KickStarter Stoneshard - open world roguelike RPG - now available on Early Access

[flabbyjack]

...The game is basically complete...

Get out of town, it's really nearly finished? Wow, I've burried my hopes for this game ages ago, along with the likes of Chaos Chronicles.
Please don't hurt me. I don't believe this. Is it?

It's absolutely not complete, and won't be for years still, don't bother

I call bullshit. It's at v0.9, although going from v0.8 to v0.9 did take 18 months.

https://stoneshard.com/wiki/Development_roadmap

The development roadmap doesn't list much else to do. Except for --
1) Major story arcs
2) More ability trees
3) More locations/cities (sic - factions)
4) Switching characters in your caravan
5) Controller support

In regards to (1), the game has some story but seems like a perfectly cromulent sandbox game.

 

[Sweeper]

The development roadmap doesn't list much else to do. Except for --
1) Major story arcs
2) More ability trees
3) More locations/cities (sic - factions)
4) Switching characters in your caravan
5) Controller support

So, about, 12 to 15 years?
I like how you didn't mention character creation.

 

[Hydro]

I like how you didn't mention character creation.

It’s listed in the roadmap under the “high priority” section

 

[Sweeper]

I like how you didn't mention character creation.

It’s listed in the roadmap under the “high priority” section

Character creation should be under the high priority section, nay, the highest priority.

 

[Fedora Master]

At this point I don't see what character creation would offer, other than a custom portrait. You're still stuck with the unfinished skill selection.

 

[HeyCheckOutHowHardICanPee]

What the fuck did they do to the combat log text?
It's still slowly one by one scrolling down and telling me about a combat encounter I had literal minutes ago.

 

[PlayerEmers]

Currently playing a permadeath magicless staff guy. Still need to decide between medium or heavy armour, peharps light but im not going full dodge. Works surprisingly well if you play with walls and obstacules in mind for easy daze/stuns. Still neeed to put the build to the test with bandit dungeons and tier 4/5. Also have not fought the manticore.
My honest opnion on the update and how the game feels right now: the update did some great stuff, the caravan in particular is a godsend and its fun to upgrade it little by little and fill it with companions. The dungeons changes look nice but unless you are playing a really tank build, the changes incentivize pulling enemies little by little to not get overwhelmed (which depending on how you feel, its a bad thing/it incentivizes playing like a pussy all the time). The update also highlight how monotonous walking really is when you are not using the new caravan system.

At the end, the game is still the same but with extra fluff that makes playing feel nicer. Game is really good if you are the dungeon crawler and loot goblin/gear upgrader type of guy. Too bad its going to take 2 more years for another major update.

 

[Saark]

Looking forward to the new roadmap because that means I at least have some understanding of what will NOT be happening by certain months or quarters -- because nothing in it will happen as they lay it out.

Still a good game of course, but also still decades from finishing at the snail's pace they're going. Like anybody truly thinks this game will ever "finish" with all the planned features they have, just like Sui Generis.