Game News Tyranny Released

[prodigydancer]

Act 3 is less than an hour.

Not everyone will get that far and those who will, probably won't ask for refunds.

 

[Roguey]

Twin Elms in general felt hard to escape the feeling that the game ended on a really flat note chugging through not so memorable content outside of the gods when you were chugging through there, and then there was the trash mob gauntlet in the final area.

It seemed like a tale of two quests, the critical path which had some really well done gods stuff, which was wall to wall strong, and some weak af not critical path that felt kinda tacked on and not very special in a lot of cases.

Sacrificial Bloodlines, Hunter, Brother and At the Mercy of the Tribes were interesting sidequests.

3.0 fixed the trash mob problem, I didn't notice any.

 

[Fairfax]

The only interesting side quest (actually a "task") in Twin Elms was Songs of the Wild.

Spoiler

Player shouldn't have been able to get the talent without the guy eating the birds, though.

 

[Roguey]

The only interesting side quest (actually a "task") in Twin Elms was Songs of the Wild.

Spoiler

Player shouldn't have been able to get the talent without the guy eating the birds, though.

I found exploring tribe relations and tribe/colonist relations interesting. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Nihiliste]

I played some more and this game sucks

Shouldn't have blown my money

I expected a low energy slam dunk but in the past those could still be pretty enjoyable (IWD)

 

[Nihiliste]

The writing reminds me of a cross between nwn2 and bioware in the worst way and the combat reminds me of my last dental cleaning

 

[Xzylvador]

Twin Elms in general felt hard to escape the feeling that the game ended on a really flat note chugging through not so memorable content outside of the gods when you were chugging through there, and then there was the trash mob gauntlet in the final area.

It seemed like a tale of two quests, the critical path which had some really well done gods stuff, which was wall to wall strong, and some weak af not critical path that felt kinda tacked on and not very special in a lot of cases.

Sacrificial Bloodlines, Hunter, Brother and At the Mercy of the Tribes were interesting sidequests.

3.0 fixed the trash mob problem, I didn't notice any.

Maybe they should make the 1.0 version of their game good instead of releasing it too early and saying 'Fuck you, loser, we'll take your money and ruin your game experience as thanks for being a day one fan.'.
'cuz now, I will wait for the 3.5 special director's cut and then pick up the game for €10 instead of paying them 4-5 times that amount out of loyalty to a studio that deserves my support for producing great games.

 

[veevoir]

3.0 is usually the number of patch released after majority of players is done with the game

 

[Roguey]

Maybe they should make the 1.0 version of their game good instead of releasing it too early and saying 'Fuck you, loser, we'll take your money and ruin your game experience as thanks for being a day one fan.'.
'cuz now, I will wait for the 3.5 special director's cut and then pick up the game for €10 instead of paying them 4-5 times that amount out of loyalty to a studio that deserves my support for producing great games.

They only had a budget for 29 months and no one has been able to make a good fully-featured RPG in that amount of time.

However, to Obsidian's credit, their enhanced edition is a lot better than inXile's and Larian's.

 

[HoboForEternity]

They only had a budget for 29 months and no one has been able to make a good fully-featured RPG in that amount of time.

However, to Obsidian's credit, their enhanced edition is a lot better than inXile's and Larian's.

that is actually true tho. i played white march, and noticed the improvements. like engagement isn't as exploitable and the enemy NPC are alot smarter. i should probably replay the game some time to enjoy PoE in its full glory.

 

[Prime Junta]

3.0 is usually the number of patch released after majority of players is done with the game

I'm pretty sure they're anticipating a surge in interest when the Pillars 2 hype starts. It's one of these "long tail" games.

 

[Hamster]

Basic premise is good. But execution is weak; e.g. the playing of the two factions against each other is done in such a stereotyped and boring way.

Just wait 'till you realize that the two factions are literally evil and good.

Spoiler

One provides happily ever after slides, the other wants to eat your "friends".

Obsidian probably intended something incredible nuanced such as chaotic evil and lawful evil, but even that seems to be beyond their capabilities those days.

I just started but i am already facepalming. I went through CYOA introduction thinking that Disfavoured were supposed to be lawful evil, so i leaned more to the Scarlet Chorus side. Needless to say, i felt pretty dumb when the actual game started.

Btw, forced, poorly presented C&C is quickly becoming one of my most hated features in modern RPG's. I am fucking sick of making choices without sufficient background information. I don't know who all these fucking people are, how the fuck am i supposed to choose? Is it ok to break laws of Kyros in this particular case? I would have an opinion on that if i had any idea what those fucking laws are!.

 

[Sannom]

Yo, where is that review? It appeared on my feed with the more click-and-imbecile-baity title possible but the link doesn't go anywhere!

 

[Infinitron]

Yo, where is that review? It appeared on my feed with the more click-and-imbecile-baity title possible but the link doesn't go anywhere!

Premature ejaculation. We'll post it in a couple of days.

 

[Sentinel]

They accidentally posted the review where they praise the game.

 

[Bubbles]

For the record: the "more click-and-imbecile-baity title possible" was a direct quote from the review.

 

[Excidium II]

Yo, where is that review? It appeared on my feed with the more click-and-imbecile-baity title possible but the link doesn't go anywhere!

Premature ejaculation. We'll post it in a couple of days.

Why was it taken down?

 

[Bubbles]

Yo, where is that review? It appeared on my feed with the more click-and-imbecile-baity title possible but the link doesn't go anywhere!

Premature ejaculation. We'll post it in a couple of days.

Why was it taken down?

Some internal unrest.

 

[Haba]

It hurt Obsidian's feelings so it had to be removed.

 

[Bubbles]

It hurt Obsidian's feelings so it had to be removed.

It was commissioned by Infinitron and written by Prime Junta.

 

[Infinitron]

Wasn't deleted by me, though.

 

[Jaedar]

Yo, where is that review? It appeared on my feed with the more click-and-imbecile-baity title possible but the link doesn't go anywhere!

Premature ejaculation. We'll post it in a couple of days.

Why was it taken down?

Some internal unrest.

Open rebellion incoming?

 

[Bubbles]

The basic question is whether a writer should compare Tyranny to AoD if he hasn't played AoD. Infinitron says yes, but he hasn't played AoD either. Three posters who have played AoD say that he's wrong; he asks us to "find something more productive to do." No rebellion, just the kind of stuff that's doomed to happen in any Obsidian review thread.

 

[Excidium II]

Comparing Tranny to AoD in the review is just gonna make the entire thread be about that statement, I guess if that's what they want.

 

[Bubbles]

Comparing Tranny to AoD in the review is just gonna make the entire thread be about that statement, I guess if that's what they want.

Prime Junta's original version didn't mention AoD at all, which I think is the right thing to do.