Turn-Based Tactics The Lamplighters League - turn-based tactics in pulp 1930s setting from Harebrained Schemes

[Maxie]

they're mobile rpgs

if thats what it took to get us dragonfall who cares

i urge you to replay it before you sing its praises
it's nothing special

 

[Abu Antar]

I don't count Steam genre tags.

Yeah somehow a large amount of people tagged this as Action RPG what the hell.

There are developer tags, too.

 

[SpaceWizardz]

This looks like a suitable evolution of the Battletech foundation.

Yes, but it doesn't appeal to my specific interests so that means it's objectively terrible and shouldn't exist.

i urge you to replay it before you sing its praises
it's nothing special

Subpar mechanics are compensated by the competent realization of the setting and occasional good encounter design.
There's no nostalgia here, this is the general consensus in both threads.

 

[Maxie]

This looks like a suitable evolution of the Battletech foundation.

Yes, but it doesn't appeal to my specific interests so that means it's objectively terrible and shouldn't exist.

i urge you to replay it before you sing its praises
it's nothing special

Subpar mechanics are compensated by the competent realization of the setting and occasional good encounter design.
There's no nostalgia here, this is the general consensus in both threads.

nah it's cheap and shitty to rely on 'consensus,' i'd like to know you lot's opinions
dragonfall is a short game takes maybe 20h to beat if you know your way around it even if you don't rush

 

[dsndo]

Narrative direction team is comprised of 2 ugly women and a black nerd. Hard pass, but I am thankful for their honesty.

 

[Infinitron]

After watching the trailer:

i did not expect 'saturday morning indiana jones xcom' and i can't say i'm entirely uninterested

More like DreamWorks Indiana Jones XCOM, surely: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DreamworksFace

 

[ferratilis]

That art style, just why? Why does every new game have that bland, featureless art style that looks like it's deliberately avoiding any sense of originality? Is there a manual for developers somewhere out there that prohibits them from designing good looking games, or is it that all young designers lack the know-how? I'm really curious.

It can't be THAT hard to design something like this (even if 3d).

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Devs tagged it as Adventure/RPG/Strategy, so...

And yeah I'll second the rest of the comments, Indiana Jones RPG with some monsters and occult sprinkled in sounds awesome, but that artstyle is atrocious.

 

[SpaceWizardz]

dragonfall is a short game takes maybe 20h to beat if you know your way around it even if you don't rush

You could say the same for something like Fallout, that's not a good point.
DF/HK are a novelty stand out amidst a sea of banal shit boring Baldur's Gate copycats we've been assaulted with since the Kickstarter resurgence, I'd gladly take another Shadowrun game over another Pillars/Pathfinder/Divinity.

 

[Roguey]

trpg, belongs in the tactical gaming subforum

I don't see the word "RPG" anywhere in this game's description. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Genre: Adventure, RPG, Strategy.

Still in the right section, though.

I don't count Steam genre tags.

Definitive answer https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1167750/view/3642887094702773697

What is “The Lamplighters League and the Tower at the End of the World”?

It is an exciting turn-based strategy game with engaging characters, taking place in an all-new world set in an alternate 1930s with an occult twist, carried by a unique artistic direction. Globetrot across a variety of exciting locales around the world and outwit your enemies in strategic turn-based combat - and, if you play your cards right, you might just save the world.

Right forum now.

"Unique artistic direction" is a stretch though.

 

[mediocrepoet]

I uh... that looks cool.

 

[Tyranicon]

It can't be THAT hard to design something like this (even if 3d).

You are seriously overestimating the abilities of modern developers.

Also, this is what happens when people who don't even like video games are in charge. It's all about the $$$.

 

[Humbaba]

Games like that live and die by encounter design, enemy and weapon variety and progression, none of which can be assessed until release, so no, not gonna follow, throw it through my window once it's out.

 

[Maxie]

dragonfall is a short game takes maybe 20h to beat if you know your way around it even if you don't rush

You could say the same for something like Fallout, that's not a good point.
DF/HK are a novelty stand out amidst a sea of banal shit boring Baldur's Gate copycats we've been assaulted with since the Kickstarter resurgence, I'd gladly take another Shadowrun game over another Pillars/Pathfinder/Divinity.

I didn't bring up its length as an argument for its mobile character
I did so to urge anyone here to replay the game and look me in the eye (on the internet) when they say it's any good
frankly I liked HK a bit more especially if you skip dialogues

 

[Delterius]

look me in the eye (on the internet)

dragonfall and hong kong are good

 

[RickOmbo]

Looks like a game pass game.

 

[Mr. Magniloquent]

I agree that the art is weak. I'm skeptical about the the dev team. I didn't really enjoy the Shadowrun games. I abandoned Dragonfall mid-run from disinterest. I didn't play Battletech, but its reception was pretty good. I like the concept presented here and it looks a bit higher effort than the Shadowrun games. I won't write this off yet.

 

[mediocrepoet]

I agree that the art is weak. I'm skeptical about the the dev team. I didn't really enjoy the Shadowrun games. I abandoned Dragonfall mid-run from disinterest. I didn't play Battletech, but its reception was pretty good. I like the concept presented here and it looks a bit higher effort than the Shadowrun games. I won't write this off yet.

Yeah I'm about the same, though it was Hong Kong I couldn't get through. Beat the others though. Still, it's interesting just because it's a fun setting that isn't used all that often.

 

[Delterius]

More like DreamWorks Indiana Jones XCOM

No shit right? Didn't grounded sell 10 million copies or something?

If I was a studio exec and someone told me to ape Dreamworks I'd do it in a jiffy.

 

[JDR13]

Going to sleep on this one, wake me up when they announce the horror game.

What horror game?

 

[ArchAngel]

So March 6th has passed, what is their new game?

 

[Kedar]

So March 6th has passed, what is their new game?

Mutant: Year Zero except Raiders of the Lost Ark.

 

[baud]

So March 6th has passed, what is their new game?

 

[sser]

 

[Roguey]

Going to sleep on this one, wake me up when they announce the horror game.

What horror game?

This one https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads...general-discussion-thread.106230/post-6474192