Game News Odd Gods, a 90s-themed adventure through spacetime with simultaneous turn-based combat

[HeatEXTEND]

only US and Europe have something with it.

It'll be like a history piece for the "others"

 

[Grumpy Grognard]

One thing came to mind - such setting, based on cultural references\era, can be limiting, because many countries had no such cultural experience, basically only US and Europe have something with it.
Not that I telling not to do such things (on the contrary) just ajust your expectations accordingly.

Anyway, let's wait and see what it will be like.

Good point, but I should mention that we're Australian.

 

[Roguey]

Australians gave us the 90s as fuck Romeo + Juliet

 

[Fenix]

I know, definitely Australia too, tried to save words.

 

[Forest Dweller]

Can someone explain Phase Based combat?

 

[Modron]

Can someone explain Phase Based combat?

The twitter video shows some of the combat, basically you set what you want all of your characters to do and then combat rounds are resolved simultaneously. Not unlike say if someone introduced rounds to a close combat game or something. Isn't the Wizardry series essentially a phase based combat system as well, you set all your character's actions and then individual stats determine who acts when right?

 

[Zenith]

Can someone explain Phase Based combat?

Planning phase is interactive, execution phase isn't.

Check out Frozen Synapse if you want to get your combat system standards way too high for Odd Gods to surpass (probably. but let's be honest here).
FS is ranged-only, OG seems to have plenty of melee, and I think Copper Dreams was supposed to be mostly stealth. All three (afair) are simultaneous execution + deterministic.

 

[Serus]

Looks really cool as idea but don't worry about it being too popular here - most Codexers these days fap to cliche fantasy and real time with pause.

 

[Ausdoerrt]

Combat looks cool. Frozen Synapse was dope. Prepare for some Codexers whining it's "too slow" or some crap.

Video definitely makes the game look better than the screenshots. Looking forward to official promo materials.

 

[Grumpy Grognard]

Combat looks cool. Frozen Synapse was dope. Prepare for some Codexers whining it's "too slow" or some crap.

Video definitely makes the game look better than the screenshots. Looking forward to official promo materials.

Thanks (I agree). We're stilll pre-alpha, which we tried to emphasise by writing PRE ALPHA in red on everything, but I appreciate that peoples expectations differ

 

[ClaviculaZ]

The concept is absolutely fantastic. The 90's were both heaven and hell for me and I still consider them to be by far the most interesting decade of the last 70 years. We actually still had subcultures back then instead of one gigantic consumer culture. I also love the art style in the pre alpha images. I hope it will retain that gritty character instead of becoming too nice and shiny.

 

[Prime Junta]

I find it weird to be thinking of the 90s as a decade. That was, like, last week?

 

[Roguey]

I find it weird to be thinking of the 90s as a decade. That was, like, last week?

It ended nearly 20 years ago. You're getting old.

(back in the 90s I thought the 70s were old, I'm sure kids born in the 00s feel likewise)

 

[Prime Junta]

Yeah there are times when I realise that the timespan between Woodstock and now is more than between WW2 and Woodstock.

 

[Forest Dweller]

Can someone explain Phase Based combat?

The twitter video shows some of the combat, basically you set what you want all of your characters to do and then combat rounds are resolved simultaneously. Not unlike say if someone introduced rounds to a close combat game or something. Isn't the Wizardry series essentially a phase based combat system as well, you set all your character's actions and then individual stats determine who acts when right?

So do you attack enemies, or areas?

 

[dmonin]

That's cool! No release date? TBD?

 

[dream expert]

• 90s-era difficulty. Odd Gods is not a game for the faint of heart, but the system is 'fair'. Friendly fire is on by default. No bullet sponges. Permadeath, mostly.

Grumpy Grognard , can you explain what this means?

 

[Grumpy Grognard]

• 90s-era difficulty. Odd Gods is not a game for the faint of heart, but the system is 'fair'. Friendly fire is on by default. No bullet sponges. Permadeath, mostly.

Grumpy Grognard , can you explain what this means?

... sorta. There's no magic per se in our universe, so there's no resurrection spells, etc. Death is death - we simply use the term 'permadeath' as a short-hand in the feature list. As for the 'mostly', things that die stay dead... Mostly. It'd be a pretty big deal if they didn't, and there better be a bloody good reason.

Saying more than that is touching on stuff I can't safely comment on yet.

 

[Axie]

Good point, but I should mention that we're Australian.

 

[dream expert]

• 90s-era difficulty. Odd Gods is not a game for the faint of heart, but the system is 'fair'. Friendly fire is on by default. No bullet sponges. Permadeath, mostly.

Grumpy Grognard , can you explain what this means?

... sorta. There's no magic per se in our universe, so there's no resurrection spells, etc. Death is death - we simply use the term 'permadeath' as a short-hand in the feature list. As for the 'mostly', things that die stay dead... Mostly. It'd be a pretty big deal if they didn't, and there better be a bloody good reason.

Saying more than that is touching on stuff I can't safely comment on yet.

Let me ask in another way..is it permadeath in the sense of rogue-likes or Wizardry? I.e. there is no save game. Your party is dead and now you have to reroll another one?

 

[HoboForEternity]

• 90s-era difficulty. Odd Gods is not a game for the faint of heart, but the system is 'fair'. Friendly fire is on by default. No bullet sponges. Permadeath, mostly.

Grumpy Grognard , can you explain what this means?

... sorta. There's no magic per se in our universe, so there's no resurrection spells, etc. Death is death - we simply use the term 'permadeath' as a short-hand in the feature list. As for the 'mostly', things that die stay dead... Mostly. It'd be a pretty big deal if they didn't, and there better be a bloody good reason.

Saying more than that is touching on stuff I can't safely comment on yet.

Let me ask in another way..is it permadeath in the sense of rogue-likes or Wizardry? I.e. there is no save game. Your party is dead and now you have to reroll another one?

i tjink its like x com or fallout 1. A member die, hes ded 4ever. Of course u can still reload and prevent hin from dyind

 

[agentorange]

So just how death works in every fucking game other than rogue-likes? Why use a specific term like permadeath at all or imply that it's even similar when it's not.

 

[Prime Junta]

So just how death works in every fucking game other than rogue-likes? Why use a specific term like permadeath at all or imply that it's even similar when it's not.

I hate to break this to you because it may be a bit of a shock, but most RPGs in recent years just have your guys standing up and dusting themselves off if they "die" in combat. And even in many of the classics, notably those based on D&D, death is a reversible condition.

 

[HoboForEternity]

So just how death works in every fucking game other than rogue-likes? Why use a specific term like permadeath at all or imply that it's even similar when it's not.

permadeath isnt exclusive to rogue like/lite whatevers. It has been around to describe permanent death, but still save,/laod able, since like fire emblem

 

[Cross]

• 90s-era difficulty. Odd Gods is not a game for the faint of heart, but the system is 'fair'. Friendly fire is on by default. No bullet sponges. Permadeath, mostly.

Grumpy Grognard , can you explain what this means?

... sorta. There's no magic per se in our universe, so there's no resurrection spells, etc. Death is death - we simply use the term 'permadeath' as a short-hand in the feature list. As for the 'mostly', things that die stay dead... Mostly. It'd be a pretty big deal if they didn't, and there better be a bloody good reason.

Like going back in time to prevent their death?