Game News Steam Game Festival, Summer Edition: Demos of upcoming RPGs available from June 16th to 22nd

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[Tom Baker's Arse]

This Festival is a complete Wall of Shit with Solasta being the only half-decent title on display.

I dunno man, Iron Oath seems pretty sweet too. I'll have to give it another shot when I'm not supposed to be working haha

Thanks mate. I stand corrected - Iron Oath was a good play through as well, in addition to Solasta. These two titles are omitted from the Wall of Shit.

 

[Thonius]

Tried Iron Harvest... yep generic strategy. Failed to notice any hook.
Ostranauts got potential if they fix UI.
Solasta is a Solasta. Great.
Starmancer - new take on startopia? So far nothing to write home about.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

I'm going to mention demos that I tried, not necessarily RPG ones.

Fae Tactics -Simple, but fun Final Fantasy Tactics styled game.
The Feud: Wild West Tactics -One level demo felt mediocre nu-XCOM, has QTE-stuff and cutscenes which I didn't like.
Company of Crime -Melee oriented tactics. Probably the most promising and fresh of the demos that I played.
Red Solstice 2: Survivors -Slow tempo Cannon Fodder with single character, seems to have MP focus. Not my cup of tea.
The Last Spell -Turn based tower defense. Might be fine at what it does, but no interest for me.

 

[Yaar Podshipnik]

Starmancer has good potential, though it's more Space Haven competitor than startopia. Supposedly later in game you'll get to be evil AI if you want. I'm keeping a cautious eye on it Thonius.

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[Fenix]

Ostranauts got potential if they fix UI.

Could they fix this?

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Don't think so.
I'm fine with UI and bugs, but this...


As for Way of Wrath - it was so clanky characters regularly stucks in running animation being unable to reach item in world. When this happen in fight and game came to complete unresponse - I shut it down via TM.

 

[urmom]

[Manual aiming is] the Phoenix Point schtick, and it's here to stay like the 2AP. I've already seen at least 3 games with it.

UFO: Alien Invasion (open source, so it will never be completed) did manual aiming years ago already I think.

I don't understand why game devs want to waste your time like this.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

That's the Phoenix Point schtick, and it's here to stay like the 2AP. I've already seen at least 3 games with it.

What games are these?

 

[AwesomeButton]

The Iron Oath & Vargus - if you liked Battle Brothers, you should give both of these a try.