Expeditions: Rome - the final Expeditions game from Logic Artists

[Abu Antar]

Let me quote myself from earlier in the thread, from back in July.

Man, this is Expeditions in name only.
I was hyped at first. Now, it's wait and see.

 

[Infinitron]

Let me quote myself from earlier in the thread, from back in July.

Man, this is Expeditions in name only.
I was hyped at first. Now, it's wait and see.

I don't understand what you thought/think is "Expeditions in name only" about what we've seen of this game. I feel like maybe reading all these dev diaries has made some people realize they never really liked the Expeditions formula that much in the first place. "Wait a minute...I don't actually like fussy mechanics and strategy metagame elements in my RPGs!"

(For the record, I found Conquistador to be tedious to play, so this isn't me fanboying for the series)

 

[Abu Antar]

Let me quote myself from earlier in the thread, from back in July.

Man, this is Expeditions in name only.
I was hyped at first. Now, it's wait and see.

I don't understand what you thought/think is "Expeditions in name only" about what we've seen of this game. I feel like maybe reading all these dev diaries has made some people realize they never really liked the Expeditions formula that much in the first place. "Wait a minute...I don't actually like fussy mechanics and strategy metagame elements in my RPGs!"

(For the record, I found Conquistador to be tedious to play, so this isn't me fanboying for the series)

Don't like the Expeditions formula? No, my friend, that is not it. I very much like both games. I prefer the first one, even.

It's just that all these cinematic trailers, twitch integrations, and some other things make me cautious. I hope the game turns out great, but for now, I can't help but feel that they are chasing the Divinity audience, which may or may not be a bad thing. If I didn't care for the game at all, I wouldn't bother posting updates. I just have a feeling, and it's not a great one, that this might turn out to be my least favorite game in the series.

I will play the demo and judge for myself very soon.

 

[Tyranicon]

Let me quote myself from earlier in the thread, from back in July.

Man, this is Expeditions in name only.
I was hyped at first. Now, it's wait and see.

I don't understand what you thought/think is "Expeditions in name only" about what we've seen of this game. I feel like maybe reading all these dev diaries has made some people realize they never really liked the Expeditions formula that much in the first place. "Wait a minute...I don't actually like fussy mechanics and strategy metagame elements in my RPGs!"

(For the record, I found Conquistador to be tedious to play, so this isn't me fanboying for the series)

Don't like the Expeditions formula? No, my friend, that is not it. I very much like both games. I prefer the first one, even.

It's just that all these cinematic trailers, twitch integrations, and some other things make me cautious. I hope the game turns out great, but for now, I can't help but feel that they are chasing the Divinity audience, which may or may not be a bad thing. If I didn't care for the game at all, I wouldn't bother posting updates. I just have a feeling, and it's not a great one, that this might turn out to be my least favorite game in the series.

I will play the demo and judge for myself very soon.

Twitch integration for a rpg (that isn't a cutscene simulator or first-person) is about as useful as a knitted condom.

Not worth the dev effort or getting angry about, really.

 

[Abu Antar]

I should make it clear that I am not angry. I am mildly worried about that and some other things. I hope the demo wins me over.

 

[Tyranicon]

I should make it clear that I am not angry. I am mildly worried about that and some other things. I hope the demo wins me over.

I'm mostly here for the Rome flavor. I know I'm probably gonna have some minor quibbles with the game, just judging by the trailer and devlogs so far, but if I can go around quoting HBO Rome lines and being an asshole to barbarians, I'll be happy.

 

[EvilWolf]

Let me quote myself from earlier in the thread, from back in July.

Man, this is Expeditions in name only.
I was hyped at first. Now, it's wait and see.

I don't understand what you thought/think is "Expeditions in name only" about what we've seen of this game. I feel like maybe reading all these dev diaries has made some people realize they never really liked the Expeditions formula that much in the first place. "Wait a minute...I don't actually like fussy mechanics and strategy metagame elements in my RPGs!"

(For the record, I found Conquistador to be tedious to play, so this isn't me fanboying for the series)

Don't like the Expeditions formula? No, my friend, that is not it. I very much like both games. I prefer the first one, even.

It's just that all these cinematic trailers, twitch integrations, and some other things make me cautious. I hope the game turns out great, but for now, I can't help but feel that they are chasing the Divinity audience, which may or may not be a bad thing. If I didn't care for the game at all, I wouldn't bother posting updates. I just have a feeling, and it's not a great one, that this might turn out to be my least favorite game in the series.

I will play the demo and judge for myself very soon.

I'd buy Divinity in this setting... then again the reason I love Cyberpunk is because it's a, good, Cyberpunk open world game and we all know how that turned out.

 

[Starwars]

I think I'll wait to play this until its full release but the demo is live now.

 

[Infinitron]

No demo on GOG, unfortunately.

 

[HoboForEternity]

i'll try the demo . . .24 GB download for this ..

 

[Salvo]

I should make it clear that I am not angry. I am mildly worried about that and some other things. I hope the demo wins me over.

I'm mostly here for the Rome flavor. I know I'm probably gonna have some minor quibbles with the game, just judging by the trailer and devlogs so far, but if I can go around quoting HBO Rome lines and being an asshole to barbarians, I'll be happy.

All mockery of Larian fans and their one god (Swen) shall be kept to an appropriate minimum

 

[Heroic Liberator]

No demo on GOG, unfortunately.

They have strayed from the path of Gabe.

 

[Alienman]

Do GOG even allow demos? Don't think I ever downloaded a demo from GOG.

 

[Morgoth]

Do GOG even allow demos? Don't think I ever downloaded a demo from GOG.

You can demo all GOG games if you want.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Do GOG even allow demos? Don't think I ever downloaded a demo from GOG.

not even Xenonauts 2 or Skald?

 

[Alienman]

Do GOG even allow demos? Don't think I ever downloaded a demo from GOG.

not even Xenonauts 2 or Skald?

Oh right, the Xeno 2 one. I remember that. Guess they have demos

 

[CaesarCzech]

Locking persuation skills behind what you choose is stupid imho the moment someone cheat engines a way to start with all of them im doing it

Class system instead of freeform make your own class like vikings seems bad to me as well. Having no stats but ones on weapons. Like i like the story and all that stuff but gameplay took giant leap in wrong direction in terms of combat and rpg. Too simplified as RPG

 

[Alienman]

Another game with no walk key, even when you are forced to walk in the first segment in the game... just lol.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Locking persuation skills behind what you choose is stupid imho the moment someone cheat engines a way to start with all of them im doing it

I'd criticize this but games are already designed around quicksave cheating so whatever

 

[CaesarCzech]

party limited to 5 instead of 6, this game needs modding and the worst thing is that this propably is only about 30% on THQ Nordic the rest of this is on devs Buying their own bullshit regarding their name.

 

[Salvo]

Watch Twitch streamer to unlock customization options for the legion! Off to a nice start I see...

 

[Heroic Liberator]

Watch Twitch streamer to unlock customization options for the legion! Off to a nice start I see...

That's nothing. For Conquistador, devs locked a companion (a cool one might I add) behind preordering. Which is bullshit since it wasn't some heavily advertised game and I just wasn't aware of it at the time of release as to preorder.

They could've at least allowed for it to be purchased for whatever sum post-release, but they said that it would somehow betray those that did preorder.

 

[Salvo]

Watch Twitch streamer to unlock customization options for the legion! Off to a nice start I see...

That's nothing. For Conquistador, devs locked a companion (a cool one might I add) behind preordering. Which is bullshit since it wasn't some heavily advertised game and I just wasn't aware of it at the time of release as to preorder.

They could've at least allowed for it to be purchased for whatever sum post-release, but they said that it would somehow betray those that did preorder.

Hey, at least it wasn't an in-your-face reminder of the thing that basically ruined gaming

 

[rusty_shackleford]

game opens right up with nonsense made up words in a fake language, when will devs ever learn

 

[Heroic Liberator]

Since the demo covers the start of the game, can I then import my demo save into the release version once it launches? Infinitron? Hellion?