COLONY SHIP

[Shillitron]

tbh I should get free copies for paying taxes & vince being ukrainian
I've given his people more than enough money already

VD lives in Toronto though..?

The reason Iron Tower is having financial problems is because it takes VD 10 years to add a wooden box to his game. Age of Decadence for what it is, should of never taken that long. I can only assume that VD is a notorious slacker / procrastinator. Which is fine.. except he hired a bunch of contractors to work on his game with him who evidently are also slacking procrastinators.. at least when Cleve spends 20 years on a game it's actually good and he does it all himself with no payroll or royalties to cover.

This game looks boring and took too long to make. There has been like 20 games that have started and finished in this genre, just in the time they've taken to make two update announcements.

[agentorange]

I checked the game's store page today and the review summary is "very positive", which is only one step beneath "overwhelmingly positive" which is the top category IIRC, but the problem is probably the low number of reviews how Vince mentioned.

Also agentorange supports the game so much but still hasn't preordered it

I bought it. Been playing it a little although I will probably wait for full release before making too much progress.
It's definitely got the rizz. Looking to be the best RPG of the 2020s like AoD was the best of the 2010s.
Not enough gay sex for the ******* on this forum though but then again I enjoy the game more knowing that it repels ****-taste-havers.

[agentorange]

Game is officially good after about 8 hours of play. Have yet to move onto what I think is chapter 2 (I get a prompt saying I should finish any unfinished business etc) and haven't done everything there is to do in the first areas.

Combat is challenging. I was concerned the game might be too easy because after playing so much Dungeon Rats I found that AoD had turned into a complete cakewalk for me whenever I replayed it. But Colony Ship combat has enough new mechanics and differences that even if you are a super skilled genius AoD/DR player like me it will still be difficult, at least at first. Similar to AoD/DR, consumables can still give you a significant edge in otherwise unwinnable fights, and similar to the previous games these consumables are, as far as I can tell, available in pretty limited quantities per chapter.

[Shillitron]

Game is officially good after about 8 hours of play.

What's the bear sex like? Any male companions trying to tongue you yet?

Still on the fence.

[agentorange]

There's mindworm and frog enemies, maybe you can imagine yourself getting raped by those.

[rusty_shackleford]

so is this an rpg or another visual novel?

[Boontaker]

so is this an rpg or another visual novel?

Most quests have 2 or more ways to solve them, NPCs that survive chapters return in later chapters. Builds and character advancement is important, narrative changes based on your decision, although major quests only.

Also it's hard if you don't play on games journalist mode

[rusty_shackleford]

so is this an rpg or another visual novel?

Most quests have 2 or more ways to solve them, NPCs that survive chapters return in later chapters. Builds and character advancement is important, narrative changes based on your decision, although major quests only.

Also it's hard if you don't play on games journalist mode

rpgs are about combat

[agentorange]

We all know that if Boontaker had posted about the combat in Colony Ship then rusty would have responding with "rpgs are about the sense of adventure/problem solving/npcs walking between locations, etc."

Anyway one of the strengths of the game is the combat, it even has party members now, so if that's your criteria then yes the game is an RPG.

[Boontaker]

so is this an rpg or another visual novel?

Most quests have 2 or more ways to solve them, NPCs that survive chapters return in later chapters. Builds and character advancement is important, narrative changes based on your decision, although major quests only.

Also it's hard if you don't play on games journalist mode

rpgs are about combat

I think the combat of Colony ship will be to much for you rusty, stick with starfield

[Shillitron]

ITT people sucking off Vince because he's supposedly an OG Grognard.. but he was actually a liberal tyrant that even made DU blush and had to be demodded to not ban all the evil conservatives off codex.

"No! We just like his games" - What games? 15 years to release a boring roman rompt with **** pacing and slow *** combat. Play Underrail, it's 10x longer / more enjoyable and you'll get to see the next one before your kids finish university and stick you in the retirement home.

[Boontaker]

ITT people sucking off Vince because he's supposedly an OG Grognard.. but he was actually a liberal tyrant that even made DU blush and had to be demodded to not ban all the evil conservatives off codex.

"No! We just like his games" - What games? 15 years to release a boring roman rompt with **** pacing and slow *** combat. Play Underrail, it's 10x longer / more enjoyable and you'll get to see the next one before your kids finish university and stick you in the retirement home.

If you know the names and politics of the people making video games, you are gay

I don't know who sings the songs I like
I don't know who makes the games I like
I don't know who makes the movies I like

Spending the time to look that **** up is women behavior

Play the ******* game

[wndrbr]

Play Underrail, you'll get to see the next one before your kids finish university and stick you in the retirement home.

ahahahahahahahahahahah

[agentorange]

"No! We just like his games" - What games? 15 years to release a boring roman rompt with **** pacing and slow *** combat. Play Underrail, it's 10x longer / more enjoyable and you'll get to see the next one before your kids finish university and stick you in the retirement home.

Who cares. He took a long time to make a game because he wanted to get it right and he did. I don't need a developer to be releasing a game every other year. Underrail also took a very long time to develop because it and AoD are unique and complex CRPGs made by a small handful of people working sometimes part-time, and Colony Ship will be releasing before whatever Styg's next game is, so what is your point. If they managed to finish their games a few years earlier sure it would be nice, but they don't have the production level and team size to do that, and if they did then the games they make would not be the same because in having a larger team/budget they would then have to make games that would appeal to more people, so it is what it is.

I don't know why the ****-taste-havers are the ones complaining about the developers not releasing games fast enough anyway, since I'm sure you can find no end of slop to consume and keep you distracted in between the release of these games.

[rusty_shackleford]

I'm not reading all that crap I just want good sci-fi rpgs so I'm waiting for ao to finish it.

[Shillitron]

If you know the names and politics of the people making video games, you are gay

@agentorange why are you giggling over this post? You purity test every dev who even breathes on the development of a game.

[Boontaker]

IT'S TIME!

No more bitching, no more excuses. This will be the hardest CRPG released this year and likely next year as well. Make your character and post how your noob *** gets killed. Failure to complete this game will mean you are in fact TRASH at RPGs.

[Lich]

I don't need this game to know I'm trash at RPGs

[revenant]

Steam deck: unsupported

Wtf is Vince thinking if he's bitching about insufficient reviews while not adding one feature that would make his game at least 10 times more popular

[rusty_shackleford]

Steam deck: unsupported

Wtf is Vince thinking if he's bitching about insufficient reviews while not adding one feature that would make his game at least 10 times more popular

https://www.protondb.com/app/648410

[revenant]

Steam deck: unsupported

Wtf is Vince thinking if he's bitching about insufficient reviews while not adding one feature that would make his game at least 10 times more popular

https://www.protondb.com/app/648410

I am talking about official deck support visible in the store page

[The_Mask]

I already have this game, but I'm afraid to install it before AO gives his opinion, and while Rusty's gaze is upon it, because I'm afraid that my opinion on it will be closely scrutinized.

[maidenhaver]

Steam deck: unsupported

Wtf is Vince thinking if he's bitching about insufficient reviews while not adding one feature that would make his game at least 10 times more popular

https://www.protondb.com/app/648410

I am talking about official deck support visible in the store page

Yeah, he only wants decky users playing.

[The_Mask]

[agentorange]

I already have this game, but I'm afraid to install it before AO gives his opinion, and while Rusty's gaze is upon it, because I'm afraid that my opinion on it will be closely scrutinized.

Well it will probably be a while before I finish it. And much like AoD I don't think a single playthrough is going to show even a fraction of the game's depth. It seems to be a lot larger than AoD even judging by the first 8 hour or so hours of play, while maintaining the same content density.

Since a lot of people whined about things like "teleporting" and "cyoa" elements in AoD, Colony Ship does have less areas that rely on navigating only through dialogue choices. For example the area that parallels The Abyss from AoD, is in Colony Ship a fully explorable dungeon rather than a series of dialogue skill checks-- think something a lot closer to The Glow from Fallout 1 which was the clear inspiration for both.

Sneaking is handled significantly differently, rather than again being a series of dialogue skill checks, and from what little I experienced as my non-sneaking build seems to be based around getting a starting advantage and superior positioning over the enemy rather than being an instant win with a high enough skill.

The leveling system is drastically different from AoD. You no longer get skill points on level up, so saving up skill points to pass future checks is out, instead skills are leveled through a combination of level by use, trainers, and augmentations. Your character can no longer be an expert lore master because they passed a bunch of persuasion checks and lockpicked a bunch of doors.

This feeds into the combat system as well, because improving your chances in combat is now tied more to the feats system than purely skill level. Feats are basically perks and can alter your character significantly, for example giving you ways to increase Action Points through means other than maxing out Dexterity. I haven't played far enough to be sure but hopefully this means that combat won't be trivialized by getting 10 in your weapon skill and defense skill of choice as quickly as possible.

[rusty_shackleford]

so saving up skill points to pass future checks is out

based

[Agesilaus]

I finished it (played beta full release a week early) and am currently doing another playthrough with a combat build that relies on Faythe for passing checks. ABSOLUTE GOTY BUY IT YOU FUCKERS SO WE CAN GET ANOTHER ITS GAME AND ALSO BECAUSE CS IS GOOD.

The reason I'm going with a combat build is in part because there is an absolutely hilarious and non-sensical ending that can only be achieved if you can beat the **** out of everyone who tries to stop you. I also like Sgt. Smiles and wanted to help her indulge her bloodlust, which involves a tough battle. And, in what is one of the great strengths of an ITS game, a playthrough doesn't take 5000 hours. Replayability is real.

[Sweeper]

Play Underrail

Regardless of the context in which it's given, this is good advice.

I ain't give a **** about any other aspect of Colony Ship apart from the buildfaggotry and combat.
Are any of those good?

[Boontaker]

Play Underrail

Regardless of the context in which it's given, this is good advice.

I ain't give a **** about any other aspect of Colony Ship apart from the buildfaggotry and combat.
Are any of those good?

Combat is good, requires use of consumables for some of the harder fights. However...

Xp rewards are split amongst the party so playing Solo will net you thr most levels/skill xp. If you go this route you can become truly monstrous in combat, but it's not for the faint of heart.

It uses an action point system and has a talent that refunds AP on kill, with no cap. I'm sure you can imagine how this turns out eventually.

[Sweeper]

Play Underrail

Regardless of the context in which it's given, this is good advice.

I ain't give a **** about any other aspect of Colony Ship apart from the buildfaggotry and combat.
Are any of those good?

Combat is good, requires use of consumables for some of the harder fights. However...

Xp rewards are split amongst the party so playing Solo will net you thr most levels/skill xp. If you go this route you can become truly monstrous in combat, but it's not for the faint of heart.

It uses an action point system and has a talent that refunds AP on kill, with no cap. I'm sure you can imagine how this turns out eventually.

I was gonna say I'll end up getting it but uh
>38,99
for an indie title? Them **** over at Iron Tower got me ****** up if they think I'm paying that many shekels for it.