GreedFall - Gold Edition - new colonial-themed action-RPG from Spiders

[Child of Malkav]

I think this game needed a stamina system like in Soulsbornekiro games because kiting is just to easy. Just run around and Shadow bolt repeatedly, bam, skull dead. That's how I got in the arena to challenge 4. Sure took some time but still. Also upgraded Shadow burst is very good. 700 damage in a 6 meter radius plus knockback or stun? Yes, very much so.

 

[1451]

The small studio argument is invalid because the product's price doesn't follow the studio's small scale. The shilling here certainly could be improved.

 

[Grauken]

I don't know where the whole thing of being too easy comes from, if you go to hard or extreme, everybody saying its too easy is an edgyfag

Or you just suck at playing action games...

Please, bitch I played through all of Kirby’s Epic Yarn, I know action games

 

[TheImplodingVoice]

People should learn to read in the game. Saw on another forum someone complaining that way at the start the game is bugged or just a shit game :

Spoiler

In Serene where you need to get cargo into a warehouse and your only option is to drug the 2 npcs drinks guarding the warehouse with a "laced drink" but if your science is at "0" you can't craft the potion. So he / she was complaining that they have a game breaking bug or it's a bad game. When clearly at the beginning when you reach the docks there is a big message that pops up telling you that this area belong to another faction but if you can disguise yourself in their clothes then you can fool them. So all you do is put on a sailor uniform and tell the guards they are relieved of their posts and you can complete the quest.

Is it so hard to read an actual message in the game because I see a lot of complaints because the game doesn't hold your hand the whole time. There is a help section as well that explains everything. Then they went on a discussed how Skyrim ruined every other rpgs since it came out because Skyrim is so good.

 

[Technomancer]

the game bit off more than it could chew

No shit, that's like Spiders in-studio motto.

Concerning difficulty I'm playing on extreme using full magic build, so far I just spam attack button and do a teleport dodge sometimes. Since magic ignores armor everything melts pretty quickly. I die periodically when I'm too lazy to dodge or heal in time but I can't call it difficult, it's pretty boring.

The most difficult part of the game for me was when I upgraded default magic missile spam speed and it bugged out and disabled spam aka chain attack and I could only launch a single weak ass missile with a long windup in between, dragon age 1 mage stave style. That was pretty horrible.

TLDR: to win - equip the ring!

 

[Lyre Mors]

Sounds like magic is OP as fuck and makes the game boring. That's a shame... Was hoping to do a mage build replay one day.

 

[HoboForEternity]

People should learn to read in the game. Saw on another forum someone complaining that way at the start the game is bugged or just a shit game :

Spoiler

In Serene where you need to get cargo into a warehouse and your only option is to drug the 2 npcs drinks guarding the warehouse with a "laced drink" but if your science is at "0" you can't craft the potion. So he / she was complaining that they have a game breaking bug or it's a bad game. When clearly at the beginning when you reach the docks there is a big message that pops up telling you that this area belong to another faction but if you can disguise yourself in their clothes then you can fool them. So all you do is put on a sailor uniform and tell the guards they are relieved of their posts and you can complete the quest.

Is it so hard to read an actual message in the game because I see a lot of complaints because the game doesn't hold your hand the whole time. There is a help section as well that explains everything. Then they went on a discussed how Skyrim ruined every other rpgs since it came out because Skyrim is so good.

people don't put skill points into literacy nowadays

 

[Grauken]

People should learn to read in the game. Saw on another forum someone complaining that way at the start the game is bugged or just a shit game :

Spoiler

In Serene where you need to get cargo into a warehouse and your only option is to drug the 2 npcs drinks guarding the warehouse with a "laced drink" but if your science is at "0" you can't craft the potion. So he / she was complaining that they have a game breaking bug or it's a bad game. When clearly at the beginning when you reach the docks there is a big message that pops up telling you that this area belong to another faction but if you can disguise yourself in their clothes then you can fool them. So all you do is put on a sailor uniform and tell the guards they are relieved of their posts and you can complete the quest.

Is it so hard to read an actual message in the game because I see a lot of complaints because the game doesn't hold your hand the whole time. There is a help section as well that explains everything. Then they went on a discussed how Skyrim ruined every other rpgs since it came out because Skyrim is so good.

It's actually quite useful to keep clothing for different factions around for future missions (you see the faction symbol on each torso clothing item)

 

[Technomancer]

Sounds like magic is OP as fuck and makes the game boring.

Well, the game even tells this itself, there are green tips on some abilities "ideal to turn the tide in combat" and most of them are on the magic tree skills. Such tips are tellingly vacant from the skills of the other combat styles.

Magic missile spam is enough to make it boring, but recently I unlocked the end game spell that just mass freeze enemies so I could focus them one by one, that means I don't even need to dodge anymore. Oh, it also enables god mode as soon as you activate it so no one can damage or interrupt you while you time stop. It's pretty stale.

 

[Lyre Mors]

Well, the game even tells this itself, there are green tips on some abilities "ideal to turn the tide in combat" and most of them are on the magic tree skills. Such tips are tellingly vacant from the skills of the other combat styles.

Magic missile spam is enough to make it boring, but recently I unlocked the end game spell that just mass freeze enemies so I could focus them one by one, that means I don't even need to dodge anymore. Oh, it also enables god mode as soon as you activate it so no one can damage or interrupt you while you time stop. It's pretty stale.

Yep, won't be playing as a mage unless they add another difficulty at some point or a difficulty mod comes out. That's a bummer, because I was even thinking of spreading a little ways into magic with my current firearm and trap focused build with Shadow Burst.

On another note, I'm starting to understand the gripe with re-used assets finally. I don't think it's bad in terms of exterior, but too many of the interior building designs are not only the same texturally, but spatially too. They still mix it up a bit from time to time, but they should have at least given some of these interior parts of the map some more interesting things to find in them: books, letters, more loot, loot you had to steal, etc. You can tell they were still strapped on time when this came out. It's not going to detract that much from my enjoyment, but it's definitely becoming more evident the further in I get.

 

[Grauken]

Well, then I'm happy I focused on meelee

 

[Lyre Mors]

Well, then I'm happy I focused on meelee

I've been having a great time with firearms and traps with a small amount of melee mixed in. Look forward to a heavy melee build replay sometime in the future.

 

[TheImplodingVoice]

People should learn to read in the game. Saw on another forum someone complaining that way at the start the game is bugged or just a shit game :

Spoiler

In Serene where you need to get cargo into a warehouse and your only option is to drug the 2 npcs drinks guarding the warehouse with a "laced drink" but if your science is at "0" you can't craft the potion. So he / she was complaining that they have a game breaking bug or it's a bad game. When clearly at the beginning when you reach the docks there is a big message that pops up telling you that this area belong to another faction but if you can disguise yourself in their clothes then you can fool them. So all you do is put on a sailor uniform and tell the guards they are relieved of their posts and you can complete the quest.

Is it so hard to read an actual message in the game because I see a lot of complaints because the game doesn't hold your hand the whole time. There is a help section as well that explains everything. Then they went on a discussed how Skyrim ruined every other rpgs since it came out because Skyrim is so good.

people don't put skill points into literacy nowadays

That seems to be the case as of late. It's a wonder a lot of them still play games at all.

 

[Grauken]

Many just watch Let's plays and then argue with you on the forums

 

[Yosharian]

i played hard, some mobs can kill you in 4 hits. if your armor is depleted, 2 or 3 hits will kill you.

with the tutorial big boss, with full armor, one attack halved my HP bar at level 3. when your armor depleted , it easily take 80% of my HP + stunned or thrown status that stagger you for a second.

also with healing its own animation with potion, you can't just spam potions like in dragon age.

The tutorial boss can actually one-shot you with one of its attacks, on Extreme difficulty

 

[Yosharian]

There's a cape you can buy from the merchant in Selene with +1 charisma.

Ahhh I missed that.. can you buy it in New Selene?

 

[Technomancer]

Ahhh I missed that.. can you buy it in New Selene?

You can buy them almost everywhere, there are many cloaks in shops for many factions and every one of them gives CHA bonus, only the player char gets to wear them though.

 

[Carls Barkley]

Paraphrasing my casual friend

"Greedfall's combat is easy because it requires no tactics or preparation. You can repeat the same strategy throughout the entire game and it will never fail."

 

[Popiel]

Paraphrasing my casual friend

"Greedfall's combat is easy because it requires no tactics or preparation. You can repeat the same strategy throughout the entire game and it will never fail."

Very true. As a mage simple rotation is enough to win every fight: open with Shadow Burst, perhaps two if you fancy that, then kite around like crazy 'cause you can with your blink skill, wait for mana and strike again, with normal bolts or with skills = you win, it just takes time sometimes (it works on bosses/guardians as well). You can spice it up with Stasis and other spells, but what for. You only need to watch out and blink constantly, or at least don't get hit (which is easy, 'cause attacks are massively telegraphed). Remember that magic ignores armour, so your job is easier still.

EDIT: It might worth adding that abovementioned works with pure mage, i.e. a character who invests all points into spells. It might be not as effective when you diversify your build.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Sounds like magic is OP as fuck and makes the game boring. That's a shame... Was hoping to do a mage build replay one day.

Magefags deserve every ounce of boredom that they feel.

 

[Carls Barkley]

I should mention that my friend is using a two handed melee build.

 

[Urthor]

Holy shit, you wear such ugly clothes for so long, the endgame sets finally arrived and aren't awful

 

[Child of Malkav]

Sounds like magic is OP as fuck and makes the game boring. That's a shame... Was hoping to do a mage build replay one day.

Magefags deserve every ounce of boredom that they feel.

Mages RULE.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

i played hard, some mobs can kill you in 4 hits. if your armor is depleted, 2 or 3 hits will kill you.

with the tutorial big boss, with full armor, one attack halved my HP bar at level 3. when your armor depleted , it easily take 80% of my HP + stunned or thrown status that stagger you for a second.

also with healing its own animation with potion, you can't just spam potions like in dragon age.

The tutorial boss can actually one-shot you with one of its attacks, on Extreme difficulty

So far on extreme basically every boss can kill me in two hits. Regular mobs can down me in 3-4, sometimes 2 if they're tougher ones.

 

[fantadomat]

So if you find some godly hammer or necklace but you spec'd for swords and magic rings? Tough shit, melt it down into scrap metal.

Equip your companions, dumbass.

That is hard,since all my companion have lower stats than the weapon requirement. Now if people wonder how to see their stats,well you could see them and when they will improve on the party selection screen. It is strange i know .

It's not GOTY, but its a fun game with a strong focus on quests

Would be better with a tactical combat system

Ahhh depends what we get in the next few months. We are yet to get a great RPG this year. It is a contender for certainty. It is real shame that Vogel's new game just popped out and i am stuck between this and real life shit. The codex could do a lot worst when it comes to gotys.

played hard, some mobs can kill you in 4 hits. if your armor is depleted, 2 or 3 hits will kill you.

After 10 levels i decided to bump the difficulty to hard,those firearm enemy are annoying.

People should learn to read in the game. Saw on another forum someone complaining that way at the start the game is bugged or just a shit game :

Spoiler

In Serene where you need to get cargo into a warehouse and your only option is to drug the 2 npcs drinks guarding the warehouse with a "laced drink" but if your science is at "0" you can't craft the potion. So he / she was complaining that they have a game breaking bug or it's a bad game. When clearly at the beginning when you reach the docks there is a big message that pops up telling you that this area belong to another faction but if you can disguise yourself in their clothes then you can fool them. So all you do is put on a sailor uniform and tell the guards they are relieved of their posts and you can complete the quest.

Is it so hard to read an actual message in the game because I see a lot of complaints because the game doesn't hold your hand the whole time. There is a help section as well that explains everything. Then they went on a discussed how Skyrim ruined every other rpgs since it came out because Skyrim is so good.

A lot of retards in this world,shame that some decided to visit the codex...

Many just watch Let's plays and then argue with you on the forums

Ban all those degenerate scum!!! Burn them on the pyre!

I should mention that my friend is using a two handed melee build.

Fuck off creature,we all know that you don't have friends!