KickStarter Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones - a Lovecraftian Computer RPG

[Deleted Member 16721]

Where do you find the pendulum to hypnotize the mute girl?

 

[Wulfric Pinewood]

I like this game, already bought it , reminds me living in Poland in 90's.

 

[Alienman]

I wonder if my playthrough is fucked. My guy is beyond useless in combat, and my muscle man died. Reason I'm wondering is that I'm surprised how much combat there is and I don't think my guy has a chance in hell to survive it all.

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[Xunwael]

Where do you find the pendulum to hypnotize the mute girl?

You can buy it at some merchant(s). Can't remember if it's the drugstore, gunstore, or antiques, but at least one of them has one.

 

[Mortmal]

I wonder if my playthrough is fucked. My guy is beyond useless in combat, and my muscle man died. Reason I'm wondering is that I'm surprised how much combat there is and I don't think my guy has a chance in hell to survive it all.

If your guy is useless in combat you are fucked...Think the game favors jack of all trade with melee capabilities, guns and ammo are costly and not good enough, occult opens new options but spells aren't worth it so far in combat. Really only viable choice is melee+ dodge and a few points into anything else you want.

 

[fantadomat]

Also did I mention you start with extra money?

It is better to start with you being bankrupted for the +1 survival.

 

[Alienman]

Damn, here I thought combat could be avoided. I guess my middle aged academic with zero combat prowess will succumb to the madness of "reload save".

 

[Ibn Sina]

How the hell do you obtain the Cultish hood.... I have the robes from a random encounter but not the hood, and it is esstential to progress through the main quest, this or fighting the entire cultish town (which is impossible).

 

[GentlemanCthulhu]

Damn, here I thought combat could be avoided. I guess my middle aged academic with zero combat prowess will succumb to the madness of "reload save".

Yeah i would've preferred it if i could entirely avoid the slog-fest TB combat, but you can get away with a lot of it through stealth.

 

[Alienman]

So anyone know how insanity works? I randomly become paranoid, not sure how, and now my guy is spouting out nonsense when it comes to dialogue. I even got into a fight I can't win thanks to it. Is there a way to cure it? But I'm mostly curious how it happened in the first place? I didn't drop sanity to 0 or anything and being paranoid shouldn't make a complete loon I think.

 

[Child of Malkav]

Is the undead soldier any good? Because he'll be the only guy carrying us. Me and the outsider are just spittin'.

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

Anybody having trouble finding companions you sent away? Sent Carter's wife back to the Eel but she's not there now. :/

 

[Egosphere]

So anyone know how insanity works? I randomly become paranoid, not sure how, and now my guy is spouting out nonsense when it comes to dialogue. I even got into a fight I can't win thanks to it. Is there a way to cure it? But I'm mostly curious how it happened in the first place? I didn't drop sanity to 0 or anything and being paranoid shouldn't make a complete loon I think.

I think it happens if your sanity drops down to like 50% of its maximum.

 

[Egosphere]

occultism is a big fat disappointment so far. The sanity cost is a killer and the spells aren't exactly a force to be reckoned with. my companions have to melee whilst I shuffle about in the back row giving the evil eye to the ruffians.

 

[Jinn]

1,050 peak players on steam so far, which is pretty good for an RPG like this. Deserves much more though, imo.

Someone send a copy to Sseth!

 

[Grauken]

I must say playing a humanist is harder than I thought, I have to stop myself all the time from clicking on the cynical choice. But the sanity reward is nice

 

[Jinn]

But the sanity reward is nice

The blows to your sanity when you find yourself in a brutal and cruel situation beyond your control are also really nice, from a pure gameplay perspective. It's the details like these and the immense variety that comes with them that puts this game a step above as an RPG.

 

[Grauken]

But the sanity reward is nice

The blows to your sanity when you find yourself in a brutal and cruel situation beyond your control are also really nice, from a pure gameplay perspective. It's the details like these and the immense variety that comes with them that puts this game a step above as an RPG.

This is definitely a game I want to replay later with different chars and mindsets just to see how they play out, there's a lot effort put into making those fun and unique

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

Alright, so how do I rest in Arkham? The Eel has a resident so I can't rent the room, and I'm not sure where else I could rest that doesn't involve leaving town to go to a world map destination. Is that what I have to do?

 

[GloomFrost]

Any suggestions on "must have" skills to make game a it easier? Have to start a new character, coz my talkie talkie smart ass scientist just gets lOVEcrafted all the time.

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

Son of a fucking bitch! Now another companion is missing after I sent him away. What in the motherfucking fuck!

 

[fantadomat]

Son of a fucking bitch! Now another companion is missing after I sent him away. What in the motherfucking fuck!

Yeah,it is pretty shit when it comes to companions. All of them just run off when dismissed and you can't get them back. Also the undead soldier is the worst,i send him off thinking he will wait for me near the pub. Nope he ended up attacking me on my next excursion in to the wields,he just bilined toward the useless woman and killed it in two turns.

 

[Abu Antar]

Alright, so how do I rest in Arkham? The Eel has a resident so I can't rent the room, and I'm not sure where else I could rest that doesn't involve leaving town to go to a world map destination. Is that what I have to do?

There's a campfire in Arkham that lets you rest. Near the ex-military guy that gives you a picture of his flame.

 

[Zombra]

Thinking about starting over - didn't realize my Rationalist detective would be so adamant about denying the reality of the crazy shit around him.