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COLONY SHIP

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COLONY SHIP

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Didn't see a thread so I will start one.


The hardest update of the year is done and we can finally focus on the endgame events. We need about 3 weeks to wrap it up, the level design and most writing is already done, so we're confident enough to announce the release date - Nov 9.

The game was in development since Jan 2017, so it's been almost 7 years, which is quite a journey. We would have never made it this far without players willing to support us and help us make a better game. Thank you.
COLONY SHIP, the new game from superman development team IRON TOWER STUDIOS is releasing officially on November 9th. COLONY SHIP is the wildly anticipated follow-up to the renowned CRPG classic THE AGE OF DECADENCE, considered by experts to be one of the best CRPGs of all time and certainly the greatest CRPG released in the 2010s era, and DUNGEON RATS, the ruthlessly difficult small scale combat focused expansion to THE AGE OF DECADENCE that only the most intelligent and handsome gamers were able to complete on the highest difficulty.

COLONY SHIP departs from the post-apocalyptic fantasy setting of THE AGE OF DECADENCE for a science fiction space ship setting, but keeps the previous title's gameplay framework focused on relatively short length playthroughs combined with ultra high re-playability in the form of innumerous branching story paths and high player-character build variety. COLONY SHIP builds on and improves the beloved combat system of AGE OF DECADENCE by introducing companions and party-based combat; IRON TOWER STUDIOS having previous shown their adept handling of such systems on a smaller scale in DUNGEON RATS, experts are confident that the combat in COLONY SHIP will set a new and exciting standard for CRPGs.

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Wrong area. This belongs in the visual novels forum.
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KnightoftheWind wrote: October 10th, 2023, 05:10
What a cluttered mess, how could anyone play this?.
You need to be handsome to play.
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:roll:
If we're talking about the in-setting visuals then clearly it is meant to be a dark area, many areas of the ship are in a bad state, using emergency lighting etc. Seems to be a minimal amount of noisy, garish special effects and the weapon and character designs are all easy to read and generally COOL and BADASS looking.
As for the UI, all the information needed is conveyed in simple, direct ways, no idea what more you could want. I haven't played the game and I can look at that and immediately know what I would click to do what.

Now lets take a look at a few Baldurs Gape 3 screenshots...
Ugly, noisy, messy, and homosexual.
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agentorange wrote: October 10th, 2023, 06:19
:roll:
If we're talking about the in-setting visuals then clearly it is meant to be a dark area, many areas of the ship are in a bad state, using emergency lighting etc. Seems to be a minimal amount of noisy, garish special effects and the weapon and character designs are all easy to read and generally COOL and BADASS looking.
As for the UI, all the information needed is conveyed in simple, direct ways, no idea what more you could want. I haven't played the game and I can look at that and immediately know what I would click to do what.

Now lets take a look at a few Baldurs Gape 3 screenshots...
Ugly, noisy, messy, and homosexual.
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The problem is that it's one of the first images I see on their own store page and I can't understand what's even happening.

Neither of those images you provided are promo material, are they?
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Age of Decadence was ugly too so this is no surprise.
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General Reign wrote: October 10th, 2023, 06:24
Age of Decadence was ugly too so this is no surprise.
I don't necessarily think the game is ugly, that specific screenshot might not be either in context. But it makes for an ugly promo shot.

I consider e.g., this one to be much better
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Whatever, I just want to play it.
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General Reign wrote: October 10th, 2023, 06:24
Age of Decadence was ugly too so this is no surprise.
This looks much better than Age of Decadence. AoD looked like a PS2 game.
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I wish more games looked like PS2 games. Game visuals mostly peaked with late-gen PS2 games.
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Post by junior »

It looks fine, hopefully it was worth it to not play EA for all this years.
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Post by Boontaker »

I can confirm that this game has build diversity.

The difference between making a skill monkey vs making a murder machine is night and day, which is a good thing. Currently playing as "Captain Useless" only useful for out of combat RPG stuff and buffing the team with my mere existence, its fun. I have also tried a short stint as a murdrerhobo and it's very satisfying building a character that can dumpster anyone who dares fuck around.
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Credits theme leak reveal
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sour grapes because kalin can't run the game on his toaster
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Sounds like turd world problems.
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Post by Agesilaus »

Colony Ship is GOTY and anyone who says otherwise is either a troll, delusional, or both.

After the full version is released, I'll do my usual thing and playthrough with a max intelligence guy with that skills perk so I can pass all the clever-clogs stat checks and read all the lore.

Also, AoD was not ugly. People need to have more respect for functional, stream-lined graphics.
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Agesilaus wrote: October 21st, 2023, 02:08
Colony Ship is GOTY and anyone who says otherwise is either a troll, delusion, or both.
You've mistaken it for Caves of Lore.
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Acrux wrote: October 21st, 2023, 04:39
Agesilaus wrote: October 21st, 2023, 02:08
Colony Ship is GOTY and anyone who says otherwise is either a troll, delusion, or both.
You've mistaken it for Caves of Lore.
Thanks for reminding me of another game in my back log. :groan:

Truly we live in a golden age of CRPGs.
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Okay, which one of you motherfuckers is this?
Also Discord is the gayest fucking thing in the history of mankind.
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Sweeper wrote: October 24th, 2023, 11:17
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Okay, which one of you motherfuckers is this?
Also Discord is the gayest fucking thing in the history of mankind.
forgot to leave a negative review, thanks for reminding me
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Sweeper wrote: October 24th, 2023, 11:17
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Okay, which one of you motherfuckers is this?
Also Discord is the gayest fucking thing in the history of mankind.
That's me.
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Post by revenant »

What is downgrade

What is a discord review

What is mass ping

I am old
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Post by agentorange »

The downgrade refers to the Steam rating system where your game is placed in different categories that affect visibility depending on the amount of positive/negative reviews you have.

He is talking about Steam reviews not Discord reviews.

Mass ping refers to when you send an alert to everyone in a certain Discord. In this case it was done to ask people in the Discord, who probably care about the game, to leave a positive review for the game to help it potentially sell more copies.
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Post by revenant »

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
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tbh I should get free copies for paying taxes & vince being ukrainian
I've given his people more than enough money already
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"negative reviews are too be expected"

This is the savior of our hobby?

ITS games are boring garbage for aspies.
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