Krater (diablo + borderlands/fallout + some jap rpg stuff)

[fistfulofmetal]

So this game just popped on my radar from the GB quicklook:



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.

[Great Rumbler]

It's getting killed by professional reviewers.

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Which probably means it's really awesome.

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[MrAngryFace]

It looks charming- so i'll probably end up buying it. Games with character overcome all odds.

[etiolate]

It looks more Dungeon Siege than Diablo.

[pilonv1]

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.

[Himu]

looks cool but will wait for sale

[tiesto]

Diablo
Post apocalyptic
Random encounters give me this shit now!!!

[Himu]

Diablo
Post apocalyptic
Random encounters give me this shit now!!!

[tiesto]

Diablo
Post apocalyptic
Random encounters give me this shit now!!!

Not into Diablo, a bit sick of the post-apocalyptic aesthetic and the random encounters should be self-explanatory...

[Bebpo]

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.

[D3RANG3D]

Diablo 
Post apocalyptic 
Random encounters 

Fixed for people with taste

[Owl-faced Wizard]

Diablo is shit, you distinguished mentally-challenged fellows.

[pilonv1]

you are

[Human Snorenado]

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/

[Owl-faced Wizard]

you sound pretty mad

[Momo]

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

[MrAngryFace]

I love D3: 110 hours and still going strong

[Himu]

Diablo is shit, you distinguished mentally-challenged fellows.

and the shit taste train continues

[Momo]

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

[Human Snorenado]

I love D3: 110 hours and still going strong

I'm not even gonna post my play time.   

[fistfulofmetal]

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.

[MrAngryFace]

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.

[Great Rumbler]

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.

[Human Snorenado]

looks cool but will wait for sale

Same.

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

[fistfulofmetal]

looks cool but will wait for sale

Same.

it was a daily deal earlier this week. nub.

[tiesto]

looks cool but will wait for sale

Same.

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

 

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.

[Freyj]

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.

[tiesto]

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.

[Great Rumbler]

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.

[Eel O'Brian]

yeah, i saw you playing, gonna try to make some extra time this weekend to play some myself

[chronovore]

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.

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