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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/epictellers/starfinder-afterlight

 

money raised pass stretch goal

[ShadySands]

On 10/4/2025 at 8:56 PM, rjshae said:

 

 

3 hours ago, uuuhhii said:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/epictellers/starfinder-afterlight

 

money raised pass stretch goal

I just backed it but at the lowest early bird tier. I might go up if they announce a GOG release in addition to Steam

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7 hours ago, ShadySands said:

 

I just backed it but at the lowest early bird tier. I might go up if they announce a GOG release in addition to Steam

 

more game should launch on gog

did gog bow to the new censorship like steam did

[rjshae]

7 hours ago, ShadySands said:

I just backed it but at the lowest early bird tier. I might go up if they announce a GOG release in addition to Steam

I backed it as well, because it's something I'd been hoping to see (a Starfinder game), so... I figured I should. It's two years away though, so we're in for a bit of a wait. It looks like they're already up to $400,000, so they may end up with more than they bargained for.

Starfinder: Afterlight could become one of my favourite CRPGs—even if the studio's co-founders are 'more scared about huge success than a bit of failure' when it comes to their big Kickstarter debut (PC Gamer)

[Zoraptor]

1 hour ago, uuuhhii said:

did gog bow to the new censorship like steam did

No. A lot of the pr0nesque games on GOG are already Steam refugees that were rejected from there long before the current controversy.

Which kind of gives the lie to it all being the fault of VISA/ Mastercard/ Australian Christian Taleban pressure groups like some of the Steam/ GabeN apologists would have you believe.

[Hawke64]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1154960/Ardenfall/

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The playtest for Ardenfall's new demo is now open for all! Explore a new region in this limited time access!

I've played for 40 minutes or so (got through the tutorial cave and walked around the first town). Looks like Morrowind with (much) better combat. 

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better combat than morrowind

such high praise

[Sven_]

On 10/5/2025 at 9:39 PM, LadyCrimson said:

https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-reportedly-testing-free-xbox-cloud-gaming-supported-by-ads-with-monthly-play-limits-announcement-and-launch-coming-soon

I'm calling it - after the next "generation", there won't be any more xbox game console. At least not as we think of it. It'll just be another streaming service device.
Or it'll shut down entirely.

One hour play time limit? Five hours a month that are "free?"  For games? What a laugh.

 

At some point the system may change anyhow.

The console generation cycle has always relied on experiences that were fundamentally unachievable with prior hardware. If there's no novelty involved, any new console generation becomes a bit of a hard sell. Graphics advancement has significantly slowed down. Whilst actual photo realism is still a good few years away -- not every game may sell on realism as is already. This is also a part of the triple-A crisis: "Decent graphics" are pretty much everywhere. Much like special effects in Hollywood, it's all dime a dozen. It's hard to truly "WOW" anybody anymore.

For decades, studios could rely on that Police Academy 25, er, Assassin's Creed 15 would sell anyhow, as it looked so much more realistic than the one before it. No more. And one day games may be consumed the same way as movies -- or similar. It's when people don't at all care how old a game is. For as long as it's not from the stone ages of video gaming, where hardware limitations proved still a severe challenge. They aren't really anymore. Haven't been for a few years already.

Outside of ultra realistic graphics and literally building the holodeck, game makers could make anything they wanted to make today. Only that, they rarely do. They are afraid to do it. Or aren't allowed to make it. As with rising budgets comes rising risk. Even THE NEXT BIG THING this industry is waiting for is another sequel to a franchise now entering its third decade. Meanwhile Warren Spector's once dream project idea is far more likely to be tackeled by 'em indies -- naturally, with a more focused scope, rather than GOING ALL IN WITH EM MILLIONS OF CA$H.

Edited Monday at 05:23 PM by Sven_

[LadyCrimson]

Just to be clear, I've never done Xbox, never owned one, don't even like their controllers.

It's just all more signs of the way tech and near monopolistic corps and own nothing etc. is going - or at least the direction they would like to force everyone to be going - which includes the game industry.

It all makes me Crabby.

[uuuhhii]

 

1 dlc in 1 year

not exactly fill player base with confidence

[Hawke64]

Has anyone played Edge of War? As I understand, it was Early Access, lost the publisher and now to be taken off the store after the final sale. 

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1786070/Edge_of_War/

https://steamcommunity.com/games/1786070/announcements/detail/532110628895065299?snr=2___

[Hurlshort]

9 minutes ago, Hawke64 said:

Has anyone played Edge of War? As I understand, it was Early Access, lost the publisher and now to be taken off the store after the final sale. 

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1786070/Edge_of_War/

https://steamcommunity.com/games/1786070/announcements/detail/532110628895065299?snr=2___

Huh, bummer. I wonder how much of an end the game has? It looks like it has a pretty solid foundation. It's surprising they couldn't get someone to pick it up.

I don't blame a solo dev for walking away though. There is a reason game development teams are huge nowadays.

[Hawke64]

16 hours ago, Hurlshort said:

Huh, bummer. I wonder how much of an end the game has? It looks like it has a pretty solid foundation. It's surprising they couldn't get someone to pick it up.

I don't blame a solo dev for walking away though. There is a reason game development teams are huge nowadays.

I suppose, I am going to try it and see how it goes even if I do not finish the game. It is £1.09 at the moment. 

Edit. It crashed with

Curl error 7: Failed to connect to config.uca.cloud.unity3d.com port 443 after 6775 ms: Couldn't connect to server
Crash!!!

Will poke a bit more to see if it runs. The developers working with Unity forgetting to disable the analytics and hitting the firewall are not new. 

Edit. 2. It runs. But too hot for comfort, so until I get some better cooling, I'd rather keep it sitting in the library. 

Then again, you can play as a half-moose, so that's something to look forward to. 

Edited 2 hours ago by Hawke64