THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: fistfulofmetal on June 19, 2012, 06:32:57 PM

Title: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: fistfulofmetal on June 19, 2012, 06:32:57 PM: So this game just popped on my radar from the GB quicklook:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPKUQ4d-NFE

It looks like it has the gameplay of diablo (isometric action-rpg with dungeon crawling) except you have a party of 3 you can control. it's got loot and quests. it's got a borderlands/fallout aesthetic (mad-max style apocalyptica) and there's also some jrpg elements (there's an overworld you move around in with random encounters). You can also say it's

It looks cool. Apparently it 's an "in progress" type of deal where you pay 15 bucks now and they'll be constantly updating it Minecraft style.

I may pick this up. It looks cool.
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: Great Rumbler on June 19, 2012, 07:31:08 PM: It's getting killed by professional reviewers.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Which probably means it's really awesome. :teehee
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Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: MrAngryFace on June 19, 2012, 07:54:23 PM: It looks charming- so i'll probably end up buying it. Games with character overcome all odds.
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: etiolate on June 19, 2012, 07:55:23 PM: It looks more Dungeon Siege than Diablo.
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: pilonv1 on June 19, 2012, 08:38:53 PM: Tom Chick didn't like it. A few guys on the QT3 boards seem to think it's ok though, but not very deep. I'd definitely get it in a Steam sale, looks like my sort of thing.
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: Himu on June 19, 2012, 08:49:39 PM: looks cool but will wait for sale
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: tiesto on June 19, 2012, 10:26:28 PM: Diablo :zzz
Post apocalyptic :zzz
Random encounters :rock :rock :rock give me this shit now!!!
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: Himu on June 19, 2012, 10:38:16 PM: Quote from: tiesto on June 19, 2012, 10:26:28 PM
Diablo :zzz
Post apocalyptic :zzz
Random encounters :rock :rock :rock give me this shit now!!!

:wtf
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: tiesto on June 19, 2012, 11:02:15 PM: Quote from: Stringer Bell on June 19, 2012, 10:38:16 PM
Quote from: tiesto on June 19, 2012, 10:26:28 PM
Diablo :zzz
Post apocalyptic :zzz
Random encounters :rock :rock :rock give me this shit now!!!

:wtf

Not into Diablo, a bit sick of the post-apocalyptic aesthetic and the random encounters should be self-explanatory... :P
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: Bebpo on June 19, 2012, 11:20:01 PM: This is by the guys that did Hamilton's Great Adventure and Lead & Gold. Both were extremely polished games and I really liked Hamilton a lot (was one of my top games last year). Fatshark is a talented team.

Will check it out, but kind of busy right now so will probably wait for a sale.
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: D3RANG3D on June 19, 2012, 11:24:30 PM: Quote from: tiesto on June 19, 2012, 10:26:28 PM
Diablo :bow2
Post apocalyptic :bow2
Random encounters :piss2

Fixed for people with taste :P
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: Owl-faced Wizard on June 20, 2012, 12:59:04 AM: Diablo is shit, you distinguished mentally-challenged fellows.
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: pilonv1 on June 20, 2012, 01:01:40 AM: you are
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: Human Snorenado on June 20, 2012, 01:06:00 AM: Quote from: Owl-faced Wizard on June 20, 2012, 12:59:04 AM
Diablo is shit, you distinguished mentally-challenged fellows.

Haha, oh look. A D3 general forum poster got lost. Your own personal piss and vinegar spleen juice shithole is right here, don't go fucking up my forum, thanks a lot.

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/3354739/
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: Owl-faced Wizard on June 20, 2012, 01:08:32 AM: you sound pretty mad
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: Momo on June 20, 2012, 03:35:22 AM: Diablo didnt live up to what I expected but it's certainly not shit. Disappointing is a better word.

+1 For Random encounters
+1 For ATB-like or Turn based systems
+1 For JRPG over-worlds
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: MrAngryFace on June 20, 2012, 03:45:19 AM: I love D3: 110 hours and still going strong
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: Himu on June 20, 2012, 03:49:28 AM: Quote from: Owl-faced Wizard on June 20, 2012, 12:59:04 AM
Diablo is shit, you distinguished mentally-challenged fellows.

and the shit taste train continues
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: Momo on June 20, 2012, 04:09:35 AM: Quote from: Stringer Bell on June 20, 2012, 03:49:28 AM
Quote from: Owl-faced Wizard on June 20, 2012, 12:59:04 AM
Diablo is shit, you distinguished mentally-challenged fellows.

and the shit taste train continues
I'm sure he's doing it on purpose for Oscar's sake at this point
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: Human Snorenado on June 20, 2012, 05:08:09 AM: Quote from: MrAngryFace on June 20, 2012, 03:45:19 AM
I love D3: 110 hours and still going strong

I'm not even gonna post my play time. :-\
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: fistfulofmetal on July 21, 2012, 07:39:02 PM: hello. nobody here has played i assume.

the game is pretty cool. it really played nothing like Diablo and the only similar thing is that there's loot.

gameplay is def not a click fest. you click once to attack a target and it auto attacks from there. after you then manage your spells from all three characters. you're essentially playing all three parts in an MMO type battle. when one dude is dying you have your healer do some healing. you have one that stuns guys and slows them, and also your main tank characters up front. it's pretty fun and can get challenging when you arent paying attention to what's happening in battle.
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: MrAngryFace on July 21, 2012, 07:46:53 PM: I played it like 10 hours, once you get the tier 2 guys to rank 15 and head west the game gets weird difficult- once you hit rank cap its really all about boosters and implants and gadgets. Also wish there was more variety to enemies, and groups with more than one healer can be a pain if you dont have the dps. I actually kit out a tank class as a dps and had two tanks and a healer which worked fairly well. Still, 10 hours for what I paid is ok in my book- interesting game.

Now Path of Exile- thats some boring shit with poorly design dungeons.
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: Great Rumbler on July 21, 2012, 08:06:46 PM: I'll play it some next week after I get home from vacation. I'm actually looking forward to it quite a bit after hearing the impressions here.
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: Human Snorenado on July 21, 2012, 08:29:58 PM: Quote from: Stringer Bell on June 19, 2012, 08:49:39 PM
looks cool but will wait for sale

Same.

Also, jesus fucking christ teetsow, you have like the worst taste in gaming design imaginable.
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: fistfulofmetal on July 21, 2012, 08:49:24 PM: Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on July 21, 2012, 08:29:58 PM
Quote from: Stringer Bell on June 19, 2012, 08:49:39 PM
looks cool but will wait for sale

Same.

it was a daily deal earlier this week. nub.
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: tiesto on July 22, 2012, 11:08:59 AM: Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on July 21, 2012, 08:29:58 PM
Quote from: Stringer Bell on June 19, 2012, 08:49:39 PM
looks cool but will wait for sale

Same.

Also, jesus fucking christ teetsow, you have like the worst taste in gaming design imaginable.

:wag

random encounters get waaaaay too much hate IMO. as long as the game doesn't feature a ridiculously high encounter rate, I don't really see what's so problematic about them.
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: Freyj on July 22, 2012, 01:44:48 PM: On-screen enemies in recent JRPGs have been done so awfully I don't really understand why folks rail against random encounters so heavily. Chrono Trigger did a great job of it almost two decades ago, then Dragon Quest 9 comes along and shits all over the idea.
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: tiesto on July 22, 2012, 03:22:06 PM: Quote from: Freyj on July 22, 2012, 01:44:48 PM
On-screen enemies in recent JRPGs have been done so awfully I don't really understand why folks rail against random encounters so heavily. Chrono Trigger did a great job of it almost two decades ago, then Dragon Quest 9 comes along and shits all over the idea.

Yup, DQ9's was awful. But there are some good ways of handling on-screen encounters. Blue Dragon, where you can "chain" encounters together and get more bonuses... or if you chain encounters against monsters that hate each other, it will benefit you... probably the best encounter system I've seen in an RPG.
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: Great Rumbler on July 27, 2012, 08:27:01 PM: I really like this game. The atmosphere, the music, the way the game looks, the party dynamic, it all fits right into the mold of the kind of games I like to play. I'm glad I didn't let the critics decide for me whether this game was worth playing or not.

:bow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYQYClctGvE :bow2
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: Eel O'Brian on July 27, 2012, 10:08:00 PM: yeah, i saw you playing, gonna try to make some extra time this weekend to play some myself
Title: Re: Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)
Post by: chronovore on July 30, 2012, 09:44:34 PM: Quote from: Great Rumbler on July 27, 2012, 08:27:01 PM
I really like this game. The atmosphere, the music, the way the game looks, the party dynamic, it all fits right into the mold of the kind of games I like to play. I'm glad I didn't let the critics decide for me whether this game was worth playing or not.

:bow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYQYClctGvE :bow2

Wow, someone really likes Tangerine Dream. That's a lovely homage.