KickStarter Serpent in the Staglands Pre-Release Thread

[you know what time it is]

 

[Eyeball]

Reg is utterly right. That combat engine is in-excusable - it's like an uglier, slower, clunkier POE engine, and that one was bad enough as it is.

If you can look on this shit with anything but revulsion, there is something fucking wrong with you.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

 

[Rivmusique]

We

Who?

 

[Regvard]

We

Who?

Your mom and I. Inanity reigns supreme.

 

[Infinitron]

Of course, I utterly disagree with Regvard, but I am looking forward to the fireworks when the "why is PoE not BG2" crowd discovers that this game is just as much about low-level, mundane combat as Pillars is, if not moreso.

 

[Zeriel]

With edges like these, I don't even need a shaving razor.

 

[Mustawd]

With edges like these, I don't even need a shaving razor.

Seriously...

 

[you know what time it is]

Of course, I utterly disagree with Regvard, but I am looking forward to the fireworks when the "why is PoE not BG2" crowd discovers that this game is just as much about low-level, mundane combat as Pillars is, if not moreso.

Unlike M&MX

 

[Zorba the Hutt]

Perhaps my troll-detector is just having another of its periodic malfunctions, but it seems like every Codex thread I've read today is full of graphic whores complaining about games looking repulsive. If only this two-person project with limited resources had adopted a Grimoirian multi-decade development cycle to produce something that looked like PoE.

Won't anyone think of the graphic whores?

 

[Mustawd]

Perhaps my troll-detector is just having another of its periodic malfunctions, but it seems like every Codex thread I've read today is full of graphic whores complaining about games looking repulsive. If only this two-person project with limited resources had adopted a Grimoirian multi-decade development cycle to produce something that looked like PoE.

It's not your imagination. The TToN thread is full of 'em as well. Codex is infested with them.

 

[dukeofwhales]

Perhaps my troll-detector is just having another of its periodic malfunctions, but it seems like every Codex thread I've read today is full of graphic whores complaining about games looking repulsive. If only this two-person project with limited resources had adopted a Grimoirian multi-decade development cycle to produce something that looked like PoE.

It's not your imagination. The TToN thread is full of 'em as well. Codex is infested with them.

The Witcher is to blame.

 

[Regvard]

Perhaps my troll-detector is just having another of its periodic malfunctions, but it seems like every Codex thread I've read today is full of graphic whores complaining about games looking repulsive. If only this two-person project with limited resources had adopted a Grimoirian multi-decade development cycle to produce something that looked like PoE.

Won't anyone think of the graphic whores?

Yes, because pixel art is totally the only way a 2 man team can create visuals and not at all shtick-of-the-year.

 

[Hatred]

Well it wouldn't be the codex without someone being edgy I guess.

I am looking forward to the fireworks when the "why is PoE not BG2" crowd discovers that this game is just as much about low-level, mundane combat as Pillars is, if not moreso.

There is a crowd that says "Why does PoE have such boring static combat and such terrible character systems". I've not really noticed the crowd you are talking about. Are you implying that SitS will also have static boring meaningless combat with control-v style encounter design ? Or you think that SitS will be such a walk in the park that you can simply kill everything by auto attacking before even getting halfway through the game ?
Just what are you implying Infinitron. If SitS has super boring combat with super boring characters and is a total cakewalk even on the hardest difficulty you can bet your little Jewbot undies that it will get panned by the same people who panned PoE. If it even just has totally fail encounter design people will probably turn on it.
Edit : I am willing to bet that SitS gets a better reaction from the "why isn't PoE anything like the IE games crowd"
Anyone who is actually playing the beta feel free to put forwards your views on the combat to date.

 

[DeepOcean]

There are graphix whores everywhere on the codex these days, graphix whores should jump from a cliff to make the world better, fuck that shit, lwts talk about what is important, how the gaem is?

 

[ERYFKRAD]

There are graphix whores everywhere on the codex these days, graphix whores should jump from a cliff to make the world better, fuck that shit, lwts talk about what is important, how the gaem is?

Gaem is awesoem.

 

[DeepOcean]

Of course, I utterly disagree with Regvard, but I am looking forward to the fireworks when the "why is PoE not BG2" crowd discovers that this game is just as much about low-level, mundane combat as Pillars is, if not moreso.

Well, if the game has a pretentious story, boring quests, boring level design, boring combat it will be as shitty as PoE. What you expect? A shitty indie game,(What I hope Serpents of the Staglands isn't) would somehow vindicate PoE? Besides... if the worse happen, failing for being a dumbfuck is way more excusable than failing because you did a bait and switch on nostalgia to make a slamdunk Feargus style.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Of course, I utterly disagree with Regvard, but I am looking forward to the fireworks when the "why is PoE not BG2" crowd discovers that this game is just as much about low-level, mundane combat as Pillars is, if not moreso.

Where the hell are you pulling mundane combat out of? Mundane activities, sure. Combat?

 

[Haba]

Don't appreciate being told what good builds are! Prefer screwing up 28 times and figuring it out myself...

Gouge out your eyes for extra fumbling in the dark?

 

[ERYFKRAD]

any preview LPs up yet?

I'm just waiting for their Polish update to be translated to English so I can do one on the 'dex.

 

[ghostdog]

This game looks way better than many other games, especially when we're talking about recent 3D unity rpgs. You must be a colossal faggot to bitch about graphics. Also lol at gameplay criticism using the "those old games played like that because of tech limitations" absurdity. By this moronic assumption all new games should be 3D first person real time shooters and turn-based, Rtwp and even text should be abolished.

 

[Darth Roxor]

all new games should be 3D first person real time shooters

Solid Snake returns

as the Serpent in the Staglands

coming to xbox one and ps4 later this year

 

[Zorba the Hutt]

 

[Infinitron]

https://twitter.com/whalenought/status/601639239873343488

 

[Sensuki]

I'm a gfxwhore

I like how they smartly scaled their pixel art to not look shit at high resolution. Don't know of any other games that do that