Game News Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones demo now on Steam

[catfood]

Who the fuck reads EULA?

 

[Infinitron]

Who the fuck reads EULA?

YouTubers who want to know if they can post videos of the game without getting hit with a takedown request, maybe.

 

[Mark Richard]

Who the fuck reads EULA?

Everyone knows that not reading the EULA drastically increases your chances of waking up the next day in a seedy motel bathroom with fresh surgical scars across your kidney region.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

This is good.

 

[Kyl Von Kull]

Other than the slowness of combat, this is fucking fantastic. Brilliant alignment system. Just wish it would come out sooner.

Anyone with points in subterfuge know if you can steal the book from the key guy?

 

[I'm Big Into Anal]

2nd impressions:

pressing a key at every loading screen becomes annoying quite quickly; if loading screens are a necessity might i suggest you do away with the 'press any button' rigmarole and be taken directly to the next screen?

you simply HAVE to give the option to increase the font; i can only stomach the first few screens before having to quit because of squinting to read the text


other than that, cool

 

[chiefnewo]

Very interesting so far. Got taken out by two unlucky critical hits on me in the bank.

Combat is annoyingly slow, would be nice to have less delays before things happen and speed up the animations a bit. Also having to press a key/click after every loading screen is really irritating.

 

[Forest Dweller]

So, belief systems:

Are they set based on the archetypes you pick or do you get to pick them independently?

 

[hello friend]

Anyone figured out what ANGST does yet?

 

[Kyl Von Kull]

So, belief systems:

Are they set based on the archetypes you pick or do you get to pick them independently?

They are independent.

EDIT: the only exception is that bounty hunters need to be materialistic, which makes sense. All the other archetypes can mix with any belief system.

 

[Jrpgfan]

Just played the demo. This is pure incline and as such will be released only in 2049.

 

[Mark Richard]

Are those asylum patients flinging their own shit at me? The demo ended with a critical hit to the back of the head.

This is wonderful. Great music, faithful writing, and a belief system that encourages roleplaying by conferring bonuses for consistent characterisation.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

This is interesting overall, gotta say.

 

[Crescent Hawk]

Looks amazing.

 

[Crescent Hawk]

Just played the demo, just some of my thoughts, the writing is not really amazing, not really subtle and witty like Sunless Sea, damn I really like that setting except for the crap game beneath. But the systems and combat seem really nice and well structured. Love the that you can choose the belief system of you MC, and the divine Christian one is not overly preachy like some stuff today.

 

[ga♥]

I agree with the above poster. Writing is the weakest spot. Also the main plot doesn't seem amazing either. At least the part you get through the demo.
Char creation/system seems really nice though.

 

[Tygrende]

Beat the demo, loved it. I can already tell there's a high chance it will be my 2019 GOTY, unless Underrail: Expedition gets delayed again.

That said there's one thing I disliked

Spoiler

You cannot access the safe hidden behind the poster in the bank without paying 50 cigs to the key guy first, even though the 3rd manager note clearly tells you that it's right there while the other two say the safe is numbered 0 and contains the possessions of the Dismal Man.

Feels a bit forced and immersion breaking, especially if you're materialistic.

anyone saved enough cigarretes to buy one of the rifles?

I bought the .270 one. I think I even got one or two crit 1-shots with it, using the marine aimed shot ability.