Game News Torment Kickstarter Update #25: Combat System Vote!

[tuluse]

Never has so much gone so far over so many heads.

 

[hiver]

I thought it looked great with the look of my avatar next to it.

 

[Athelas]

Were you guys surprised by this? Torment's unorthodox design makes it the only IE game that appeals to people who don't necessarily even like oldschool RPG's. I look forward to the inevitable poll about making Torment a first-person shooter.

 

[Excidium]

How do you make an informed decision when there's only like one update with two paragraphs about combat?

P. damn pointless

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

Voted TB for justice and glory. Fuck man. How the hell is this thing so close?

Q: "Would you like shit or good?"

A: "Hmmm, tough decision..."

 

[tuluse]

Voted TB for justice and glory. Fuck man. How the hell is this thing so close?

Q: "Would you like shit or good?"

A: "Hmmm, tough decision..."

Look how much money the Transformers movies have made, and it's clear the standard answer is shit.

 

[hiver]

Please please please post this in the voting threads.

I thought everyone could chip in and we can make a big top of the pops list.

 

[deamento]

The problem with turn based is that it can break up the flow of the game. It is a very artificial solution, which can break the immersion.

Ugh....these immersion faggots need a good beheading.

let's get to it then!

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

it's clear the standard answer is shit.

Goddammit I know. But I thought this one niche place in entertainment would be safe. Or at least, safer.

 

[deamento]

Hey, can someone tell me what "flow" is supposed to be, in the context of a video game? Because TB combat seems to break this for some people. Is there a device or formula to measure this "flow."

there's a formula to measure flow.
The amount of popamole features X every time the developer used the word immersion² = flow

 

[I_am_Ian]

Don't worry about the Americans, guys. I live amongst them and can understand their speech patterns mostly so I'll let them know we want to go turn based on this one.

 

[stony3k]

Turn based is up by over a 100 votes guys, so looks like we may have gone ahead for good

 

[Chaotic_Heretic]

Let us add to that retarded immurshun arguments for RTwP and obnoxiously post it there. Seems to be working for TB so far.

ITT leads to

 

[Machocruz]

Of course Final Fantasy uses TB all the time but I honestly have more fun with the combat in Baldur's Gate in comparison, and ah I'm not really into Final Fantasy.

I hate turn based combat. I prefer the way it was done in games like IWD, BG and NWN. If the game is turn based like The Lord of the Rings The Third Age and Final Fantasy... my immersion gets broken, which in turn ruins the entire RPG for me.

LMFAO! See? See?! I told you all! Like clockwork, bitches. I don't even have to try anymore. These people deliver the retardo straight to my door!

Please, somebody put these people on blast. The world cannot bear so much shortbus. Do they even Wizardry, bro?

 

[Jaesun]

Voted for turn based. I cannot believe the vote is that close. WTF?

 

[tuluse]

LMFAO! See? See?! I told you all! Like clockwork, bitches. I don't even have to try anymore. These people deliver the retardo straight to my door!

Please, somebody put these people on blast. The world cannot bear so much shortbus. Do they even Wizardry, bro?

They're right though. Final Fantasy (the first one) was turn based

 

[Machocruz]

They're right though. Final Fantasy (the first one) was turn based

I still don't know what the bird smiley means. So:

 

[Haba]

They should make the options more fair:
a.) Do you want the combat to be RtwP?
b.) Do you want the combat to be TB with romances?

 

[Delbaeth]

Combat immersion? Gameplay? Does not compute.

 

[Shannow]

Voted TB.
But I'd like to point out that while RTwP cannot rise above mediocre, it's much easier to make an okish system.
TB lives of of several different viable options and tactical decisions in any combat situation that will also differ with different encounters/situations. If the system just lets you bull through every encounter and every round with the same actions, then it sucks.
So basicically on a scale of 1-10 where 10 is best and 1 is shit the ranges (imo) would be:
RTwP: 3-6
TB: 1-10

 

[hiver]

One hundred and sixty eight points ahead.

uuu yeahhhhh....

 

[lurker3000]

Voted TB because I want to make some aimed shots to the eyes.

 

[undecaf]

On an offnote, when will InXile Kickstart Strange Torment?

 

[Infinitron]

As we see with PE, nearly every new bit of information about the game leads to some kind of shitstorm, with lots of accusations, tantrums and ultimatums thrown around. That's just how it is with the RPG crowd, it seems. It's an opinionated bunch where many see their own subjective views as incontrovertible facts and rationality is quite rare.

This guy gets it.

? Source?

 

[LibertyRansom]

Voted TB. Looks like we're ahead by 175 Votes. Surprising but very cool.