Torment Torment: Tides of Numenera Pre-Release Thread [ALPHA RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

Whatever happened with that vote on the combat ?

TB ?
Phase based ?
RtwP ?

 

Hmm, I know the game will have a great setting & 'story' elements, so I'm in for that aspect alone, but it's a little worrying that all the drones/story fags interested in this game will vote for RtwP. ESPECIALLY since we're already gonna have that for PE.

What's your guys feelings on how you think the vote is gonna go ?

 

No.

 

God. Gotta love these faggots...But.. but... TB will break my IMMERSHUN and take too long. I won't be able to get back into the story !!

 

The 2D/3D hybrid thing actually seems like a good idea, at least until a technical guy steps in and says it would run like shit in Unity or something

 

Damn you for making me read the comments.

Andhaira is that you?

 

No.

 

Guys I don't actually care about the combat system as long as it's competently implemented.

 

That's how I feel about 2D/3D.

 

Youre a one man walking self inflicting embarrassment.
Besides what i already told you.

Thats just incredibly cheap and really stupidly jealous.
And you achieve nothing with this but debase yourself even more.
You should have fucking learned that such comments dont really work with me and just blow up in your face.

i mean... really... me? A favorite fanboy?
thats so bizarre me and BrotherNoone could hug each other and laugh at you together.
Not to mention anything else...

 

I don't actually care about that either as long as it ends up looking good.

 

If it's 2D/3D hybrid it won't look good.

No, seriously, I have never played a 2D/3D (graphics) game that looked good. I've seen it done and it always looks like shit to some degree. Too frequently it looks like paper dolls were slapped into a 3D game.

 

I think he means some areas will be 2D and some will be 3D, not both at the same time.

Also, if we get 2D backgrounds it's going to be a "hybrid" regardless because they're going to use 3D characters not sprites.

 

I love the Codex. We get some almost certainly fantastic news about 2D backgrounds—enter Hiver, and now, after a brief celebration, we're arguing more than ever, over a pure incline feature no less.

Why not do the smart thing and pledge NOW, then reduce your pledge to $1 (or cancel it entirely, not sure if that's possible though) if they don't reach $3.5m?

And come the fuck on, they WILL reach $3.5m, it's ludicrous to even think they won't at this juncture.

 

The only 2D/3D hybrid style I know is 2D backgrounds + 3D characters, and that looks very gorgeous.

 

That's... 3D backgrounds and 2D characters, tuluse. If you're making a clever/ironic joke, I'm not seeing it.

Also, Doom looks fucking amazing. I'd pledge for that.

 

Doom might be amazing for other reasons, but that 2d/3d graphical look is shit. The enemies look like fucking paper dolls.

 

JarlFrank said he only knew one kind of hybrid approach, I was pointing out a rather famous example of the opposite.

Edit there's other kinds of hybrids too. 2D sprites in 3D space so you get things like distance. DFA Broken Age is incorporating both 2D and 3D elements into single scenes, no dichotomy between background/foreground.

 

ahem... i am certainly not against the incline, and although naturally, this suggestion may be disliked by both sides, it still has advantages and does argue in favor of 2D background art.

 

I won't hold my breath until I see it.

 

Well, I'm no expert, but I'd say it probably wouldn't work because a) presenting different area backgrounds in different styles would lead to an inconsistent gameworld unless those areas different for specific aesthetic reasons and b) it doesn't actually increase the efficiency of your production pipeline significantly compared to full 2D, because instead of having on uniform production pipeline you are working with two with different sets of requirements.

(this in reference to using 2D for some areas, 3D for others, since "2D/3D hybrid" could also be used to describe - say - Eternity, so it's a broad term)