Game News Age of Decadence Released on Steam Early Access

[Zombra]

Maaan, I just can't get into it. And I really enjoyed (and beat) FO1-2.
What can I do as a good-natured, axe wielding Drifter who's interested in lore? I keep running into walls and fights that pit multiple warriors against my one guy.

Yeah, it's weird. It seems like you can't just make a character based on a concept and have it work. Gotta metagame hard to crack the things you want to be able to do, or accept just blundering through failing at everything.

 

[hiver]

Maybe investing points in Lore could help? just a thought.

ah, also

What can I do as a good-natured,...

I think i see a mistake here.

 

[Infinitron]

Maaan, I just can't get into it. And I really enjoyed (and beat) FO1-2.
What can I do as a good-natured, axe wielding Drifter who's interested in lore? I keep running into walls and fights that pit multiple warriors against my one guy.

Yeah, it's weird. It seems like you can't just make a character based on a concept and have it work. Gotta metagame hard to crack the things you want to be able to do, or accept just blundering through failing at everything.

Supporting more archetype in the game requires either:

1) Creating more content (quest options, etc) for them, which requires time. At this point, we really don't want this, and there's also a danger that any new content for "good-natured" characters would clash with the game's bleak tone.
2) Toning down the difficulty. Vault Dweller doesn't want this, and frankly, at this point, neither should we.

So yeah. We are left with a cRPG where creating the "correct" type of character is a significant challenge factor. Vault Dweller has compared it to a roguelike, where gameplay is focused around putting characters "through the meatgrinder" in multiple successive playthroughs until a winning character formula is found. Personally, I think that explanation is a bit of a cop-out, but it is what is.

 

[hiver]

There is no single "winning character formula".
You can play the game with various character formulas but the player has to accept the boundaries of his character skills and play accordingly. The first and biggest thing to accept is that to play a "talker" you need to engage only in talking playthrough - which means no playing as Loremaster for the IG or the Assassins, for example. And choosing appropriate skills to upgrade for that and avoiding choices that lead you into fights.

 

[Ogg]

No steam cards?! Definitely not buying!

 

[Jim the Dinosaur]

Supporting more archetype in the game requires either:

2) Toning down the difficulty. Vault Dweller doesn't want this, and frankly, at this point, neither should we.

Wouldn't adding an easy/sub-optimal build mode be a relatively easy process, even at this stage (lowering skill checks universally by one, higher THC, something like that)? Vince might even accept it if he can give it a name like "little princess mode".

 

[Tigranes]

Yeah, it's called the Awesome Mode.

 

[Niektory]

Are saves compatible with the final version?

http://www.irontowerstudio.com/forum/index.php/topic,3493.msg107546.html#msg107546

A question - are R3.2 saves compatible with R4?

Nope. Too many drastic changes everywhere: combat, character system, balance, etc. But we'll try to keep savegames compatibility from now on.

 

[Zombra]

It seems like you can't just make a character based on a concept and have it work.

Supporting more archetype in the game requires either:

1) Creating more content (quest options, etc) for them, which requires time. At this point, we really don't want this, and there's also a danger that any new content for "good-natured" characters would clash with the game's bleak tone.
2) Toning down the difficulty. Vault Dweller doesn't want this, and frankly, at this point, neither should we.

Fair enough!

So yeah. We are left with a cRPG where creating the "correct" type of character is a significant challenge factor. Vault Dweller has compared it to a roguelike, where gameplay is focused around putting characters "through the meatgrinder" in multiple successive playthroughs until a winning character formula is found.

Hmm. So having to trash characters and start over constantly is an intended feature of gameplay? That seems pretty strange for a long-format RPG, but if that's how it's meant to be played, I guess I won't feel bad about metagaming the crap out of it.

 

[Humanity has risen!]

How do you gain back HP, there's no mention of this in the built-in help. I thought you were supposed to gain all your HP back after a fight?

 

[Vault Dweller]

Seriously?

How do you gain back HPs in RPGs? Use an item (healing balm, in this case) or see a healer.

 

[Awakened_Yeti]

Does the game feature tastefully done (or actually any player/done by player) rape?

rape rape rape rape rape rape

 

[Humanity has risen!]

I guess I didn't remember right, I thought it was designed in that the player automatically gained back all HP after fights (like in the SaGa games). Is it only that healing items cannot be used in combat?

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Is it only that healing items cannot be used in combat?

Pretty much.

 

[Humanity has risen!]

Just tried to open it back now, and all my saves are gone, along with my custom settings.

 

[Vault Dweller]

On Steam? Anyone else has this problem?

 

[Humanity has risen!]

No, not Steam, the DRM-free version from BMT Micro.

I am logged in as user instead of administrator, but I didn't install the game in a protected directory, and it looks like AOD puts all saves and settings files in the My Documents folder anyway.

It does not seem to do this the second time around. I am not sure exactly what happened the first time.

 

[hiver]

mine works fine on admin and user logon.

 

[a cut of domestic sheep prime]

Seriously?

How do you gain back HPs in RPGs? Use an item (healing balm, in this case) or see a healer.

Psst. Vince, in this day and age hit points either regenerate constantly or you click the "rest" button and wait for 5 seconds. Balm? Healers? Get with the times, man!

 

[UnknownBro]

My humble feedback (no bugs involved): My god the combat is HARD!!!

You have to reload like 10 times to be able to win a battle and the 'awesome' button didn't do shit.
After playing for 4 hours the combat feels like 'roll a dice and hope for the best', there is no strategy involved whatsoever, just sheer luck. Maybe throwing some javalins from afar or even a net but since you have so few skill points to distribute my THC with throwing weapons sucks.

Not enjoying it so far to be honest, maybe I'll switch to a non-combat character and try later.

I love the mechanics and sorry about the the negative feedback but for fucks sake this game needs a difficulty slider.

 

[Infinitron]

My humble feedback (no bugs involved): My god the combat is HARD!!!

You have to reload like 10 times to be able to win a battle and the 'awesome' button didn't do shit.
After playing for 4 hours the combat feels like 'roll a dice and hope for the best', there is no strategy involved whatsoever, just sheer luck. Maybe throwing some javalins from afar or even a net but since you have so few skill points to distribute my THC with throwing weapons sucks.

Not enjoying it so far to be honest, maybe I'll switch to a non-combat character and try later.

I love the mechanics and sorry about the the negative feedback but for fucks sake this game needs a difficulty slider.

The general rule is, if you can't win a fight, do whatever it takes to avoid it - even if that's against the character concept you're trying to roleplay. You are weak and pathetic and you need to do whatever it takes to survive.

 

[Vault Dweller]

After playing for 4 hours the combat feels like 'roll a dice and hope for the best', there is no strategy involved whatsoever, just sheer luck.

Sheer luck's a factor when you're relying on it exclusively. If you use tactics, you can beat any fight 3 out of 5 times consistently (assuming you have the right character; a loremaster can't kill anyone at the mine or the raiders camp, a combat-focused merc should)

I love the mechanics and sorry about the the negative feedback but for fucks sake this game needs a difficulty slider.

We do the slider and the setting goes out the window. You can't tell the player that the world is harsh if he can steam roll over everything.

 

[UnknownBro]

I avoided all the fights so far and I'm only following the Imperial guard's path.
I'm using the 'awesome' character and the fight with Antidas seems impossible so far.

Fuck this shit, I'm going to play Skyrim instead.

 

[Vault Dweller]

 

[AbounI]

I avoided all the fights so far and I'm only following the Imperial guard's path.
I'm using the 'awesome' character and the fight with Antidas seems impossible so far.

Fuck this shit, I'm going to play Skyrim instead.

Never you watch Felipe's trailer?

We've been warned
Why did you subscribe IG if you wan't to avoid combats? You'd better roleplay a loremaster or a merchant, which is the best choice to train yourself in the AoD world and learn all the game mechanics