The 'Sidian Tyranny thread

[Infinitron]

http://cogconnected.com/preview/tyranny-e3-2016-preview/

 

 

http://www.shacknews.com/article/95461/e3-2016-tyranny-preview-working-for-evil

http://www.rpgfan.com/previews/Tyranny/index.html

http://www.gamerevolution.com/preview/tyranny

Edited June 22, 2016 by Infinitron

[Sabotin]

Codex getting the scoops even before the news outlets post them xD.

 

So far I'm kinda tentative about the game. I guess the demo was more of a culmination of past choices and will also have further consequences for the story? The combat looks slower than PoE, but still with active skill spam. Writing I can't really judge, though the conversation options don't seem many and the "two anus" joke made me facepalm really hard.

 

So from the gameplay:

Battles are smaller (on purpose or cause of the engine?)

Abilities are on cooldown instead of per encounter/per rest (think I saw 20ish to 40ish s reuse).

Combo abilities are per encounter.

No stamina, just health (which regenerates after combat) (Why have rest then?)

Abilities seem to do % of weapon damage. (Spells seem to have static damage and healing is always % based)

Abilities can be upgraded.

Health pots are instant and ignore recovery.

Not sure if they're just renamed but there's dodge and parry stats?

There's stances which give you passive +/- stats (one was +accuracy and a boost to certain abilities, another one was trading parry/dodge for attack speed and increasing damage dealt as you take damage)

Engagement still present or are those arrows just to see who's targeting what?

One of the combo abilities is a taunt which forces target, so maybe there's aggro mechanics?

Stuff upgrades both when you use it and through conversation.

Seems there's hyperlinks in conversations?

Not sure if it's a specific companion thing or just general abilities, but that unarmed old guy is holding a quill (and there's even an ability where he throws it)...

In general the design has me kinda worried, it reminds me of how DA:O->DA2 went with stylisation.

Edited June 22, 2016 by Sabotin

[Sarex]

On the other hand, the few women I've recommended the Wheel of Time series to (about 3 or 4, all told) all stopped reading the series because they hated how Robert Jordan wrote the women characters so much that they couldn't get through it. Something about the women being so consistently stupid and stubborn all of the time and the main men characters listening to them way more than they should, and about how Robert Jordan should never write a woman character ever again...

 

...which I can sympathize with, given that Elayne was quite possibly the most stupid and annoying character, PERIOD - regardless of gender - that I've ever had to spend a significant amount of time reading about...but I dealt with that by just skimming over her parts as fast as possible and hoping she was dealt a quick death ASAP. Alas, it was not to be.

 

I think his wife Harriet was responsible for how his female characters turned out. She was also his editor btw.

Edited June 22, 2016 by Sarex

[Infinitron]

http://www.cgmagonline.com/2016/06/22/tyranny-new-rpg-classic-obsidan-tyranny-paradox-interactive/

 

German video:

 

Edited June 22, 2016 by Infinitron

[HoonDing]

Looks like Divinity Original Sin 2 will be much better.

[Infinitron]

 

http://justforcrits.com/first-impression-tyranny/

Edited June 23, 2016 by Infinitron

[kirottu]

Mageplay is the best play.

[Infinitron]

 

http://nzgamer.com/previews/1287/tyranny-hands-on.html

[apolloooo]

the setting kinda reminds me of the black company

[Nonek]

I have to wonder which Archon our Fatebinder will eventually rise to supplant, most probably that Tuerny the Merciless chap.

[Tale]

When I'm done with you, Nerat's new name for you will be Second Anus.

It's on.

[HoonDing]

Come to think of it, the Black Company was surprisingly inclusive without becoming completely nonsensical like Malazan.

[Infinitron]

http://www.gamepressure.com/e.asp?ID=836

http://www.polygon.com/e3/2016/6/23/12011030/tyranny-obsidian-rpg-e3-2016-bad-guy-evil-windows-pc-paradox

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/1425/feature/10956/E3-2016-When-Being-Evil-is-a-Day-Job.html/page/1

http://www.rpgamer.com/news/Q2-2016/062416a.html

Edited June 24, 2016 by Infinitron

[Infinitron]

http://www.dualshockers.com/2016/06/24/tyranny-preview-its-good-to-be-bad/

http://www.entertainmentbuddha.com/tyranny-preview-tactical-judgment-required/

[Infinitron]

http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2016/06/25/e3-2016-tyranny-is-in-the-stabbed-eye-of-the-beholder/214204/

http://nichegamer.com/2016/06/25/tyranny-hands-preview/

[Infinitron]

[Cyseal]

Please, implement in the game cinematic image effects

[Sannom]

The game has its GOG product page :

 

https://www.gog.com/game/tyranny

[Mamoulian War]

Man, I am so happy that Obsidian and Paradox were able to make a deal with GOG!!! I would be happier only, if we could have non-steambound physical box as well. Man can dream

Edited June 29, 2016 by Mamoulian War

[ShadySands]

The game has its GOG product page :

 

https://www.gog.com/game/tyranny

I did not expect this at all

 

This is awesome!

[Sannom]

I'm guessing that GOG wasn't a regular partner for Paradox's new titles?

 

That, plus GOG Galaxy, plus the "Steam integration" a few weeks back... I'm thinking that them polish people are trying to become a real competitor to the Steam behemoth, hey?

[ShadySands]

No, they'd been on a Steam only kick for a while

 

Even changed CK2 to being Steam only even though it wasn't launched as such

[Infinitron]

 

Dev Diary #5 – Combat

29 JUNE, 2016Authorby Brian Heins.

Hello, everyone! In our last dev update, I mentioned that we’d start talking more about gameplay systems and combat after E3. So let’s get to it!

I’ve mentioned what combat in Tyranny will be like in several interviews. But for those of you who haven’t read any of those, here are some highlights: Our combat is real-time, with the ability to pause at any time to issue commands to a party of up to 4 characters, including your own. In addition to the spells and abilities each character can use, we’ve also added companion combos – abilities that allow your character and a companion to work together in concert to create a powerful effect. Abilities use a cooldown system, allowing you to use most of your abilities multiple times per encounter. Combat is based on your character’s skills, and the more you use those skills, the more experience you’ll gain.

With that overview in mind, let’s dive into some specifics!

Attack Resolution

When you perform an attack in Tyranny – whether it’s a basic weapon attack, casting a spell, or using an ability – your Accuracy is compared to the target’s Defense to determine how well the attack does. As with Pillars of Eternity, each attack can have one of four possible results: Miss, Graze (attacks deal less damage, status effects are applied for a shorter duration), Hit, or Crit (attacks deal greater damage, and status effects are applied for a longer duration).

Your Accuracy is determined by one or more character skills. A basic attack will use the skill associated with the weapon you’re attacking with. A spell will use the magic skill for that type of spell and the character’s Lore skill. If more than one skill is used, their values are averaged together to produce the final skill value. Accuracy bonuses from weapons or abilities are added to that base value to determine the final Accuracy for the attack. The skills used to determine Accuracy are also the skills you gain experience in for that attack.

Each attack targets one of five possible Defenses: Parry, Dodge, Endurance, Will, or Magic. Enemies and party members have different strengths and weaknesses in these defenses, making some attacks better options against one type of enemy than another.

Accuracy is compared to Defense, and the resulting difference is used to modify the combat result table. Higher Accuracy results in a greater chance to Crit or Hit, reducing the chance to Graze or Miss. A lower Accuracy has the opposite effect, making you Graze or Miss more often.

Taking Damage

Damage in Tyranny works similarly to Pillars. We have multiple damage types based on the armor a character wears: Slash, Pierce, Crush, Burn, Shock, Frost, Corrode, and Arcane. Different enemies have strengths and weaknesses against different types of damage. To maximize the pain you inflict, you’ll want to target your enemies with damage types they are weak against.

Armor is still important to mitigate damage, but we also wanted to give more options for different character builds. Heavier armors (bronze or iron) provide Armor, which reduces damage dealt down to a minimum of 1. We’ve also added a new stat to lighter armors called Deflection. Deflection provides a chance that an attack will be downgraded one level (IE: a Crit becomes a Hit, a Hit becomes a Graze, or a Graze becomes a Miss). Deflection can be increased by the Finesse stat, and by talents and other items you can find in the game.

Tyranny handles hit points differently than Pillars did. Instead of the combination of Health and Endurance, we have a single Health bar to focus on. As attacks deal damage, your character’s Health is reduced. When it reaches 0, a character falls unconscious (or dies, depending on game options). Characters can be revived using special abilities or consumables, or they will regain consciousness at the end of combat and begin regenerating Health.

We’ve also added the Wound system. When your character falls unconscious, they will gain a Wound – more than one on the hardest difficulty settings. On harder difficulties, you’ll also gain a Wound when a character reaches low health. When a character is Wounded, their max health is reduced and all of their skills suffer a small penalty. Wounds can stack and will remain on a character until they rest.

Game Difficulty

Tyranny will ship with four difficulty settings for the game: Story Mode, Normal, Hard, and Path of the Damned. Each of these difficulty settings will affect how challenging combat is with Story Mode being for players who mainly want to experience the story and reactivity of the game. If you watched any of the videos from E3, this is the difficulty setting you saw.

As difficulty increases, we focus more on the AI and tactics of enemies rather than just adding more enemies to each encounter. On harder difficulties enemies will choose targets more effectively as well as use their abilities more frequently and strategically. We also replace some weaker units with more challenging ones at higher difficulties.

Other Combat Changes

We’ve made several other changes to combat, a few of which I want to highlight:

Interrupt: We still have interrupt in Tyranny, but we’ve simplified this a bit. Unlike Pillars, we don’t have a separate Interrupt roll. Only some abilities will interrupt the target. When those abilities Hit or Crit, they will interrupt (Grazes and Misses do not interrupt). An interrupted target has any queued actions cleared and enters recovery. The length of their recovery depends on how strong the ability’s interrupt was.

Consumables: We’ve changed how consumables work in Tyranny. They’re now an instant action, meaning the effects apply as soon as you use the consumable, even if the character is on recovery. Once a character uses a consumable, all consumables for that character are on cooldown for a short duration. This allows you to rescue a character at low health, but you can’t just spam healing potions to make your party members invincible.

Friendly Fire: We’ve removed friendly fire from abilities in Tyranny. I wanted players to be able to focus on maximizing their damage to enemies, without worrying about harming their own party members in the process.

Hopefully this gave you some insight into how combat will work in Tyranny. In our next dev update, we’ll introduce you to one of the Companion characters who can travel with you through the world.

~Brian Heins, Game Director

 

 

[ManifestedISO]

No friendly fire, I believe this pleases me.

[Gfted1]

Abilities / skill / consumables on cooldows, with instant effects? Sweet! Moving in the right direction.

 

^Agreed, no FF is glorious.