KickStarter Vagrus: The Riven Realms - post-apocalyptic fantasy caravan master RPG - now with Old Acquaintances DLC

[vazha]

Ffs another DLC? When can I play a FINISHED product, so as to not miss anything the game has to offer? They ve published enough dlcs for a fully fledged sequel at this point.

 

[SixDead]

Ffs another DLC? When can I play a FINISHED product, so as to not miss anything the game has to offer? They ve published enough dlcs for a fully fledged sequel at this point.

The final DLC is expected at the end of 2024. Then they will announce more DLCs

 

[Grunker]

Ffs another DLC? When can I play a FINISHED product, so as to not miss anything the game has to offer? They ve published enough dlcs for a fully fledged sequel at this point.

I’m fine with it tbh. Let the peasants pay for extravagant development and I’ll swoop in and play the finished product for a cent in a couple og years

 

[Modron]

Ffs another DLC? When can I play a FINISHED product, so as to not miss anything the game has to offer? They ve published enough dlcs for a fully fledged sequel at this point.

I remember when codexers got all butthurt that Battle Brothers' developers were going to move on to a sequel a few months after it left early access instead of making dlc for the game.

 

[Sloul]

Just booted the game a couple days ago, completely sucked into it.
I just learnt there used to have a time limit, and how god am I happy it's gone.
In chronology, I first came upon the information that there was a time limit, and I swear a good bunch of my hairs turned grey.
Also read about the reasons it was there in the first place and, it's a bad reason, 10 years is nothing, it shouldn't even remotely disturb the setting.
I also wonder what kind of message pops after 10ish years, as I absolutely dislike 4th wall breakings.
I do believe, the devs could still add a time limit as an option for players who are into it, there is really nothing that could go against that.

About the few things that annoy me there and there, it really seems sometimes that not everything is working as intended in the background, like, I've been feeding 'some' items to 'some' of my companions and their approval is not moving.
I can tell dampsmoke is working on Renkailon, poison is working - extremelly well - on Criftaa, but god, supplies don't seem to have any effects on Vorax (after using this option about 12ish times on him, nothing), same with Skornar and his mushroom beers.
Speaking about the companions, I am just a bit puzzled about their choices to mix oniric ideas like mutants Harvek and Criftaa which are fantastic characters, and to go the route of banal crap like dwarves, elves and orcs.
Though, dwarves are pretty nasty and petty in this one, quite the noble talkers and all in all a good fun to interract with. Never saw dwarves so much obsessed with silver, it's like absolute porn to them but on a eerie level.

But yeah, the game is a massive incline and at this point I could really see it fit a top 10 of my favorite games.

 

[cyborgboy95]

A New Build is OUT - Patch 1.165 - Codename: Shore Up
Hey everyone,

We haven’t released a new build since way back in February, so we have got a slew of changes to discuss. While the changes are wide-ranging and significant, we’ve broken down each batch into easily digestible sections, the first of which is the Outpost and its coming update. For those of you looking for an abridged breakdown of what we’ve been working on you may simply scroll down to the patch notes.

Refurbishing and Redesigning the Outpost

The Outpost feature has been on our minds for a long time but with all the other pressing matters it kept getting pushed down our priority list. In the end, however, we were able to dedicate a week to making improvements, focusing on adding clarity and showing more information to players. Please note that while these changes are final for the time being, we welcome feedback and will patch accordingly.
To better understand all of the Outpost’s issues, we asked our players on the various forums and on our Discord server to provide feedback. This has been extremely useful, as it has flagged multiple areas where the design was already covered but the game did not communicate it sufficiently. One good example is the consumption of Supplies at the Outpost. Due to its location in an extremely desolate environment, Scouts had little to no chance to hunt and provide for the crew there, which was never intended to work like that. As a result, players believed they needed to keep hauling Supplies to the Outpost themselves. For many, this turned its Upkeep into a chore, as they would never be able to journey far from the Outpost’s proximity. This, however, was a matter of miscommunication. The reality was that the crew automatically bought any missing Supplies to run the place from nearby comitati in the background and the UI failed to communicate that fact.
Realizing that we had to remedy that created an opportunity: one that allowed us to include an option for players to choose where their Outpost gets their Supplies from. There are now multiple options (from cheapest to most expensive):

• From nearby settlements (requires to have Beasts at the Outpost)
• From passing comitati for a higher price
• From Factions based nearby, which is even more expensive but will in turn help raise your Reputation with them

We have also added a new element called Work Shifts. Work Shifts allow players to set an amount of hours per day that their workforce will toil at the Outpost. Generally speaking, longer hours increase production but take a heavier toll on the crew’s Vigor, Morale, and Obedience. They also increase the potential for accidents or mishaps at the site, essentially offering the player another risk versus reward scenario for their operation. For this reason, we advise that you only set higher Work Shifts when the comitatus returns frequently to the Outpost and can take various measures to ameliorate problems if needed.

UI improvements have been made across the board; these focus on getting more accurate and better information across through the UI. Equipment that affects the Outpost is now highlighted in the Equipment section under the Warehouse tab and the length each such Equipment covers the needs of the Outpost for is also displayed. Green is used for anything beyond a year, yellow for half a year, and red for anything below. Equipment lost due to getting broken, eroded, or expired (in the case of animals) is indicated on a pop-up screen to the returning vagrus so they can bring replacements on their next arrival.

Players were instrumental in helping us decide on several further changes, and to that end, we’d like to offer our thanks. Though far from an exhaustive list, these changes include the following:

• Scouts now decrease the chance of the Outpost getting attacked
• The number of Equipment that affects the Outpost in some way has tripled
• We went through all the UI panels to add missing tooltips and/or extend them with further information

While additional changes may still be on the cards, we are satisfied with the areas we’ve covered thus far, and we believe that all mechanics are now communicated in a much clearer fashion. As always, we encourage feedback and discussion regarding the new Outpost on both our forums and Discord server.

General Quality of Life and Design Improvements

As we close in on the release of our Old Acquaintances DLC, the portions of the team that are not busy drawing or writing have been hard at work on a plethora of miscellaneous QoL improvements, the fruits of which have now been made public.

Mercenary Tasks

We’ve always endeavored to make some sweeping changes to how Mercenary Tasks work, and happily, we’ve now had the time to implement them. These tasks have always had time limits, yet now, they function far more logically. This is to say that after you complete an elimination or defending task, you may return to the faction that gave it to you at any time after you do so, while in the past the time limit was still active, even after you had completed but haven’t turned it in.

Additionally, we have made significant changes to the corresponding UI for the Tasks, which will now be presented much like quests, displaying all appropriate information in an orderly fashion.

Companion Loyalty Details

You asked for it and we’ve implemented it: more detailed information regarding Companion Loyalty changes. We have achieved this by providing an additional option in the main menu, which will allow players to choose between “Basic” (the same change log messages that were shown in the past), “Indicative” (additional information that will let you understand the gravity of the Loyalty changes), and “Off”, which won’t show anything at all regarding Loyalty. The last might just be the best choice if you’re looking for a fully immersive experience!

Tests in Events

Tests in Events now indicate (via icons and tooltips) whose Perks are taken into account in the given Test: the whole comitatus’s, only those of the Companions previously selected to accompany the vagrus, or only the vagrus’s.

General Design Improvements
Here’s a selection of design changes that we’ve also included in the update:

• Negative Resistance values now raise damage from the specific type as it was originally intended (for example, a -50% Cold Resistance raises a Cold type damage of 2 to 3). The way Resistances work against Effects remains unchanged (ie. they provide a chance to entirely negate Effects when the Resistance roll is successful).
• Damage from Critical Strikes in Companion Combat is now always calculated from the upper half of the used Skill’s damage value (for example, if the damage of the Skill is 3-6, then Critical Strikes from it are always calculated as if a 5 or a 6 were rolled). This makes Critical Strikes deadlier for both foes and Companions.
• Critical Strikes in Companion Combat are now always Armor-Piercing, which also raises their usefulness but also makes it possible to down very armored enemies even without the right abilities (albeit still being very, very difficult).

General QoL Improvements
Lastly, we have also made a number of smaller improvements to make life easier for players:

• We have reworked tooltips and general UI elements to provide more detailed information in a more understandable way
• We concluded another round of performance improvements all across the board (related to both CPU and GPU usage)

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is it – at least for now. We’re sure to have further improvements on the way, though for the time being we are primarily focused on our upcoming DLC. More news is coming on that front soon, so stay tuned. In the meantime, you can check out the aforementioned patch notes below.

Important Note: Considering the extent of the improvements, there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuilt reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server[discord.gg].

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Patch 1.165 - Codename: Shore Up

New/Updated Features :shiny:

• Outpost rework: most of the UI (buttons, structure, tooltips, and more), mechanics, and balancing received a major rehaul.
• More pieces of Equipment have an Outpost-related effect now.
• Savegame files made in the free Demo can be loaded up automatically in the full game from now on.
• Negative Resistance values now raise damage from the specific type as it was originally intended (for example, a -50% Cold Resistance raises a Cold type damage of 2 to 3). The way Resistances work against Effects remains unchanged (ie. they provide a chance to entirely negate Effects when the Resistance roll is successful).
• Damage from Critical Strikes in Companion Combat are now always calculated from the upper half of the used Skill’s damage value (for example, if the damage of the Skill is 3-6, then Critical Strikes from it are always calculated as if a 5 or a 6 were rolled).
• Critical Strikes in Companion Combat are now always Armor Piercing.
• Penalties for successive Evade and Block attempts in the same Round have been doubled (for example, the second attempt in the Round incurred a -5% penalty and now it incurs a -10% penalty).
• Timers on Mercenary Tasks now stop when it makes sense narratively (and so timed task bonuses are granted based on this moment in time, not the moment of the turn-in). Once the timer stops, players have more freedom to turn in these Tasks. For example, the timer on Defense Tasks stops when the vagrus successfully defeated the foe during the defense battle.
• Added a new setting to Options: Companion Loyalty Details. You can now use it to set the nature and depth of information the game log and Events provide on the Loyalty changes of Companions: Off: No feedback is provided. Basic (Default): Only the fact of the change is provided and its direction. Indicative: The measure of change is also provided (for example: Greatly disapproves, Slightly approves).
• The highest Loyalty tier for Companions was renamed from ‘Amicable’ to ‘Loyal’.
• Companion Upkeep (daily) is raised by 5 Changers for Companions assigned to a Deputy role and this is reflected on their character sheet and the tooltip of Companion Upkeep.
• Further tweaked and enhanced the controller experience.

Updated Content :gift:

• Some Perks that Harvek was supposed to have but were actually missing were added back in. Players who have him in their comitatus receive a complete reset on him and regain the Insight to be able to respec him.
• Gor’Goro received new, easier gift options in his Banter. Additionally, his personal questline’s first segment awards a lot more Loyalty now.
• The Prowess (2) requirement to trigger Renkailon’s personal questline now has an alternative of a Renown requirement.
• Entering Avernum’s Ossuary is now possible even with the Disdain of Ahskul property (allowing the completion of Nedir’s questline in a playthrough where you aim for certain achievements).
• Eylani now loses Loyalty when you decide to fight against beasts in Kabur’s arena.
• New entries on Companion Loyalty and the Outpost were added to the Glossary.
• We have added a hidden, alternative way to get a certain quest item for Vrak the Haunted’s quest whereby you can circumvent having to interact with the Ahskulites in Deven (allowing the completion of Vrak’s quest in a playthrough where you aim for certain achievements).
• Removed much of the Coal from Scrapheap in ‘Pilgrims of the Wasteland’ to avoid players accidentally buying it out and going broke during the early tutorial.

User Interface Improvements :pencil:

• The display of chances in Crew Combat (Critical Success, Success, Failure, Critical Failure percentages) now shows the actual percentages (this was only a display issue).
• Reworked the “Faction Reward Filter” button on the Settlement UI to be more logical, displaying the active filter’s status.
• Long savegame names will now be broken into more lines and they show in full on the loading screen.
• The (glitchy) highlighter on selected choices in Events was changed to a more subtle underline.
• The new “Enervated” Skill effect now has a proper icon and tooltip explaining it on the Character Sheet.
• The ‘minimize’ button on tutorial popups was moved to the top right corner.
• From now on, you can only change font size while the Event UI, Journal, and Codex are closed to prevent locks, and other issues.
• All Mercenary Tasks now display objectives in the quest-style (using status-sensitive bullet points).
• The Mercenary Task UI in the Journal was significantly improved and now presents more information more consistently.
• The requirements of using certain Advanced Tactics in Crew Combat that were nebulous before are now much more informative (including why you cannot use one when you do not meet said requirements).
• Added and improved various new Crew Combat tooltips to provide better information on mechanics.
• The bug that caused the Outpost’s Consumption to be erroneously displayed was fixed.
• The Font Size slider in Options became more informative (providing a percentage as well as demonstrating actual font size below the option, not in a janky tooltip).
• Equipment tooltips no longer display the price you originally bought it for (it was obsolete and confusing).
• Localized steps and choices in Events are now marked differently if they were merely machine-translated or were translated by a person.
• Vitality and Power Regeneration are now correctly displayed on Companions’ character sheets.
• Tests in Events now indicate (via icons and tooltips) whose Perks are taken into account: the whole comitatus’s, only those of the Companions previously selected to accompany the vagrus, or only the vagrus’s.

Bug Fixes :bug:

• Fixed missing or glitchy dependency icons in Events.
• You can no longer win the main campaign by retiring to your own upgraded Outpost while not having the Wealth Ambition (this was possible by choosing a combination of options during the Outpost upgrade process).
• The Ahari and Chimera Legion Faction tabs now always display valid (including unlocked) Faction presence locations.
• Cadmador does not show its faction locations any longer, as was originally intended.
• Passengers headed to the Sunken Tower will no longer show up until a path to said location has been unlocked by the player through quests.
• Removing a Deputy that provides an Equipment slot for the /comitatus/ now refreshes the slots immediately, preventing players from keeping Equipment in a closed slot.
• When owning no Beasts of Burden, swapping to a different Beast Type no longer modifies Movement Points.
• The font size of the Glossary will now reflect the one set in Options.
• Great Lamps are no longer sold in core game territories when you do not own Sunfire and Moonshadow.
• Tweaked Companion Combat AI significantly, especially regarding the avoidance of performance drops and the use of Overwatch-type Skills.
• Performance improvements all across the board (regarding both CPU and GPU usage).
• The Spell Penetration Perk now provides the -15% Resistance it advertises.
• Fixed several bugs related to Mercenary Tasks (mostly related to Escort Tasks with interim targets).
• Fixed various glitches, typos, and performance issues in the Glossary.
• Dragging Market listings and dropping them earlier than your own cargo space will not purchase them now but cancel the interaction as it was supposed to.
• Fixed an issue that caused parts of some localized (machine translated) tutorial windows to be off-screen.
• Your Scouts can no longer find perilous calerus Events (that would slay an unprotected comitatus) when you have protective Equipment equipped.
• In Crew Combat, you no longer need an active character to Stand Down once the enemy is retreating (as opposed to Pursue where you need someone to pursue the foe).

Coming Up Next

• The option to change between Wasteland and Dissonance modes during a playthrough
• New DLC: Old Acquaintances

Stay tuned and conquer the wasteland!
- The Lost Pilgrims Team

 

[Infinitron]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/909660/view/4185612068165120831

‘Old Acquaintances’ DLC Release Date and Trailer

Hey everyone,

The time is finally nigh: we have a release date for Old Acquaintances and a fresh release trailer to boot!

The DLC will drop on the 12th of June, 2024, and those of you who have already played the ‘Pilgrims of the Wasteland’ scenario will surely recall the identities of the two returning companions. For those who do not, the man by the campfire is Javek, a remarkable telepath and sorcerer with unique abilities, while the bony hand that pushes through the black sands of Arenas Negras belongs to Sedarias, a Knight of the Black Sun and defender of the Empire.

How these two companions with strikingly different backgrounds will return, what paths will they take, and what hardships will they face? All of these answers await you in the DLC, along with new enemies, abilities, quests, and locations. Additionally, players will be able to employ new hirelings through the Freelancers’ Guild. For a full breakdown check out our store page.

With that, we must leave you now, for the wasteland beckons; stay safe, stay vigilant, and conquer the wasteland!

– The Lost Pilgrims Team

 

[Tao]

This one also come with in the seasson pass isn't it?

I can't keep track of all this games with programed dlc and seasson passes no more...

 

[processdaemon]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/909660/view/4185612068165120831

‘Old Acquaintances’ DLC Release Date and Trailer

Hey everyone,

The time is finally nigh: we have a release date for Old Acquaintances and a fresh release trailer to boot!

The DLC will drop on the 12th of June, 2024, and those of you who have already played the ‘Pilgrims of the Wasteland’ scenario will surely recall the identities of the two returning companions. For those who do not, the man by the campfire is Javek, a remarkable telepath and sorcerer with unique abilities, while the bony hand that pushes through the black sands of Arenas Negras belongs to Sedarias, a Knight of the Black Sun and defender of the Empire.

How these two companions with strikingly different backgrounds will return, what paths will they take, and what hardships will they face? All of these answers await you in the DLC, along with new enemies, abilities, quests, and locations. Additionally, players will be able to employ new hirelings through the Freelancers’ Guild. For a full breakdown check out our store page.

With that, we must leave you now, for the wasteland beckons; stay safe, stay vigilant, and conquer the wasteland!

– The Lost Pilgrims Team

Oh that's awesome, one of my (very few) complaints about Vagrus is that I felt a bit more invested during Pilgrims than in the main game so this is very welcome.

 

[SixDead]

Eh, fuck, you can't have both new companions in the party at the same time

 

[Lyre Mors]

Base game is on a hefty sale atm



And the new DLC dropped today too!



Support your boys at Lost Pilgrim Studio if you want to see more unique, well-written, and excellent games from them in the future. There's so much more from the Vagrus setting that needs exploring. Do your part!

 

[Infinitron]

https://af.gog.com/en/game/vagrus_the_riven_realms_old_acquaintances?as=1649904300

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/909660/view/4174353702616406373

Vagrus – The Riven Realms: Old Acquaintances is Out Now!

Hey everyone,

The time has come to release our next DLC, Old Acquaintances, which adds Javek and Sedarias to the main game, two Companions we’ve met in the prologue scenario previously. Both of them changed drastically in the time that passed since we first saw them and both offer extensive questlines to tell their stories, replete with new NPCs, enemies, allies, lore, and rewards.

The DLC also contains the Freelancers’ Guild, a specialized mercenary organization that allows you to recruit new hirelings (from a selection of four) to round out your crew. They can be found in the four major cities of the North and the Onyx Outpost.

Alongside the new content, the accompanying Patch (detailed below) contains a number of improvements and fixes to improve the general experience of
Vagrus.


Important Note
: Considering the extent of the improvements, there is little to no chance that we broke nothing in the process. Assume that we did not want to make anyone's life harder. If you see something amiss, please flag it to us using the usual channels, like the inbuilt reporting tool (F1 button), forums, and our Discord server.

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Patch 1.170 - Codename: Old Acquaintances

New Content

• The DLC ‘Old Acquaintances’ will now be unlocked to all its owners. It includes two Companions for the main campaign – Javek and Sedarias – with fully-fledged storylines including new enemies and rewards, their own Skills, Prowess progression, as well as four new Hirelings available at the Freelancers’ Guild in Tor’Zag’s Shelter, Deven, Avernum, Larnak, and (for owners of ‘Sunfire and Moonshadow’) the Onyx Outpost.

User Interface Improvements

• Clarified the visual guidance of Evading, including when you Evade to a position occupied by another character.
• Clarified the visual guidance of Javek’s Hypnotize Skill.
• We streamlined tooltip behavior while using a controller based on feedback and expanded their functionality.
• Changed the Move Skill in Companion Combat, giving it better feedback and a more streamlined usage.

Bug Fixes

• Steam cloud saves are now working and can store up to 200mb of save files.
• Tutorial windows no longer appear minimized under any circumstances.
• Owned DLCs will now always show up properly under ‘Extras’ in Vagrus games in GOG and Epic Games Store libraries.
• Event choices with an Achievement dependency now show the proper icon (chalice).
• When using a controller, the Chart tutorial no longer scrolls the same way as the Chart is zoomed in and out.
• Fixed a rare issue occurring on GOG and the Epic Games Store, causing players to be unable to select the Knowledge Ambition upon vagrus creation when owning the Vorax Free-LC.
• You can no longer turn back in the initial parts of Pilgrims of the Wasteland when using a controller.
• Fixed an issue caused by owning more than 10.000 Bross upon loading a game.
• Fixed an issue that caused the game to freeze in Companion Combat when Suppressing Shot would trigger an Evade.

Stay tuned and conquer the wasteland!
- The Lost Pilgrims Team

 

[moleman]

Skimming over my massive backlog of games I finally got myself into this properly.
I played only through the prologue before (and died several times in it).

And what can I say, the game is fucking RAD. It has the best overland-traveling-system since Realms of Arkania 2 and that’s a huge plus for me. I found only four of the companions til now, and none of them tried to get into my pants so far. Very confused... On a more serious note, the writing in this game is top tier. It is a harsh cruel world but the writing never gets overly „cruel“ or „voyeuristic“ just for the sake of it, if this make sense. There’s also some humour thrown into it from time to time.

I must be the only one here, who likes the companion combat. Yes, it’s no Battle Brothers but it gets the job done. I find the crew-combat a bit lacking, though. Another tactical layer would have been welcome here.

Best moment in the game for me so far:

Spoiler

Quest: Bounty hunt for a necromancer. I had a few Legionairs as passengers with me, so I thought now is a good time to do it. Found the necromancer’s lair and get ambushed by hords of undead.

„Chance of success: low“. Great, now I’m fucked. Chose „makeshift-barricades“ in the actions-menu, which increased my chances a little. In the second round I chose „Companion combat“. Cull their ranks, I think it was. Got a few lucky rolls with Garrick and his pistol. (BOOM, MOTHERFUCKERS). Finally won with half my workers dead.

The necromancer himself was a push-over. His dying words imply that there might be a follow-up to this quest.

Anyway, can’t wait for new cool shit to find in the world.

Edit:
Sztaszov
Forgot to mention something...
Vagrus was one of the games where I had to use a third party zoom software to play, because I have low vision.
I noticed you madlads added a ingame zooming function at some time in the past. Just wanted to say that I appreciate that very much.

 

[Gostak]

I got the demo and only took a short look so far.
I intentionally passed on the tutorial storyfag choice of the old storyteller.
If the normal open-world gameplay afterwards is meh, you will get no chance to leave a better first-impression on me with some demo teaser story shit.
Yet on the morning I got cucked into
hearing him out on a tip after all: "[meet my dude Braxter]" or whatever the Darth Maul wannabe is called at ya'll-know-where.


I also intentionally skipped what appeared to me as a trap "default" newbie recommended caravan composition (dictated by some background choice "Calling").
I do not need heaps of useless hungry mouths to fill or get upset with me to find out that is likely shit and get some artificial learning process that'd prolong play-time if I'd have let that cheap trick work on me.
No planned obsolescence idiotic useless recommended newbie choice, f-off!

And yup: On the first opportunity to buy goods you have no idea what you might sell for a profit at the next stop, so a many mouths in the caravan at start would be bad.

Demonkin, intimidation master. The build choices appeared underwhelming and everything was pretty opaque (used in some events, not affecting combat directly for like half of them sorta-kinda wtf!)
Trip to Braxter city was pretty eventless.

Now the worst: Before I went I checked available jobs. "Some trading house job ... (some others)". Er, yeah sure but WHAT trading house, which faction?
I assumed when the game does not tell me it'd likely be the one that the starting camp is supposed to be affiliated to, Darius or so.
That would have been the one I'd have liked to do a job for.

So, this game is like you want to make a contract with them? Any sane person: Maybe, but who is "them"???

It's daft. I just had to say yes or no instead. So I said yes, and the game is like you signed a contract with faction blabla (not Darius).
FUUU if I would have been told beforehand I would not have done that!

Yeah, cool RPG bro, NOT?

Also, it said leave one cargo free for the mission.
Then it actually requires two to not leave anything behind ... WTF is this shit?

So, it makes the impression of modern shovelware.
Wildermyth and Star Traders are related. Fits into that picture nicely to me.

And no modding for this? It screams for it, but they seem to instead wanna milk ya for a few DLCs ...

Oh and I found the voice-over of the storyteller pretty pretentious.


Single horse without fighter rider (then can carry 7 cargo or so) consumes X.
Single fighter consumes Y.
Fighter on horse consumes? X+Y? No! Much more of course!?! This game's logic ... ye, balance my ass.

For something that has been out for so long I'd have expected a better first impression.

Still not uninstalled and I will check it out further, but I do not expect much here now really.

 

[Gostak]

It's pretty interesting, but they've made a major fuckup repeatedly which cheapens the whole experience. They've stuffed their page and even the start of the game with these stupid disclaimers about the nature of their game.

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It just screams lack of confidence in what you've made when you're constantly worried about warning normie gamers.

Er, the first statement is there to attract people. But it's wrong from my point of view so far.

The last bit that warns that you will not be able to traverse all of the map is welcome, though.
Who knows how bad it actually is but at least you can adjust your expectation accordingly.

Then again what use is a huge map if it would be devoid of really meaningful differences to the places in it anyway (cf. Daggerfall).

 

[Boris Eysbroek]

This game slaps. Does anyone know games that are similar to Vagrus?

 

[Lyre Mors]

This game slaps. Does anyone know games that are similar to Vagrus?

Sunless Sea and Sunless Skies are probably about as close as you're going to get.

 

[Boris Eysbroek]

This game slaps. Does anyone know games that are similar to Vagrus?

Sunless Sea and Sunless Skies are probably about as close as you're going to get.

Thanks, Lyre Mors, I will check them out.

And if someone else has other suggestions, please share them. It's greatly appreciated.

 

[Parsimonious cook]

There is also this, though I havent yet tried it myself.

 

[Boris Eysbroek]

There is also this, though I havent yet tried it myself.

Thank you, Parsimonious. Will definitely check it out once it leaves early access.

 

[Modron]

Haven't really tried Vagrus yet but there are a number of sandboxish traders, rpgs, roguelites, and action games that might scratch a similar itch for you.



or the games it inspired:
< which is in a bundle at the moment: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-rpg-bundle

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1220010/Home_Behind_2/ < would recommend pirating this thing if interested since it has tencent's anti-cheat cloud expert keylogging spyware in it.

More RPG oriented things like Battle Brothers, ICY: Frostbite Edition, and Dead Monarchy.

More actiony things like Kenshi, Star Sector and Airship Kingdoms Adrift.

 

[Boris Eysbroek]

Haven't really tried Vagrus yet but there are a number of sandboxish traders, rpgs, roguelites, and action games that might scratch a similar itch for you.



or the games it inspired:
< which is in a bundle at the moment: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-rpg-bundle

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1220010/Home_Behind_2/ < would recommend pirating this thing if interested since it has tencent's anti-cheat cloud expert keylogging spyware in it.

More RPG oriented things like Battle Brothers, ICY: Frostbite Edition, and Dead Monarchy.

More actiony things like Kenshi, Star Sector and Airship Kingdoms Adrift.

Modron, thanks for taking the time to type that all out, it's appreciated. I'll definitely give them a try.​

 

[Humanophage]

This game slaps. Does anyone know games that are similar to Vagrus?

Sunless Sea and Sunless Skies are probably about as close as you're going to get.

Thanks, Lyre Mors, I will check them out.

And if someone else has other suggestions, please share them. It's greatly appreciated.

Star Traders: Frontiers. I actually like it better than Vagrus as it has more diverse activities.

 

[Lyre Mors]

Star Traders: Frontiers. I actually like it better than Vagrus as it has more diverse activities.

Oh yeah! Can't believe I forgot that one.

 

[Boris Eysbroek]

This game slaps. Does anyone know games that are similar to Vagrus?

Sunless Sea and Sunless Skies are probably about as close as you're going to get.

Thanks, Lyre Mors, I will check them out.

And if someone else has other suggestions, please share them. It's greatly appreciated.

Star Traders: Frontiers. I actually like it better than Vagrus as it has more diverse activities.

Thanks, Humanophage, that sounds right up my alley.