Solasta Solasta: Crown of the Magister Thread - now with Palace of Ice sequel DLC

[IDtenT]

Hey. Hey! Hey! This is cRPG forum, not library.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Hey. Hey! Hey! This is cRPG forum, not library.

Please don't yell in the library.

 

[Whisper]

Why are the lady characters in this game still ugly?

Why are lady characters in most games in present time are ugly?

Mass Effect: Andromeda, Horizon: Zero Down etc.

 

[FriendlyMerchant]

Why are the lady characters in this game still ugly?

Why are lady characters in most games in present time are ugly?

Mass Effect: Andromeda, Horizon: Zero Down etc.

Obviously because those games are developed by ugly fat women who can't stand to see any women who are at least average looking because they could never compete.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Why are lady characters in most games in present time are ugly?

Mass Effect: Andromeda, Horizon: Zero Down etc.

Obviously because those games are developed by ugly fat women who can't stand to see any women who are at least average looking because they could never compete.

For Horizon: Zero Dawn, the problem wasn't the character artists, as demonstrated by the concept art for the protagonist:

Also, judging by the names in Mobygames' credits, both the character artists and anyone who could have overruled them were male.

 

[DemonKing]

Why are the lady characters in this game still ugly?

Why are lady characters in most games in present time are ugly?

Mass Effect: Andromeda, Horizon: Zero Down etc.

Obviously because those games are developed by ugly fat women who can't stand to see any women who are at least average looking because they could never compete.

They do seem to forget that the core audience for games are still white, hetero males who if they have to play a female character at least want one with a shapely butt to stare at while they play.

 

[mediocrepoet]

Why are lady characters in most games in present time are ugly?

Mass Effect: Andromeda, Horizon: Zero Down etc.

Obviously because those games are developed by ugly fat women who can't stand to see any women who are at least average looking because they could never compete.

both the character artists and anyone who could have overruled them were male.

This seems to confirm my thoughts then: the devs are a combination of gay men who don't care and incels who don't want their immersion broken by presenting a woman with unattainable looks, so they make a fuggo they think they might actually be able to score with.

 

[jackofshadows]

Rather hopeless brainwashed cucks who are afraid that some random ugly woman may take offence if she see an attractive female character. So they uglify them just in case. I don't beleive that beaty standarts has actually dropped by this much in the west just yet. Anyway, I'd love to know the real reasoning behind this trend and Zero Dawn case specifically. Woke crowd/screeching fems is one thing but now it seems there's more than that.

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

Wisdom is reflecting upon the current P&P scene and admitting that " you know, maybe Drizzt wasn't that bad after all".

I admit I used to read then novel when I was a teenager, it had this corny charm that is very appealing when you are an edgy young boy that want to rebel against society.

Drizzt was the beginning of decline.

Dark elves are an evil race. They should be evil. Some writer decided to cry about this and make a Mary Sue negro elf who's actually good and basically has super powers. Gay.

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

Btw, this shovelware is on sale on GOG for $15.

 

[Fedora Master]

Btw, this shovelware is on sale on GOG for $15.

I tried playing this for free and still couldn't finish it because it just gets bor... zZzzZzzZzz

 

[Cryomancer]

Solasta is not a bad game. Considering how dumbed down 5e, is, Solasta is quite good.

 

[Sacibengala]

Finished both. The base game and dlc. Both seems pretty incomplete, to be honest. Sounds more like fan modules than actual complete games. The engine is pretty great, though. It has a lot of potential. Hope it get great modules by the community. The repetition from the base game is pretty bad in comparison with the expansion,to be honest. There are good areas and better encounters in the campaign dlc. That class dlc was a pretty bad decision from the devs. part. Waste of money.

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

I bought it, played through most of the tutorial and then refunded it.

It's bad enough that it's 5e, but it's also extremely janky in terms of interface and performance, and not much is there in the way of story to pull you in - at least from the limited bits I saw.

I agree that the female characters look terrible. Even their skin looks weird. The character models make me feel like I'm playing a game from 15 years ago, and one with an inexplicably low framerate at times.

Maybe there are some really great mods or modding ability here, but I kind of doubt it from its Nexus page.

Once again, it seems that Kickstarter faggotry infected the Codex and turned smooth brains into shills for a barely-finished game.

5/10

Still better than Crapfinder: Wrath of the Tranny though.

 

[whydoibother]

I bought it, played through most of the tutorial and then refunded it.

It's bad enough that it's 5e, but it's also extremely janky and not much is there in the way of story to pull you in.

I agree that the female characters look terrible. Even their skin looks weird. The character models make me feel like I'm playing a game from 15 years ago, and one with an inexplicably low framerate at times.

Maybe there are some really great mods or modding ability here, but I kind of doubt it from its Nexus page.

Once again, it seems that Kickstarter faggotry infected the Codex and turned smooth brains into shills for a barely-finished game.

5/10

Still better than Crapfinder: Wrath of the Tranny though.

No mention of verticality. No mention of how light and shadows influences combat. No mention of environmental interactions in combat. Half the post about how the girls look.
Yep, its a nu-Codex post alright.

 

[NJClaw]

It's bad enough that it's 5e

If you already know you won't enjoy 5E, there's nothing this game can do for you. Literally nothing.

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

No mention of verticality.

No mention of the fact it D&D either, Captain Obvious. Why would I talk about that when we're 124 pages in?

The game is like Ambien with bugs and a few of the classes from the latest dumbing down of D&D. You don't even get Druids in the base game fsr.

Yes, you can do things like climb or cast Light on your staff. Big deal. If the actual game is boring, who cares?

I didn't like it and I refunded it. Cry about it, Kickstarter-victim.

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

If you already know you won't enjoy 5E, there's nothing this game can do for you. Literally nothing.

And yet I can tolerate it in other games that don't bore me to sleep.

But yes, this game is basically a janky 5e simulator with a little bit of boring story on top to give an excuse for the combat.

 

[NJClaw]

If you already know you won't enjoy 5E, there's nothing this game can do for you. Literally nothing.

And yet I can tolerate it in other games that don't bore me to sleep.

If you're talking about BG3, it's because that game has more things to offer other than a basic implementation of the 5E combat system. BG3 has a lot to explore and discover, everywhere you go there's an NPC to interact with or a situation where you can use your characters' skills creatively to solve a problem or traverse an area. On the other hand, Solasta's sole selling point is its rigorous adaptation of 5E.

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

Exactly. So, if all it is is a platform for tabletop, I would expect to see that aspect very developed. I would expect to see a ton of classes implemented. I would expect the character graphics to be good, or to at least look like something released in the past 10 years. Otherwise, what's the point? Why wouldn't I just play D&D?

It has none of the advantages of having a main campaign, and also none of the advantages of being a blank slate. They had a lot of ambitious ideas (the personality system, for example), but that's not much use if the campaign is too boring to actually play.

But yeah, I find 5e pretty boring in itself, so there's really nothing here for me.

 

[Cryomancer]

I can't understand how someone could enjoy BG3 and complain about this much better 5E adaptation...

If you already know you won't enjoy 5E, there's nothing this game can do for you. Literally nothing.

I don't like 5E but liked this game. When I say that I don't like 5E, I'm not saying that I can't stand 5E. Only that 5E is vastly inferior to 2E or 3E. This game honestly is IMO inferior to black geyser. IF was 2E or 3E, I would say that is better than Black Geyser.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

I can't understand how someone could enjoy BG3 and complain about this much better 5E adaptation...

because there's a lot more to an RPG that just adapting a rules system.

...which Solasta didn't even fully adapt. Classes are part of it, and they skimped heavily. Offering basic classes as DLC feels needlessly greedy, too.

 

[Thac0]

I flipped back and forth about this game quite a bit, but overall it is below average for tacticool rpgs you can get on Steam. Get Warbanners, get Fell Seal, get Naheulbeuk, all will be overall better. It is a bit like Knights of the Chalice in that regard, below average tactical rpg hyped up here because people really like DnD. It is not that bad tho, I finished the base game, and I am playing the DLC right now. The DLC is VERY buggy, but better and more interesting than the base game.

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

I can't understand how someone could enjoy BG3 and complain about this much better 5E adaptation...

Because there's more to a game than the technical details of a system I already said I don't like to begin with.

I don't want to kill nameless orc in nameless dungeon for barely a reason. I'd like the whole package. I'd like tactics and an imaginative and engaging story to go with it. I'd like a game that doesn't feel buggy as hell a year after its release. (BG3 hasn't been released yet, so I tolerate some bugs there.)

If you're not giving me that, AND not even giving me a pretty game to look at, I'd rather play better games, or D&D or nothing at all.

 

[Cryomancer]

because there's a lot more to an RPG that just adapting a rules system.

Agreed. Internal consistency and good writing. Solasta is very generic in this regard but by having a start of "adventurers meet in a tavern" but this is extreely better than a mindflayer spelljammer ship vs a dragon army for a low level campaign and by not having stupid shit like lv 5 archdruids with trouble against goblins, Solasta is already good enough IMO.

The DLC is VERY buggy, but better and more interesting than the base game.

HOw is the DLC is? I din't bough the DLC

. Offering basic classes as DLC feels needlessly greedy, too.

I see no problem with it. Resources are limited and classes often require tons of new assets, new mechanics, new animations and etc.

Kingmaker sold Kineticist as an DLC. And I would gladly pay for more races and classes. I wish that I could play Kingmaker with WoTR classes without the WoTR bloat...