Codex Review RPG Codex Review: Black Geyser

[MerchantKing]

Should I go sailing and seize this game on the high seas or skip it?

It's 50% off right now on GOG, just $5.

Too expensive for my tastes.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Should I go sailing and seize this game on the high seas or skip it?

It's 50% off right now on GOG, just $5.

Too expensive for my tastes.

Oh you poor pauper

 

[MerchantKing]

Should I go sailing and seize this game on the high seas or skip it?

It's 50% off right now on GOG, just $5.

Too expensive for my tastes.

Oh you poor pauper

Only a fool pays money for something they can get for free on the high seas.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Should I go sailing and seize this game on the high seas or skip it?

It's 50% off right now on GOG, just $5.

Too expensive for my tastes.

Oh you poor pauper

Only a fool pays money for something they can get for free on the high seas.

Ok pauper

 

[Fargus]

Congrats to Lady Error with Gay Blazer review. Was an interesting read.

I still haven't played the game through because shizo writing at the beginning puts me off and don't know if i will. Though never say never as they say. If this game really has good exploration i might give it another chance.

 

[Grunker]

Always willing to brofist a Codex reviewer. Game looks like absolute dogshit though

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Looks generic asf but I guess that isn't necessarily a downside.

 

[Lord_Potato]

Should I go sailing and seize this game on the high seas or skip it?

It's 50% off right now on GOG, just $5.

Too expensive for my tastes.

Not surprising, coming from a gnome.

 

[Maxie]

'no wokeness' posted on front page of the codex? it's a kulturkampf piece Infinitron delete this

 

[covr]

Any news regarding future of this game/expansion? They've been almost silent on steam since big survey.

 

[Maxie]

Any news regarding future of this game/expansion? They've been almost silent on steam since big survey.

it was a scam

 

[MrBuzzKill]

Strangely, I find the screenshots in the review to be actually a lot more appealing than those on the game's official Steam page

 

[Roguey]

'no wokeness' posted on front page of the codex? it's a kulturkampf piece Infinitron delete this

It provides balance for my IWD/ToEE retrospectives.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

They are still patching the game, isn't?

 

[Kliwer]

IWDs are just mind numbingly boring dungeon crawlers.

But the atmosphere and artstyle of IWD are first rate. One of the few games with a touch of Tolkien's armosphere. Too bad the gameplay is boring. To be honest, my ideal cRPG would be a combination of Infinity games. IWD1 atmosphere and story, BG1 gameplay structure, BG2 dungeons, encounters and companions.

 

[ArchAngel]

You will never catch me slouching in front of a desk like a gaming ghoul. I game in style and comfort - lounging on a couch, either on the ps5, switch or the $300 laptop I bought on amazon 3 or 4 years ago.

A lot of PC games allow you to use controllers if you like. Hooking up a PC to a TV is possible as well. Also, as a setup idea, if you have the space and the money, a sofa can be used as long as to your right is a cushion, to set the mousepad on. From there, you can use a wireless mouse and keyboard.

The days of fucking around with electronics are behind me, I like everything to be prepackaged, work immediately and require no extra wires or peripherals. Whenever this laptop craps out, I'm going to order another $300 Thinkpad, it'll probably run pc games from like 5 years ago well enough

It will not. 1500$ gaming laptops run PC games 5 years or older, that 300$ one will run 15 years or older

 

[ArchAngel]

Should I go sailing and seize this game on the high seas or skip it?

It's 50% off right now on GOG, just $5.

Too expensive for my tastes.

Oh you poor pauper

Only a fool pays money for something they can get for free on the high seas.

 

[jaekl]

You will never catch me slouching in front of a desk like a gaming ghoul. I game in style and comfort - lounging on a couch, either on the ps5, switch or the $300 laptop I bought on amazon 3 or 4 years ago.

A lot of PC games allow you to use controllers if you like. Hooking up a PC to a TV is possible as well. Also, as a setup idea, if you have the space and the money, a sofa can be used as long as to your right is a cushion, to set the mousepad on. From there, you can use a wireless mouse and keyboard.

The days of fucking around with electronics are behind me, I like everything to be prepackaged, work immediately and require no extra wires or peripherals. Whenever this laptop craps out, I'm going to order another $300 Thinkpad, it'll probably run pc games from like 5 years ago well enough

It will not. 1500$ gaming laptops run PC games 5 years or older, that 300$ one will run 15 years or older

My current $300 thinkpad already works on 15 year old games, it got me through all the STALKER games and the XCOM reboot. It just gets real hot, I have to put a towel on my chest to keep my chest hairs from being singed off through my shirt.

 

[processdaemon]

You will never catch me slouching in front of a desk like a gaming ghoul. I game in style and comfort - lounging on a couch, either on the ps5, switch or the $300 laptop I bought on amazon 3 or 4 years ago.

A lot of PC games allow you to use controllers if you like. Hooking up a PC to a TV is possible as well. Also, as a setup idea, if you have the space and the money, a sofa can be used as long as to your right is a cushion, to set the mousepad on. From there, you can use a wireless mouse and keyboard.

The days of fucking around with electronics are behind me, I like everything to be prepackaged, work immediately and require no extra wires or peripherals. Whenever this laptop craps out, I'm going to order another $300 Thinkpad, it'll probably run pc games from like 5 years ago well enough

It will not. 1500$ gaming laptops run PC games 5 years or older, that 300$ one will run 15 years or older

$300 is a bit ambitious but I haven't found a game I'm interested in that my $500 refurb laptop can't play (although it ran hotter than the sun for Cyberpunk 2077).

 

[ArchAngel]

You will never catch me slouching in front of a desk like a gaming ghoul. I game in style and comfort - lounging on a couch, either on the ps5, switch or the $300 laptop I bought on amazon 3 or 4 years ago.

A lot of PC games allow you to use controllers if you like. Hooking up a PC to a TV is possible as well. Also, as a setup idea, if you have the space and the money, a sofa can be used as long as to your right is a cushion, to set the mousepad on. From there, you can use a wireless mouse and keyboard.

The days of fucking around with electronics are behind me, I like everything to be prepackaged, work immediately and require no extra wires or peripherals. Whenever this laptop craps out, I'm going to order another $300 Thinkpad, it'll probably run pc games from like 5 years ago well enough

It will not. 1500$ gaming laptops run PC games 5 years or older, that 300$ one will run 15 years or older

$300 is a bit ambitious but I haven't found a game I'm interested in that my $500 refurb laptop can't play (although it ran hotter than the sun for Cyberpunk 2077).

If you are not getting 60 fps on 1080p that is not considered playing. That is suffering

 

[Joggerino]

A minimalistic review but I still enjoyed it, just wish you wrote more about the story of the game. Screenshots look great, I really love that old school style.
I'll probably try the game out because of this review.

 

[Lady Error]

Writing more about the story would kind of spoil it. "Royal diplomacy in different kingdoms" (with many totally unrelated sidequests) is how I would summarize it.

 

[Late Bloomer]

They are still patching the game, isn't?

A quick look at their Steam page, shows that the most recent patches are language support with some difficulty rebalance.


https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1374930?updates=true

 

[La vie sexuelle]

They are still patching the game, isn't?

A quick look at their Steam page, shows that the most recent patches are language support with some difficulty rebalance.


https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1374930?updates=true

Last big change was in November. Few months ago, but not many for video game. And they want feedback, so I remain suspicious.

 

[Late Bloomer]

Last big change was in November. Few months ago