up any confusion that this might cause. Nothing has changed with our plans to bring Massive Chalice to the PC and to make it available for our backers first. Yeah! During this time we'll be porting the game to the Xbox One. As soon as we're done porting the game, we'll launch it as a console exclusive on Xbox One. We're super stoked to have this additional support in giving Massive Chalice the next-gen console treatment!"

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/...box-one-exclusive-wont-affect-pc-release.aspx

I don't even... yeah, no point in making fun of retards.

 

[Hellraiser]

As if anyone dumb enough to buy an xbone NSA listening node will have the brains to grasp turn-based combat. DF is off its fucking rocker.

 

[anus_pounder]

Wait wait wait, how can it be 'exclusive' to the Xbone if we can play it on the PC as well? What am I missing here?

 

[buzz]

console exclusive, so it just won't come on ps4 or last-gen consoles

 

[Metro]

Oh Derple Fine... never change.

 

[Durwyn]

I wonder how the knowledge that it would have a consolized (obviously crippled) gameplay and UI, would have impacted the kickstarter campaign. Now we will never know.

Hahahahahaha, bitches who paid monyz for this shit.

Also, Broken Age.

 

[Jagged Appliance]

Wow, shameless.

 

[Humanity has risen!]

I still don't understand how the dynasty system works with same sex marriages.