Gearhead

[MINIGUNWIELDER]

Does anyone play it, or were the newsposts solely the work of the Old Regime?

 

[Severian Silk]

Well, the first one wasn't really worth playing without a walkthrough, and both games suffer from the typical roguelike "one-click-one-shoot" combat model. Controlling your party and action points ala X-COM would make the game better.

 

[Higher Game]

Gearhead is absolutely worth playing. No other roguelike is like it.

 

[Saint_Proverbius]

Well, the first one wasn't really worth playing without a walkthrough, and both games suffer from the typical roguelike "one-click-one-shoot" combat model. Controlling your party and action points ala X-COM would make the game better.

Actually, the combat model is ripped from the old Amiga MechForce game.. Which is nothing like a roguelike.

Gearhead is sweet as hell. It generates a storyline from bits and pieces of archetypes, so it's slightly different each time in terms of the main plot as well as randomness in the quests and locations. I could do with a bit less anime influence, but other than that.. It's sweet.

 

[Severian Silk]

Actually, the combat model is ripped from the old Amiga MechForce game.. Which is nothing like a roguelike.

I dug up an old thread describing the time system used in Gearhead. What you describe only applies when you're standing still: when you're moving you get a chance to attack each time you move.

Gearhead is sweet as hell. It generates a storyline from bits and pieces of archetypes, so it's slightly different each time in terms of the main plot as well as randomness in the quests and locations. I could do with a bit less anime influence, but other than that.. It's sweet.

Most quests involve "Killing this" or "Fetching that", so there's not a lot of room for elegant quest/character development. There's a handful of quests that never change between playthroughs, and a few "dynamic" quests that supposedly constitute the plotline. But these quests are all linear as well.

 

[Severian Silk]

Here's another thread where users complain that the Typhoon of Steel system (copied directly from MechForce) would take too long and not be anime-like enough.