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I think I'll buy it after I kill the final boss in the demo. This might take me a while 
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KickStarter Stoneshard - open world roguelike RPG - now available on Early Access
Enjoying it so far, but goddamn the first save point in the archives is terrible.
Have to read all the goddamn books each time. I just want to get back to my dungeon, dudes.
Have to read all the goddamn books each time. I just want to get back to my dungeon, dudes.
Heh, thanks!
Sacibengala
Prophet
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The game only saves when you finish a quest? I died for some weirdos in the forest and got back to begining.
PorkyThePaladin
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You will wake up in your underpants in a seedy hotel, with total amnesia about your past as a washed up detective?
PorkyThePaladin
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I've been playing it for the past hour, and the tutorial is more fun than most RPGs I've played recently. It's got that Nethacky vibe but with better graphics/production values, and more tactical depth to combat.
Wow this is much cooler than I thought. Once you get into the town it is like a full on RPG.
Really cool, the set characters have some unique back story and unique items. I wonder how they are going to implement custom characters if they have any heirloom items.
Really cool, the set characters have some unique back story and unique items. I wonder how they are going to implement custom characters if they have any heirloom items.
tripedal
Augur
Tried it out for a bit, not my cup of tea. The graphics are nice and the skill trees are kind of interesting, but other than that...Too slow, too much identical trash combat, the gear is all of the "+3% to damage, +1% hp" variety, the boss uses the fucking "get the guy to run into a wall to stun him" mechanic which is just so absurdly played out at this point, and the save system is downright insane.
Sykar
Arcane
Ok I looked at it and it does tickle my fancy but could they have made a proper walk animation at least? That hopping looks stupid. Yeah just a nitpick I know.
Finished the tutorial and played around a bit... the art and presentation are really amazing, and the game shows a lot of promise.
BUT it does need more interesting enemies/areas, a lot of tuning and balance as well. It has bullshit like an enemy that stuns you for 3 turns with a single hit, stun-locking you to death, and the injury system is basically a gigantic RNG death machine, so playing with permadeath feels kinda unfair.
I hope that during early access they find a better way to balance injuries & food/water. A dungeon can be tiny or massive, and inventory space is very limited, so it's kinda dull realizing that you are not well-prepared enough mid-way and then having to either go all the way back to town (safest bet) or just risk reaching the end. It's not a tactical decision, is a "do I want to walk all the way back & forth?" laziness issue. That's boring.
BUT it does need more interesting enemies/areas, a lot of tuning and balance as well. It has bullshit like an enemy that stuns you for 3 turns with a single hit, stun-locking you to death, and the injury system is basically a gigantic RNG death machine, so playing with permadeath feels kinda unfair.
I hope that during early access they find a better way to balance injuries & food/water. A dungeon can be tiny or massive, and inventory space is very limited, so it's kinda dull realizing that you are not well-prepared enough mid-way and then having to either go all the way back to town (safest bet) or just risk reaching the end. It's not a tactical decision, is a "do I want to walk all the way back & forth?" laziness issue. That's boring.
Modron
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Ignore the spergs items are more than 2% stuff, they have set parameters and clear progressions. Each item type has tiers eg: shiv, dirk, baselard, rondel daggers where their base damage increases, as well as a variety of stats like crit, armorpen, armor damage, fumble chance, block chance, et cetera. The only thing that varies percentage wise is the random magic enchants on items.
You're not farming for some fabled dirk that is 1% better than other dirks if that was the impression they are giving you.
You're not farming for some fabled dirk that is 1% better than other dirks if that was the impression they are giving you.
toro
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Both.
Edit: Darkest Dungeon owners have a coupon for this game. I'm weak and I cannot resist coupons
I don't have time to play it but fuck it. It's EA anyway.
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