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>Everyone with early access to the demo says it's a masterpiece
>Demo comes out tomorrow
Xcom is officially replaced, long live the king
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>>721906825
Unironically my most anticipated game. I can't fucking wait.
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>>721906825
It's not really an XCOM replacement, though. Nor Battle Brothers 2.0.
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>>721906825
>Xcom is officially replaced
the original or the new ones?
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>>721908823
This. And that's a good thing, because I like the supposed more tactical/realistic approach.
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unfortunately named studio
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>>721906825
Is this everyone in this thread right now for free?
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>>721909747
Are you having a stroke, anon?
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I just hope my shitegrated graphics can run it. Battle Brothers and Starsector are one of my favourite games with deep, tactical combat. The sound in this game fucking slaps by the way. Those guys really know their shit when it comes to making the game feel good to play
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>>721906825
Shit I'll take it. The only xcom like game I knew of on the way is Mars Tactics and that was revealed last year and there's no way its going to make it out this year either.
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>>721909842
VFX are also great. I usually don't get hyped about games anymore, but I'm really liking all I've seen so far. I hope the demo won't be a letdown.
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But is it like OG X-COM or nu-XCOM?
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I was kinda hoping it would be individual soldier control Xcom + vehicles but it doesn't seem too bad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SiPM43ALDo
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>>721910435
Neither. So far, it looks like a bit of XCOM, JA2, but on a squad level.
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>>721910561
>JA2
I'm sold.
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>>721910009
The game will launch in EA this year supposedly. It's also supposed to be moddable from the get go, unlike Battle Bros
>>721910287
Yep, it's all great. And cinematic camera might also be added at some point
>Thats the reason why you cant tilt the camera yet.
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>>721910009
literally just announced its coming out 2026. though probably not a coincidence in mentioning
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I dunno, not feeling it. Having streamers shill for it makes me even more skeptical. I'll wait for release and see what people say here or on RPGCodex to be certain.

Still wish for Battle Brothers 2 if I'm gonna be honest.
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>>721909842
Don't forget the squaddie banter.

>>721910536
Shilltismal made a boring ass video. This one is a lot better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lpIie4RdYE
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>>721910952
Oh shit really? I've just been checking out the steam page for an updated release date every now and then. Well hopefully this game scratches the itch or its back to the Xcom2 mines for me.
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>>721911158
>beaglerush
The dude went from being walking-talking XCOM general, constantly dropping all kinds of /v/ injokes to literally "hurr that's offensive okay, not cool" in the span of 1 year.
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>>721911517
I couldn't care less.
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>>721911605
You should. Because that means he's insincere and is probably being paid to shill for this game then.
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>>721911875
I don't want to talk about your gay eceleb drama. I want to talk about the game.
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>>721910009
They showed it off a few minutes ago on the Tokyo game show, releasing May 2026. It seems to scratch more of that X-com itch compared to Menace, which is cool. In 2026 we'll be getting both an ambitious new take on the tactics genre and something that feels classic
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>>721911989
The thing is if people are bringing him up and he's shilling for the game then you have to bring it up because he's giving people false impressions.
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>>721912191
I posted the link. I literally have no idea who the dude is, and I don't really care, because I'm not a brainrotted faggot who follows some literally who eceleb's every step. The video is solid, explains quite a bit about the game, shows cool stuff that is clearly well-crafted, and that's it.
I want to talk about the game. I don't want to talk about ecelebs. Maybe you should go back to /vt/ or some other retarded board for gay faggots where you belong.
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>>721912501
>Keeps missing the point

Ok dude you're hopeless.
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>>721912602
If you can't discern actual shilling without searching for some past sins of the eceleb in question, then you are even more retarded than I thought. I don't care about the author, I care about specific content. Which is why I mentioned what is in the video.
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>>721906825
>>721912040
Really hyped for these two. I hope Quasimorph gets better and better too.
Shame about Stoneshard. There was unlimited potential there.
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>>721906825
Really hoping that with the demo coming out tomorrow it means that the release date for the actual game is coming out soon.

Also want to know more about the titular alien menace you are going to fight. From the very first trailer to the few gameplay shorts of the game it looks like The Thing and The Virus had a drunken romance and this abomination that assimilates both flesh and technology was the result of that one night romance.
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>>721906825

battle bros was highly overrated tho... sorry but it's true - all it did was fill a niche hole in the market for gimmick RNG difficulty
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>>721910009

Xenonaughts
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>>721915371
its better with mods
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>>721906825
Alright shill, I've never heard of your game before. Show some gameplay or anything, I could use a new xcom like game.
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>>721911158
>beaglecuck
No thanks. I used to watch him but he ultra cucked out.
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>>721912602
youre responding to a shill

>>721912501
holy shit this shill is booty blasted
take your faggot game and fuck off
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>>721910009
Did you miss the last video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g17mGtvBiPw
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>>721910604
>JA2
>With German writing
Uuuuh...
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>>721918856
this looks kino
the demo was great too
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Someone on /v/ told me to look out for Book of Aliens as an X-com like game. No idea about the dev and the things they've made previously
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>>721909505
lmao
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>>721920517
>book of
holy shit i remember playing book of demons when it came out
it was just a very shallow (turn based?) diablo clone
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>>721915371
no
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>battle brother developers
alright I'll give it a go
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I have yet to see one screenshot of anything besides menus posted in these shill threads. The audacity.
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Just reminder: It's a game built around supression mechanics, consecutive turns where range and concealment are key elements.
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>>721906825
i love women and especially noggy women in my army games
what the fuck happened to these devs did their balls get cropped off after battle brothers
no women no blacks only dunecoons which were largely irrelevant and portrayed as weak, effeminate and decadent
extremely based game and now this fucking shit
looks like they combined breach and clear with jagged alliance and xenonauts with a spritz of cannon fodder
gay
im still going to play it though for obvious reasons considering the AAA industry fucking sucks cock and jagged alliance 3 was dogshit nothing like 2 and xenonauts 2 failed hard on arrival
i will be permadeathing the women straight into the first group of enemies i encounter
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>>721922621
There's like 3 youtubers I know of that have been given access. If I posted any of them you'd just call me a shill anyway, so what's the point? I'm not gonna spoonfeed you
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>>721922621
Youtube is full of unedited gameplay videos, nothing is stopping you from checking them.
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>>721906825
It looks like shit tho?
>pregen squad with unique art instead of nobodies you can customize
>demo squads are half girlbosses
>TU like AP but no reactions of any kind at least baseline
>AI is dumb as bricks, neither rps nor metagames
>no friendly fire outside of explosive weapons makes positioning barely matter
>it felt like there is no true ballistics either, you hit or don't hit only what you target
>no verticality and token destruction
>no weapon customization and all demo weapons were boring as fuck
Goddamn i wish somebody already make legally distinct Infinity into videogame. We still fucking stuck with flat place babiesfirsttactics like it is 1995, except it somehow has less features than ogXCOM, when even tabletop wargames moved on.
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>>721922791
>>721922802
>nothing is stopping you from increasing engagement for our gay ass ecelebs we've brokered exposure deals with!
yeah nothing stopping me but having a brain. I hope this whole industry crashes and everyone who has invested into fucking dies from turbo genital cancer that makes them puke up their own innards in front of their loved ones.
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>>721923293
Then wait for tomorrow and play it yourself?
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>>721912501
you're right, kiwifarm niggers be gone, who cares about beagle in 2025
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>>721922851
>>no verticality
what's the excuse for this in 2025
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>>721923293
Damn, nihilists like you are so cool
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>>721906825
>EA
I'm waiting for 1.0
Battle Brothers is kino.
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>>721906825
image looks like friendslop more than anything
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>>721923389
I don't fucking think so guy
>>721923426
>nothing is wrong! just keep spending!
fuck you
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>>721923404
Probably too hard for retarded devs to code, i dunno.
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>shill shill shiiiil
Shartyteens are truly deranged.
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>>721923426
Can't win with them, lol. You spoonfeed - they say it's an inorganic shill thread, have them do their own damn research - nuh-uh, because it generates clicks.
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>>721923691
what? if you mean fotm friendslop coop shit, it aint coop
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>>721922851
>it felt like there is no true ballistics either, you hit or don't hit only what you target
fucking lazy and gay, JA2 had proper ballistics in fucking 1999
whoever shills this is a braindead retard
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>>721923937
>>721924003
>deflecting by identifying meta components of video game discussion out of context
shiggy
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>>721923579
>no female characters
That's gay bro
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>>721906825
Does it have permadeath? I won't buy it if it does.
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>>721925241
Girls can't be warriors
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>>721925404
It does. Saved you $70.
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It's woke
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3D graphics was a mistake. It looks awful. Meanwhile Battle Brothers will never age.
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>>721906825
looks great from what i've seen, i probably can't play it because i have but a laptop and shan't be buying any new hardware for a while
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>>721925625
i deserve the ability to subject women to full-scale combat
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>>721925625
>'black sleeves'
>bodycount 3
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>>721926090
>the REAL horror is a woman with sexual experience
Is this an incel game?
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>>721926090
How do I get a gf like that ;_;
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>>721925625
cute, would operate with
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>>721925625
warcrimes
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>>721925625
she cute
I would allow her to catch a bullet for me
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>>721925625
>nigel
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>>721906825
This shit is gonna be worse than BB isn't it? Can't wait for faggots unironically just tell you to cheat in this game too.
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>>721925924
I'll let anons with bad PCs know how it runs on a Ryzen 3 3200G tomorrow. The most demanding games I've played through was Baldur's Gate 3 and KCD2. Surely this game can't run worse than those games
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>>721910536
really dislike this guys takes now that he outed himself as a shill.
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>>721926805
well, at least it's not another gacha game
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>>721926805
People cheat in BB? I think you only need bros stat show mod because fuck this shitty system
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>open new game that I might like
>black woman soldier
well I guess it was too good to be true back to play 20 year old games.
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>>721927328
>tranime addict hung up on black people
classic, go do your dailies
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>>721927419
We can see you posts, shill.
Working for bundestag money?
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>tranime
Go back shartykek
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>manufactured interest
it's all so tiring.
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>thread started because of hype for good studios next niche game
>"shilled, slop, woke, manufactured, too hard requires cheats
its all so tiresome, guess we'll have to go back to the 4584548548th totally organic stellar blade thread
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>>721927623
I can see your indoctrination, culture warrior
Are you a jannie for free?
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>>721926707
>>721927419
>>721927640
All these shills defending wokeslop. It not hard devs just don't take DEI investment money.
>but we need money please aon understand
No it simple stop taking money from jews and faggots
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>>721927804
>>721927812
anyone with a brain can recognize this playbook.
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>>721927881
>>721927886
ESPECIALLY when you enter the thread saying "SHILL SHILL SHILL" over and over and quoting every reply as "proof"
classic chud tactic
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>>721927953
man your not very good at your job please report to HR for reeducation
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-taaks-03174682/?originalSubdomain=de

heres the guy responsible for paying for this wave of posting in case any real people who happen across this thread are interested.
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>>721911605
>>721911989
>>721912501
>>721912923
>Hey guys check out this e-celeb's video
>STOP IT GUYS! Don't insult the e-celeb
Kill yourself you fucking retard
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>>721928043
>your not very good
SAAR
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>>721922737
At least they all look like women and not like dudes with make-up
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>>721927953
This game is literally sponsored by a german government.
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>>721928324
And the US Government is sponsoring your transition surgery
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Why are they shtting threads for niche game wtf? Hades 2 and SH F generate better traffic.
>BB was released 8 years ago
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>>721928324
hahaha holy fuck that explains a lot
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>>721926968
BB is so fucking bad no one plays how it was intended or advertised lmao, no one actually does ironman runs because how poorly balanced the game is. And if they do its with alt+f4ing scuming. The only good DLC was Warriors of the North and even then they fucked it up by not having a barbarian end game scenario with it.
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>>721928389
>BB is so fucking bad no one plays how it was intended or advertised lmao
>And if they do its with alt+f4ing scuming
What? Sounds like a projection. It's not really so hard once you learn mechanics. You don't need to cheat.
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here is an example of how these marketing firms operate. they're rarely so transparent about it- that would make it easier to identify them in the wild. but these guys low key suck at it and the games they market don't do well so they need to drum up business by generating engagement for themselves. still though, these firms are real and they're here and they will gaslight you into all sorts of stupid shit as seen in this thread.

https://imgur.com/a/zemore-indie-consulting-F2B7EmS
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>>721928503
Shill.
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721928591
shut up nigger menace looks great and is one of the few indies actually worth playing from a year of fotm trash
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here's a .pdf that Hooded Horse, the publisher for MENACE, has made to help indie devs learn how to link up with shills more effectively.

https://media.gdcvault.com/gdc2024/Slides/GDC+slide+presentations/Rui_Snow_25+Games+Signed.pdf
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>>721928503
>You don't need to cheat.
Post hours.
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>>721929339
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here's some publicly available insights into how Hooded Horse markets the titles they have latched onto.

https://www.business.reddit.com/success-stories/advertisers/hooded-horse#:~:text=Outcome,to%20exactly%20the%20right%20people.%E2%80%9D

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/marketing/how-hooded-horse-seeks-to-do-right-by-developers
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notice that the shills are no longer rabidly posting in this thread now that I have sufficiently derailed it with corporate slide decks and articles indicating the true nature of the industry. they will now either attempt to flood the thread with replies to push it out of eyesight, or simply abandon the thread and start another one.
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>>721929042
Do you know what GDC stand for?
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>>721929882
based anon dunking on paid shills keep doing gods work
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>>721929882
See you tomorrow in the demo thread, faggot.
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>>721929927
yes it's the Game Developer Conference where all these publishers go to meet up and exchange ideas on how to better take money from idiots. what are you trying to get at?
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>publisher: hooded horse
unironic shill thread
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>>721930002
please tell Tim that it is now my sole purpose in life to make sure his investment never sees green numbers.
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>>721929683
That's literally nothing in terms of play time you don't know what true bullshit is. God bless you ignoramus soul
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>>721906825
Hey faggot shills I'm never gonna buy this game but I will pirate it to shit on it
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>>721926805
Whenever I hear people talk about how to play BB, it's always something like "oh you need to use this borderline exploit to get high level armor right away. Btw, if you pick any of these classes then you're already fucked". It's a shame, I love medieval mercenaries and tactics, but if I can't have fun just starting the game how I want then I won't play at all
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>battle brothers is a classic /v/core game that gets talked about here on and off for years
>devs next game comes out
>THAT ISN'T THE LATEST AAA KEK SIMULATOR SHILL SHILL SHILL SHILL SHILL SHILL
The fucking state of this board, christ
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>>721926926
I haven't watched his Menace video since I'm playing it tomorrow anyway, but I always used to like ChristopherOdd. He never felt like a shill to me. Mortismal I agree is a liar and a shill
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>>721929882
>notice that once I rabidly shitpost it kills discussion
Wow, that sure is proof that it was shills, which is why they gave up easily.
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>>721930502
>strawmanning to recover the plot
>implying anything "/v/core" in the past ten years wasn't just a marketing campaign too

I get it though, the sad reality is if you are an indie game developer you simply MUST attach yourself to these parasites to have any semblance of a chance at market success, and therefore income for your hard work. I think being ethical is better, but what can you do when every western nation is in a race to the bottom of being more like China?
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>>721930502
its literally just one schitzo but the game is so niche anons that aren't clued in don't know about it, plus it's not out yet (demo out tomorrow)
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>>721930627
>they're going with "flood the thread and depict the rational actor as irrational" in response
lol, lmao even
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>>721930714
>implying anything "/v/core" in the past ten years wasn't just a marketing campaign too
>literally admitting you think anybody actually talking about videogames on a videogame board is a shill
Genuinely kill yourself you fucking subhuman
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>>721912501
Fuck off shill, buy an ad
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>>721925625
Dropped
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>>721930818
>intentionally conflating genuine discussion with grassroots marketing to muddy the waters for anons with less developed pattern recognition skills
shiggy
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Maybe I should reinstall it one last time
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>>721930898
Battle brothers had genuine discussion for years, yes.
I get that you wouldn't understand that because you're a retarded inbred faggot that hates videogames, but it's the case.
Could you spend even a fraction of the effort here schizoing out about the actual blatant shills on this board? Where are you in the 24/7 gatcha generals?
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>>721927881
Nice falseflag, discordtroon
I will keep rejecting claifornian garbage while playing games that have non-obnoxous niggers and women in them despite your desperate attempts to paint gigachuds as people that hate on every game with niggers and women in them.

I love L4D and TF2 even though those games have playable niggers in them.
I love NOLF and Syberia even though those games have female protagonists.
You falseflags are futile. Give up.
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>>721931031
gacha has the inherent advantage of exploring gambling addiction. I'm not irrational enough to devote effort to a lost cause. on the other hand, I know my efforts here are infuriating the shit out of somebody who's income is directly tied to the success of this game.
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>>721931141
>I don't care about actual shills but I am going to sperg out about actual discussion about the games /v/ actually cares about
Pure fucking delusion. The sooner you neck yourself the better.
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>>721930163
>That's literally nothing in terms of play time you don't know what true bullshit is
What do you mean? The game is just cycle of end game crises. Just don't do this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG9TdeMP7UM
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>>721931290
>trying to paint the rational actor as irrational again
you guys need new material
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>>721931324
Yes, I am calling you irrational because you are clearly irrational. You're not automatically correct because you say you are, faggot.
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here's a fun article on how this form of cynical marketing is even stressing out people within the industry:

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/-this-is-just-a-death-cycle-no-more-robots-gets-candid-about-the-state-of-indie-publishing
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reminder: there's no such thing as an "indie developer" anymore. well, there is, but you will literally never see or hear about their work.
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>>721931780
You wouldn't happen to be a game dev failure yourself? It would explain a lot
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>>721932068
>let's try depicting it as sour grapes!
nope, I'm a successful senior in my actually real industry which I will not elaborate on because there is no reason to- you'll just contort whatever I say and my ego stands to gain nothing even if you didn't. what's really going on is a general fatigue for cynical marketing manifesting itself as extremely annoying anti-establishment fucks such as myself cropping up in obvious shill threads more often since they have finally had enough of their hobby getting absolutely gutted for a quick buck.
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having the overhype artist doing actual modern military shit with a sci-fi edge instead of humpty dumpty people is probably what has me most excited for this game. the visuals look like xenonauts but better, cleaner
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>>721930423
try wartales
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>>721931690
what does this article has to do with this thread or the game? it's just a guy complaining about covid bubble burst and how middle budget games do not attract investors and publishers - you either go big or cheap
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>>721932241
OK, and imagine my surprise, and maybe even feeling of pity, when I make this thread in earnest and see you schizoing all over. If you have a problem with people mentioning youtubers since those are the only ones with access to the game currently, whatever, but try to take your meds so you don't shit up the thread tomorrow when we can actually talk about our own experiences with the game.

I'm happy for your senior dishwasher position btw
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just ignore the retard, you're letting a single faggot derail the thread, just hide his posts and move on

anyway, i hope it's good, i've enjoyed BB despite it's sometimes borderline retarded design decisions. i've been fiending for a new xcom thingie for a while, why did firaxis decide to kill themselves with a fucking deckbuilder marvel game
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>>721932498
Finished act 1 coop with a friend, but we dropped it because there were too many interesting games coming out around the time. We've talked about continuing it. My only real complaint was how slowly you leveled up, it felt like we never got any fun skills to use
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>>721912040
>>721922851
I'm kind of taken aback by the positivity in this thread, I checked out some gameplay and it looks very generic and boring
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>>721932424
Right? I've always loved his work. I've never used their forums that much, but I sometimes lurked in the artist's thread to take a look at upcoming content for BBros.
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>uh oh guys we got a live one, I need you all in this thread
lol, lmao even
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>>721906825
i liked the teaser trailer they did with astartes guy, maybe he can do more in game cinematics
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It looks more like silent storm or men of war desu
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I wanna plaaaaaaaaaaay
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>We had to remove random characters to force the player to play as brown women.
Nah. Good like adverting your military strategy game to the not-white not-male audience lmao
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>>721925625
she looks like she's made for my penis
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>>721906825
idc if this is a marketing post, havent heard of this game and it looks good
wishlisted
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>>721934103
Very true sar! I also want to play (inseret game name here)! All of my friends have wishlisted (insert game name here) on steam!
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This thread is MENACE
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>>721906825
Will I like xcom if I like wasteland 2 and 3 and barely like triangle strategy? I've read that it is an extremely stressful game.
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>>721928383
we don't play video games on this board, tranny.
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>>721906825
I kinda wish the squad leaders were randomly generated mooks you could customize like in Battle Brothers tbdesu
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>>721936831
same, but im stil; open to the idea of the squad leaders being set characters. i just hope there's more you can unlock and maybe some that align less as a pragmatic military man and more dubious and more like the terrorist faction
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>>721936831
Is it a trpg with 'heroes'? That doesn't exist, does it? There are strategy games with heroes, wc3 or spellforce, but no trpg with heroes.
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>>721931028
play the legends mod
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>>721925625
no one has posted the tiktacs gameplay yet so I know its shit
its like that xcom like game breaking point god that was shit
when ppl talked about xcom I didnt have to go though over half a thread to see gamelay
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>>721930423
>>721926805
Whenever I read your posts, I think "those faggots just have to keep inventing new bullshit instead of admitting to themselves that they are shit at the game". Bunch of whiny faggots.
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>>721940196
I didn't play it, but I'm sure I could be good at the game if I followed a guide like every BB player I've ever seen discuss the game. I don't do guides though
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>>721940196
following flowcharts and premade builds doesn't make you good at the game. I bet you couldn't do a run without a duelist thrower or fat newt you metaslave.
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>>721940678
I was obsessed with watching guides and playthroughs of the game until I finally got it. Maybe it was because of all the shit I've seen but it felt too easy and like you just do the same shit over and over, there's no real place for risk and the overworld systems were so basic and drab too so I just ended up dropping it. Maybe it'll be better now that I haven't played it for like a year or so.
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>>721906825
>early access to the demo
???
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>>721906825
>Xcom
It's more like chimera squad since it focuses on pre-made characters.
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>>721912040
holy shit why are these portraits so bad
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>>721911875
Who cares? If you're the kind of person who decide what game to buy based on a stream you should base your opinion on the gameplay shown, not how hard the streamer can suck off the devs. No matter how much a shill tries to hype up a dogshit game the simple fact that they are actively playing it should give you all the info you need on if it's a good choice or not.
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>>721937667
If XCOM2 counts as a "trpg" then yes, they have "hero" classes.
But they're basically rare super-units, (well not skirmishers lel), that are still randomly generated, not named characters if that's what you mean.
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>>721946927
>tranny has never played JA
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>>721906825
Woke slop
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>>721906825
People were hyped for phoenix point too.
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>>721948083
Beaglerush relentlessly made fun of Phoenix Point when he first got to play it, laughing at how bad it was. With Menace, he called it a 15 out of 10.

>b-but he's a shill

Yeah, maybe, his career as a communist streamer could be in a slump and he could have taken to shilling. It's interesting to note nonetheless. We'll find out tomorrow if the hype is real or not.
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>>721948083
Based Piratez enjoyer
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>>721948514
>communist
I know he was beloved by SA but didn't know he was in the chuddy chapo/vaush crowd huh
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>>721906825
Been on record saying this was going to be slop for a long time. Looking forward to being proved correct yet again.
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>>721948083
>tfw I actually like Phoenix Point
It definitely feels half baked, but there's a lot of things I really like over NuCOM or XCOM2
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Oh shid there's a demo? My interest has increased enough to bump this thread off page 7.
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>>721938053
>tfw scaling beggar who can now casually beat entire armies to death with his bare hands still gets fucked by RNG
I mean he didn't die or anything but still, the statistical probability of this happening is mindbogglingly low for it to happen semi regularly.
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>battle brother developers
dropped harder than the hardest metal known to man
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>>721926068
what's the point if they won't panic and start crying at the first bang?
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i don't want niggers in my game

not racist just don't like 'em
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>>721951790
They're just .pngs, I imagine replacing them or at least forcing a helmet on their pictures should be doable.
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>>721952395
if it didn't matter they wouldn't be there in the first place
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>>721952473
I don't recall saying it doesn't matter, nigger. I said if you're such a mentally fragile little bitch that the mere sight of a nigger, (something you will be forced to see anytime you leave your mom's basement in most large cities), sends you into conniptions then you will likely have an option to de-nog them.
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>>721906825
Xcom will never be replaced and I'm talking about Xcom Ufo Defense and not the modernslop dogshit. But this looks like a genuinely fun game.
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>>721952656
Large cities here don't have any niggers in them. I've seen a nigger in person exactly twice in my life and I have to be out and about. Sucks for you to be born in a bad country I guess.
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>>721953142
This.
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>>721952656
damn bitch, pose harder you almost made me think you had a testicle
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>>721909505
Better than IFuckKids Studios I guess
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>>721947235
>the simple fact that they are actively playing it should give you all the info you need on if it's a good choice or not.
that's a pretty retarded thing to say about a systems heavy strategy game where one campaign lasts dozens of hours. Difficulty crumbles if you use this obvious tactic? Omit that. Early, mid, or late game has any problems? Omit that. Map variety is exhausted in about 6 hours and becomes painfully monotonous? Omit that.
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>>721925625
How the fuck do these fags expect me to sacrifice that queen when some op goes ogre?...smfh...
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>>721926805
That game is a breeze...except for those pieces of shit ghosts!!
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>>721953371
Ok, good for you. That is a luxury most of the world does not have and, statistically speaking, you will not get to keep unless you fight for it, so I certainly hope you are doing more than just bitching about nogs in video games on this anonymous anime forum to keep it.
>>721953457
Please see attached image.
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>>721926805
It already looks better than BB because you have more tools to work with than just shuffling your troops and hoping the enemy makes stupid moves. There's suppression, recon drones, grenades and lethality is very high for both sides.
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>>721951396
rip
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>>721906825
hadn't heard of this before but thanks shill threads this actually looks cool. I was playing original XCOM recently and was thinking a modern mercenary setting would be a neat spin on that gameplay.

So what's the deal with the demo? Tomorrow morning or something? Steam only? I want to tell my friend about it but he's only got a steam deck and ps5
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>>721926805
From what I've seen the two aren't really even comparable except that they are turn based and involve using more than three brain cells. Menace seems to just have flat out more development, in every metric. Budget, time to polish it, nuance in gameplay, they're just not really in the same league. Battle Brothers is a small indie game whereas Menace looks like a successful indie studio's first AA game. (Or whatever the term is for just below AA. A? A-game sounds retarded.)
That's not to say that BB is bad by any means, it's one of my favorites, but it's just not really valid to try to compare them 1:1 when they're completely different from the ground up so much that just arbitrarily declaring one "better" than the other feels disingenuous.
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>>721932498
Wartales is basically a best developed version of BB, the big problem is that the dudes making it think they are Paradox with their DLC bullshit.
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>>721955587
wartales is so fucking slow and boring
horrible shit
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>Wartales
Should i pick Skelmar before the discount runs out?
I kinda want to give the game another run, i played it when it released and with i think one DLC...
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>>721955846
So its BB...its just the type of games they are.
That said BB music clears Wartales' so fucking much.
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>>721955587
The thing I hate about Wartales is how restrictive it is with unit battle positioning and how shitty most of its battle maps are. And the absolutely nonsensical fucking relationship system where a guy might want to marry his horse.
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>>721955980
battle brothers is fun though
wartales was awful
I played about 30 hours in a campaign and loathed it at the end
the scaling was so fucking shitty
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Hourly mandated bump.
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>>721955862
Just use creamapi



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