Farewell to Dragons

[baronjohn]

Anyone played this Soviet piece of shit? The English version has been out for a year and yet nobody's mentioned it here wtf Codex?

I just acquired it, but for some reason it won't recognize my right mouse button so I can't move. I need to know if it's worth bothering to fix.

I should mention that I am starving for steampunk games

 

[desocupado]

There's almost enough bloom.

Not there yet, I still have my retinas, tough.

 

[RK47]

Sigh it looks like Neverwinter Nights 2 Ultra-Bloomed Cousin. The Decline truly knows no bounds.

 

[daktari]

This game has been mentioned a few times already:

http://www.rpgcodex.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=40141
http://www.rpgcodex.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=37758

Ever heard of Google?

 

[thesheeep]

Ever heard of Google?

What is this shit?

 

[FatCat]

Ever heard of Google?

What is this shit?

rpgcodex is your personal google

 

[Raghar]

I should mention that I am starving for steampunk games

Then you have no choice. There is no other game that has been released recently.

Fight, beat all bugs, mix Russian and English version... You know you want all these chainsaws, flamers, spells, and miniguns. And you are glutton for punishment for paying for all these bullet.

You should be aware it has Russian difficulty and the first large fight after you use fast transport is.

 

[Konjad]

Can you play Russian Bear Cavalry with AK47 in this game? If so I'm sold.

 

[desocupado]

No, seriously, what the fuck is that blurred shit?

It looks like I'm looking at the screenshots without my glasses.

What in the FUCKING HELL happens in game development? Do they stay days awake imagining how to make games ugly and unpleasant to look at?

First it's the idiotic bloom, then the retarded brown-shit filter, and this isn't the first time I see blur. Oh, and the headache inducing head bob in FPS's.

I don't know what is next, but I'm sure it will be aneurism-inducing rage worthy.

 

[baronjohn]

Will you graphicswhores stop talking about the screenshots that I pulled from some stupid site please? You know how it is, they postprocess the press stuff to hell and back until it's so nextgen you can barely see what's going on.

The game itself looks fine to me. Although it was kind of fuzzy. I'm not sure why.

 

[Phelot]

I tried it awhile back (around when those other threads were made) and it pretty much sucks. I mean, it's playable, it's just not very good. Boring combat, boring enemies, and a hard to understand story for those with the translated version.

As an aside, I thought the artwork was nice even though the PC looks like a douche bag.

 

[Hobo Elf]

Never really got that far in the game. It was kinda ok, I guess. Some of the encounters felt unfair and were nearly impossible without using pussy tactics. Fighting against a level 10 mage, his water elemental (also quite high level) and a whole lot of goons who were a level or two higher than you (if I recall correctly) AFTER your healer leaves the party and you are left with your main character who is level 4 or 5 at best, and you have 1 or 2 other characters in your party depending on your earlier choices, none of which have healing abilities. Had to cheese that fight.

 

[Raghar]

So you are expecting people who are somehow suspicious about you, would send few goons that you easily beat up, then send few harder goons you again easily dispatch as long as you trained before? Naw the person who thought that nasty stuff about main character would simply move in and try to kill the main character. And guess what awaits in the next city. (Actually there is only one hard opponent because they split, when they tried to find the main character...)

Spoiler

And considering story the main character should be nearby or hit by the attack of that mage anyway. Or do you think that person who you are mistaking for a healer wouldn't play dirty game with you? She can keep her mouth shut.

 

[Hobo Elf]

So you are expecting people who are somehow suspicious about you, would send few goons that you easily beat up, then send few harder goons you again easily dispatch as long as you trained before? Naw the person who thought that nasty stuff about main character would simply move in and try to kill the main character. And guess what awaits in the next city. (Actually there is only one hard opponent because they split, when they tried to find the main character...)

Spoiler

And considering story the main character should be nearby or hit by the attack of that mage anyway. Or do you think that person who you are mistaking for a healer wouldn't play dirty game with you? She can keep her mouth shut.

I can repsect you trying to act smart with smarm, but the problem is that you fail quite badly. It's not a hard fight when you run away from the battle and then go and pull them individually and pick them off that way, however, trying to take them on all at once will be quite the impossible task. I can respect a game rewarding you for creative thinking, however, there should also be what the palyer may percieve as a "proper" way of doing things without relying to cheap tactics.
The encounter lacked middle ground. It was either impossible or super easy. There was no "tough but doable".

And, yes, I know what follows after you take the train. It wasn't a particulary hard fight. Just long and tedious.

 

[abnaxus]

I can repsect you trying to act smart with smarm, but the problem is that you fail quite badly. It's not a hard fight when you run away from the battle and then go and pull them individually and pick them off that way, however, trying to take them on all at once will be quite the impossible task. I can respect a game rewarding you for creative thinking, however, there should also be what the palyer may percieve as a "proper" way of doing things without relying to cheap tactics.
The encounter lacked middle ground. It was either impossible or super easy. There was no "tough but doable".

And, yes, I know what follows after you take the train. It wasn't a particulary hard fight. Just long and tedious.

You can avoid that first fight by taking the train immediately. Then when you arrive at the next destination the mage will return.

Of course, she disappears again later and you have to fight the leader of the Air mages without her.

 

[Raghar]

Really? Choices and consequences. You give them time, and they would arrive. You move quickly enough, you avoid one of fights, and get into fight with water mages when you would be better prepared.

Too bad it had bugs in scripting and somewhat poor but survivable translation.

The encounter lacked middle ground. It was either impossible or super easy. There was no "tough but doable".

I actually like combination of a simple fights with extraordinary hard. They feel more right. BTW I recall some barrier around characters.

Anyway it's above average game somehow comparable to Dungeon siege 2, with unorthodox skill system and a lots of bugs in scripting introduced during translation (or Russian version was better patched). When I'd have choice between this and deep roads, I'd take this.

 

[Hobo Elf]

I can repsect you trying to act smart with smarm, but the problem is that you fail quite badly. It's not a hard fight when you run away from the battle and then go and pull them individually and pick them off that way, however, trying to take them on all at once will be quite the impossible task. I can respect a game rewarding you for creative thinking, however, there should also be what the palyer may percieve as a "proper" way of doing things without relying to cheap tactics.
The encounter lacked middle ground. It was either impossible or super easy. There was no "tough but doable".

And, yes, I know what follows after you take the train. It wasn't a particulary hard fight. Just long and tedious.

You can avoid that first fight by taking the train immediately. Then when you arrive at the next destination the mage will return.

Of course, she disappears again later and you have to fight the leader of the Air mages without her.

True enough, however, the exp they yield isn't anything to scoff at. I gladly ate it up. And I'm guessing that at the point of Air mages I'd have quite a hefty amount of potions for some potion spam. Worked for me on the water mage.

 

[muffildy]

equipment

So i got this game finally since it was only like 4 bucks on impulse yesterday.

It actually seems not too awful, i like the main plot so far. It could use some bug fixing - so far 1 quest giver didnt have any text.

Anyone have an equipment guide? Ive been using a master musket i found in a barrel. Its really slow though - reload seems to be around 8.5 seconds - i tried getting it faster using agility and the skill which raises pistol and rifle dmg/speed, but they dont seem to affect the reload time - just damage.

 

[abnaxus]

It's been a while, but around level 15 or so you'll gain access to a skill (Trigger?) that increases reload speed.

Until then it's best to use a chainsaw.

 

[Kattze]

Could Russian backwardness be an in comparison to the more "advanced" bloom popamole western "rpg".

Still Potatoland's and Russkies' rpg era may be consoletarded within a decade.

 

[Mastermind]

So you are expecting people who are somehow suspicious about you, would send few goons that you easily beat up, then send few harder goons you again easily dispatch as long as you trained before? Naw the person who thought that nasty stuff about main character would simply move in and try to kill the main character. And guess what awaits in the next city. (Actually there is only one hard opponent because they split, when they tried to find the main character...)

Spoiler

And considering story the main character should be nearby or hit by the attack of that mage anyway. Or do you think that person who you are mistaking for a healer wouldn't play dirty game with you? She can keep her mouth shut.

Can we ban people who cannot into grammar please?

 

[muffildy]

trigger

I tried that skill trigger and my reload still seems to count down from about 9 seconds so unless the count is going faster i dont think its working.

Oh, and do the ranged perks that specifically say things related to arrows also apply to the use of guns?

 

[Lightknight]

Ow, my eyes !!!

You know what, bloom has creeped into TV now. Recently watched the last season of Poirot, which i generally love, and in one specific episode the bloom was present from the first second and to the end credits. I say...