KickStarter Encased - isometric post-apocalyptic RPG under the dome

[Sykar]

It is decent at best and that is if you are generous. Objectively it is closer to average. This game is probably the biggest disappointment of the year. It screams "wasted potential".

 

[DeepOcean]

My review:
Slightly better version of Lionheart, the game all codexians wished was good but fate mock us with unrelenting cruelty.

 

[Daedalos]

didnt this game have a like a 2022 roadmap will all kinds of changes and dlcs?

im holding out until those drop to play this gmae.

 

[Tacgnol]

I'm waiting to play this as it sounds like they may improve the 2nd act and I'd rather not ruin the experience by playing it right now.

 

[Nikanuur]

Quite a faggy review, to be honest. They must've fixed UI otherwise I've no idea what it's doing at "pros" (description doesn't even mention crafting though). And look at the "cons" > rating: very good, wut? "Decreased content in the 2nd half", lmao.

Game's pretty good first 10-20 hrs. Story, dialogues can be fun and they are quite original. Exploring is meaningful, quests / locations do have different approaches, builds can be different. What more do you want from an RPG, huh. I think you and others just hate too much.

But I must agree it does start to feel emptyish, vague, really very easy, no proper AI, over-the-board looting etc. after some time. And it gets boring and tedious due to these

 

[Drowed]

In other words, basically what everyone feared happened, 90% of the content went in the first 30% of the game. I can't say it's a surprise, even if it is a disappointment, because the game had potential.

 

[jackofshadows]

What more do you want from an RPG, huh.

Are you for real? As far as I remember, you're Fallout fanboi central. Imagine now if there would be Hub with all its content but after the initial water chip quest, beyond Hub, you'd be left with just a few fetch-quests and then - credits? How does any of the aforementioned "pros" like build, approach to stuff etc matters if that's only relevant for 40-50% of the game and we're talking real % here, not how it "should've been", "could be there potentially" or anything. Gameplay hours (what a fascinating metric, which you've brought as well but bear with me for a second) are stack with the help of useless mechanics such as survival stuff/cooldowns for stealing/sneaking and the absolute schizo-approach to loot. The only reason that anyone can claim this is actually a good speciment is the overall dryness for this kind of games. Or severe case of retardation.

 

[Nikanuur]

What more do you want from an RPG, huh.

Are you for real? As far as I remember, you're Fallout fanboi central. Imagine now if there would be Hub with all its content but after the initial water chip quest, beyond Hub, you'd be left with just a few fetch-quests and then - credits? How does any of the aforementioned "pros" like build, approach to stuff etc matters if that's only relevant for 40-50% of the game and we're talking real % here, not how it "should've been", "could be there potentially" or anything. Gameplay hours (what a fascinating metric, which you've brought as well but bear with me for a second) are stack with the help of useless mechanics such as survival stuff/cooldowns for stealing/sneaking and the absolute schizo-approach to loot. The only reason that anyone can claim this is actually a good speciment is the overall dryness for this kind of games. Or severe case of retardation.

I'd feel really bad, yes. But the alegory presented is overbearing nearly as much as loot in Encased is over-the-board.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Conclusion
Despite several good releases this year,

 

[DeepOcean]

Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG Review

Rating: Very Good
A very good game that is just short of being excellent, because of one or more minor issues that reduce the level of enjoyment a little bit.

Well, I wish to have played this version this dude played. Maybe he is a time traveller and came back from an alternate future where the game is actually good.

 

[Sykar]

Or he is a fucking retard.

 

[Dishonoredbr]

Welp i was thinking about getting the game but it seems unfinished from all the comments here. Well , too bad.

 

[Die Healing]

I would say concord + Magellan stations are worth seeing on a heavy discount. Definitely not worth the $30 I paid.

 

[Lyre Mors]

CadmusLabs has been (not so) oddly absent from the thread since the game released. Come and answer for your sins, cur!

 

[ironmask]

This is disappointing, along with the outer worlds. At least we still have atom.

 

[Takamori]

You played the early access you basically played all the game. The other areas are fucking raw.

 

[Die Healing]

Yes, I didn't follow the development so it was kind of mind blowing to learn that the Magellan station used to be the tutorial and starting zone.

 

[Antigoon]

I'm waiting to play this as it sounds like they may improve the 2nd act and I'd rather not ruin the experience by playing it right now.

I don't think waiting would help at all. If you don't like it now, you wont like it in two years from now. The issues Encased has can't be fixed by adding a couple of quests to the second half, they would need to redesign most of their systems. I liked Encased more than most games released this year, certainly more that pathfinder or solasta, but yet that game has many issues, and most of them can't be easily fixed. Ideally they spend 2-3 months on some bugfixes and then move onto the next game. Adding a quest or two won't significantly improve this one.

 

[Cpt. Dallas]

I liked Encased more than most games released this year,

That's key. If your catalog is played out, it's not a bad time and worth a play on sale.

Bug fixes are fine, and a few extra random encounters aren't the end of the world, but the team spending effort on Halloween events and Arena mode aren't promising. I find 'QoL improvements' to frequently mean 'rearranging deck chairs'.

 

[lycanwarrior]

Welp i was thinking about getting the game but it seems unfinished from all the comments here. Well , too bad.

Been playing it and in the second act after completing Magellan Station.

Been enjoying it thus far, only problem I have is the amount of loot crates can be ridiculous at times (also shared with Atom RPG). The interface for lockpicking and hacking are very un-intuitive also.

The areas outside of Nashville and Magellan thus far are noticeably smaller, that's true.

 

[Butter]

 

[agris]

Have they completely overhauled the itemization system to reduce the amount of trash containers and make weapons static rather than low-effort “plasma pistol lvl 1, 2, 3…”?

have they fixed the 6 or so disparate crafting interfaces? Properly balanced the game so that it isn’t a cake-walk? Fleshed out the second half, after you boot up the emulator, so that the cities aren’t full of mindless rpg codex npcs? Fully implemented mayoral mechanics for junktown? Fixed faction reps so 100 rep yields a reward for all factions?

this game was so close to good in that Fallout-y way, yet feels like they butt-chugged Larian juice at the last minute and tossed in the towel when confronted with the actual specifics of systems implementation.

 

[Antigoon]

New quest
Updates in their car/transport systems
Gamepad support
Linux support

Assuming the new quest is for the second half, they are working at least on that part.

 

[agris]

Antigoon that’s a convoluted way of saying “no”.

 

[Antigoon]

Of course, and no amount of content or other patches will fix these issues. That's why they should acknowledge these shortcomings, move on and try to fix them in their next game. Actually, I am quite curious if they are having these issues on their agenda. Given that their game is seemingly doing OK on Steam I am not too sure about it.