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[Agiel]

Having played the North American beta last month I can confirm that it pulled out all the stops for Wuxia tropes (of course a heaping helping of Qinggong, but also martial arts manuals, Qi cultivation, and references to the Jianghu), of which I heartily approve. I also suspect the inclusion of golden swallows in this trailer are a reference to Cheng Pei Pei's character in <<Come Drink With Me>>.

Edited May 17 by Agiel

[Hawke64]

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/summery-soulslike-enotria-the-last-song-is-delayed-again-but-theres-an-8-hour-demo-coming-soon

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Enotria's now officially arriving on the 19th of September on Steam, the Epic Games Store, and Xbox.

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As for Enotria's demo, that'll arrive on May 22nd on PC. It'll be around 8-hours long and start you off in "Quinta, the City of Actors", where you'll almost certainly parry lots of dribbly theatre kids who give off an irksome vibe. You'll do that with four weapon classes, six masks, 20 spells and 30 perks. Masks, by the way, are ways of equipping different attack styles and building loadouts. There's no word on whether demo progress will carry into the full game, which suggests that it won't be the case.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/redfall-will-receive-one-final-update-after-all-including-an-offline-mode

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Redfall is getting a final update which will add an offline mode and singleplayer pausing, among other changes. The news was announced via the Redfall account on X, which also thanked players for their "supportive messages" in light of developer Arkane Austin's imminent closure by Microsoft.

 

[LadyCrimson]

The next goose/goat game? 
...I don't think I'd have interest in it myself (never tried goose/goat game either), but the trailer made me giggle.

 

[the_dog_days]

3 hours ago, LadyCrimson said:

The next goose/goat game?

Thank you for triggering my PTSD.

[Wormerine]

Larian has opened yet another studio, this time in Warsaw Poland.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/larians-new-polish-studio-is-a-match-made-in-heaven-for-the-baldurs-gate-3-developers-upcoming-rpgs

[BruceVC]

14 hours ago, Wormerine said:

Larian has opened yet another studio, this time in Warsaw Poland.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/larians-new-polish-studio-is-a-match-made-in-heaven-for-the-baldurs-gate-3-developers-upcoming-rpgs

Great news, nice for Poland and good news about Larians financial status and future growth 

[kanisatha]

22 hours ago, Wormerine said:

Larian has opened yet another studio, this time in Warsaw Poland.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/larians-new-polish-studio-is-a-match-made-in-heaven-for-the-baldurs-gate-3-developers-upcoming-rpgs

Maybe they're trying to poach talent from CD Projekt. And if that is the case I would be rather angry about it, because I'd much, MUCH rather have CD Projekt's games than Larian's games.

[HoonDing]

Let them fight.

[Lexx]

Story trailer. No clue what the story is.

[kanisatha]

https://wccftech.com/dragon-age-dreadwolf-has-everyone-at-bioware-really-happy-with-how-it-turned-out/

It's the #1 game in my Steam wishlist, so I want it to be good <fingers crossed>.

Don't have much else in the way of what I want: a party-based fantasy RPG that is NOT turn-based combat.

[Sven_]

2 hours ago, kanisatha said:

https://wccftech.com/dragon-age-dreadwolf-has-everyone-at-bioware-really-happy-with-how-it-turned-out/

It's the #1 game in my Steam wishlist, so I want it to be good <fingers crossed>.

Don't have much else in the way of what I want: a party-based fantasy RPG that is NOT turn-based combat.

That's a pretty low bar. I think they can fulfill that.  

It seems they're chasing another trend though (did they ever do different?): Combat similar to Gods Of War this time 'round. Personally I'm super glad I don't have to rely on Bioware, Bethesda or tiny indies anymore exclusively. Best thing that has happened in the past ten industry years. Well that, and Immersive Sims having another run (though it's come to an end with Deus Ex put on hiatus again, the Thief reboot misfiring from the go -- and Arkane's future in limbo).

And now for something completely different: Gonna go watch Furiosa. WHAT A DAY WHAT A LOVELY DAY.  

Edited May 23 by Sven_

[Mamoulian War]

W40K Mechanicus II has been announced. No GOG for now

 

 

[Hawke64]

On 5/20/2024 at 4:40 PM, Wormerine said:

Larian has opened yet another studio, this time in Warsaw Poland.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/larians-new-polish-studio-is-a-match-made-in-heaven-for-the-baldurs-gate-3-developers-upcoming-rpgs

I am happy to see game developers having reliable employment. I never liked CDPR games, which seemed only to worsen since TW1, so hopefully, there will be no similarities. Larian games might have issues, but they are improving in some aspects.

16 hours ago, kanisatha said:

https://wccftech.com/dragon-age-dreadwolf-has-everyone-at-bioware-really-happy-with-how-it-turned-out/

It's the #1 game in my Steam wishlist, so I want it to be good <fingers crossed>.

Don't have much else in the way of what I want: a party-based fantasy RPG that is NOT turn-based combat.

As the meme goes, "Stupid sexy Bioware". There is a very good chance that despite the DRM and rather poor system requirements (considering that it is an AAA, the graphics might be a priority), I will purchase it near the release date.

[Wormerine]

On 5/21/2024 at 2:59 PM, kanisatha said:

Maybe they're trying to poach talent from CD Projekt. And if that is the case I would be rather angry about it, because I'd much, MUCH rather have CD Projekt's games than Larian's games.

They might have been looking for a replacement of St. Petersburgh Larian, which they shut down when the Russian kerfuffle started. Warsaw sounds like a decent place for a studio on a budget with a lot of talent to draw from, and it is close enough within the time zone to support their 24h development cycle. ex-CD Project folks are an obvious titles, but there are a lot of polish devs and would-be-devs out there. It also seems like CDPR folks are more than happy to leave on their own, considering the ammount of "by ex-CDPR devs" attacked to indie projects, so I wouldn't worry too much. If anything, big budget RPG competition, might made CDPR care a bit more about their employees.

Edited May 24 by Wormerine

[Wormerine]

On 5/21/2024 at 10:16 PM, Lexx said:

Story trailer. No clue what the story is.

No, but some really interesting tidbits. Probably, just like the original trailers it will make sense after beating the expansion. I do like the "vibes over plot" approach of FromSoftware marketing.

[MrBrown]

https://www.guru3d.com/story/microsoft-reportedly-readies-billion-bid-to-acquire-valve-steam/

[MrBrown]

21 hours ago, kanisatha said:

https://wccftech.com/dragon-age-dreadwolf-has-everyone-at-bioware-really-happy-with-how-it-turned-out/

It's the #1 game in my Steam wishlist, so I want it to be good <fingers crossed>.

Don't have much else in the way of what I want: a party-based fantasy RPG that is NOT turn-based combat.

I read somewhere that it's turned more in the Mass Effect direction, where you mostly control the main character and the party members don't contribute as much.

Can't remember where I read it, so no idea how true.

EDIT: Oh, it was mentioned in that article too, guess I didn't imagine it.

Edited May 24 by MrBrown

[Wormerine]

11 hours ago, MrBrown said:

https://www.guru3d.com/story/microsoft-reportedly-readies-billion-bid-to-acquire-valve-steam/

That sounds to me about as likely as Microsoft acquiring Nintendo. 

[Gorth]

16 minutes ago, Wormerine said:

That sounds to me about as likely as Microsoft acquiring Nintendo. 

Probably more comparable to acquiring Activision/Blizzard?

[MrBrown]

12 hours ago, Wormerine said:

That sounds to me about as likely as Microsoft acquiring Nintendo. 

Yeah, I doubt it highly as well. But if I post every rumor, then I can go "I said so" when one of them comes true.

[the_dog_days]

18 hours ago, Wormerine said:

That sounds to me about as likely as Microsoft acquiring Nintendo. 

Nintendo's better off than either Sony or Microsoft's gaming division 'cause unlike the two 'big boys', Nintendo stays in their lane and doesn't spend ungodly amounts of money on photorealistic graphs.

[BruceVC]

On 5/23/2024 at 3:23 PM, kanisatha said:

https://wccftech.com/dragon-age-dreadwolf-has-everyone-at-bioware-really-happy-with-how-it-turned-out/

It's the #1 game in my Steam wishlist, so I want it to be good <fingers crossed>.

Don't have much else in the way of what I want: a party-based fantasy RPG that is NOT turn-based combat.

I  will  definitely be playing this, I enjoyed DA:I and I thought some  of the mechanics like the War Table was something different and fun 

It  wont be a "day 1 purchase " which is fine. Do we have any information about Romance options?

 

[kanisatha]

6 hours ago, BruceVC said:

I  will  definitely be playing this, I enjoyed DA:I and I thought some  of the mechanics like the War Table was something different and fun 

It  wont be a "day 1 purchase " which is fine. Do we have any information about Romance options?

It's a Bioware game, so aren't romance options mandatory? I would expect they'd be just like in the previous games, and especially so since this game has been rebuilt as a more tightly narrative-driven game.

[Mamoulian War]

Bioware has a pretty high hurdle now to overcome. Trying to beat Larian's Bear "romance" will be definitely challenging

[HoonDing]

Thedas is a boring setting, but still not as bad as Rivellon.