The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread

Cyberarmy · Feb 18, 2025

mediocrepoet said:
This thing's DOA, but apparently there's enough done to do a complete run through of the game. It's 95% off if you want to check it out.

I think they abondoned this one.

mediocrepoet · Feb 18, 2025

Cyberarmy said:
mediocrepoet said:

This thing's DOA, but apparently there's enough done to do a complete run through of the game. It's 95% off if you want to check it out.

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I think they abondoned this one.

DOA means "Dead on Arrival"

Yes, but they say you can complete it and Konjad wrote a review on the Steam page about it. So if you think that's worth $1... if you don't, then don't.

Litmanen · Feb 18, 2025

mediocrepoet said:
Konjad wrote a review on the Steam page about it

Where/How can I find it?

Konjad

Edit: I've found the thread here on the Codex

mediocrepoet · Feb 18, 2025

Litmanen said:
mediocrepoet said:

Konjad wrote a review on the Steam page about it

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Where/How can I find it?

Konjad

Edit: I've found the thread here on the Codex

It's a pretty technical process.

1) Click on the link provided to get to the Steam page.
2) Read the review.

Since you seem to have difficulty with this I've pasted it here. Granted, I'm uncertain that you'll figure out how to purchase a game but we'll save that for another day.

BEAST is quite a decent but linear turn-based tactical game with focus on the story.

The combat is fun and combines melee and gun fights, and you get a party of up to 4 members (excluding additional storyline NPC). On normal difficulty the game is not too easy and provided challenge plenty of times, though if you've played a lot of tactical games before I'd suggest playing on hard after all, especially if you plan on doing side missions that provide additional items and experience. There are multiple character builds possible, and other team members have their own abilities depending on their class. There are plenty of supplementary items to assist combat: poison or oil you can put on blades, various granades, different kinds of ammunition for bows or guns. You get to manage party and choose who you take on a mission, although it seems to open only half-way through, the first half of the game had essentially set characters. The gameplay overall makes me think of a mix between the new XCOM series and Dungeon Rats, but unfortunately with more linear levels where you basically move from one point to another with occassional minor side task.

The story seems interesting enough, serves well as the background during gameplay. However, at the time of writing this the final missions seem not to be in the game yet. Cutscenes appear between most of missions, and the game's atmosphere is quite unique and intruguing. I won't comment on graphics because I had to play it on low, but while the game looked like a total turd on GTX 1060 3 GB it still run in 60 FPS without major graphical issues, so I can't complain. Audio needs a lot of work yet, there's plenty of issues with audio not fitting dialogues etc, it's a clear work in progress. Music is okay but extremely repetitive, I eventually turned it off, but from what I understand the final version is supposed to have new music and artists.

If you like tactical games then BEAST is certainly worth checking out, I had plenty of fun playing even the unfinished version. At this time in the beta the game is a bit rough around the edges, but the combat is appealing and I got absorbed to complete the game in a week (about 18h of gameplay). However, be aware that it is not an RPG, in spite of what Steam store page says - it's a pure turn based tactical game.

Litmanen · Feb 18, 2025

mediocrepoet said:
Read the review.

Love, there are more than 100 reviews and I don't know which one is Konjad's. But thank you <3

Edit: ok, now I know HE is kony!

karoliner · Feb 18, 2025

Solo dev from Spain.

Modron · Feb 18, 2025

karoliner said:
Solo dev from Spain.

Solo dev from Italy.

Elttharion · Thursday at 4:01 AM

mediocrepoet said:
This thing's DOA, but apparently there's enough done to do a complete run through of the game. It's 95% off if you want to check it out.

A dev said this on Steam

"Hi, I think you can safely buy it and give it a chance. The game is playable from start to finish. There is one ending (there are supposed to be more), but you can easily play the game twice in different ways (exorcise the beast or strengthen it for your own purposes). You have over 40 hours of gameplay ahead of you, over 30 missions, almost an hour of cutscenes, two main playable characters (the protagonist and the antagonist) and their warbands including a dozen or so different companions, a horse-drawn cart with a driver, etc.

The game is 90% finished. We didn't manage to finish the beta phase, so there are some bugs, but the game is graphically optimized quite well. You can play with a controller, you can play on Steam Deck. There is a Hardcore and Ironman game mode.

The game's atmosphere is quite dark, but there are also funny moments and references to pop culture. This is a game for someone who likes tactical combat like in Gears Tactics or Mordheim - without a grid, like in miniatures skirmish wargames. Darkest Dungeon fans appreciate the grimdark atmosphere and the Insanity mechanics."

Sounds good enough for me

Spike · Thursday at 8:51 AM

Elttharion said:
mediocrepoet said:

This thing's DOA, but apparently there's enough done to do a complete run through of the game. It's 95% off if you want to check it out.

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A dev said this on Steam

"Hi, I think you can safely buy it and give it a chance. The game is playable from start to finish. There is one ending (there are supposed to be more), but you can easily play the game twice in different ways (exorcise the beast or strengthen it for your own purposes). You have over 40 hours of gameplay ahead of you, over 30 missions, almost an hour of cutscenes, two main playable characters (the protagonist and the antagonist) and their warbands including a dozen or so different companions, a horse-drawn cart with a driver, etc.

The game is 90% finished. We didn't manage to finish the beta phase, so there are some bugs, but the game is graphically optimized quite well. You can play with a controller, you can play on Steam Deck. There is a Hardcore and Ironman game mode.

The game's atmosphere is quite dark, but there are also funny moments and references to pop culture. This is a game for someone who likes tactical combat like in Gears Tactics or Mordheim - without a grid, like in miniatures skirmish wargames. Darkest Dungeon fans appreciate the grimdark atmosphere and the Insanity mechanics."

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Sounds good enough for me