Is there any hope for this company?
Surely, Arteria would do something....
OG Chaos Brand is not a gamble.
>>3945807>Is there any hope for this company?Outlived Bioware haha
>>3991208konichiwa
I bet Rixia's farts smell like sushi and milk.
>24 year old game>universally panned story on release>considered “mid”>sells today for $19.99Why can’t westerners make good games anymore? Trannies?
>>4139936>shit-eating this take is.One of your specialties, someone who truly enjoys the NWN campaign.
>>4138980That game was literally free on GOG and the Enhanced Edition has been sold for a pittance like 20 fucking times now, man.
>>4139517It honestly feels like the precursor to WoW's game design on that front. Absolutely fucking terrible. SoU really cleaned the game up to acceptable levels and HotU was actually good in spite of being an epic level campaign.
>>4139079>brutal loggingYou're a lumberjack, and you're okay.
>>4139936As someone who actually enjoyed OC I have to say he's pretty spot on (except for the story part, I actually liked the story even more than both of the so "acclaimed" expansions). The campaign would've been so much better if they made dungeons shorter, with less monsters but harder ones and so meaninful loot and exp instead of having 500 chests locked just for them to give you like 10g and a carrot each. Also the whole thing of loot being level dependent is ass. You pretty much have to wait until level 6 to actually get something useful in random loot. And this means completing most of the first act without looting and then when you finally reach level 6 backtrack all the zones and dungeons looting everything you avoided before. Also the whole thing of being able to savescum before opening boss chests to reset their content so you can get the exact item you want. It's just bad design all around.I still enjoyed it because of the comfy early 2000s game vibes and Soule's music. The story is not bad either imo, the whole thing with Aribeth is really interesting. But the game itself plays more like an ARPG hack and slash rather than a CRPG.Expansions are ok. Way better designed gameplay wise overall, fixing most of the problems I mention before. But also they are pretty boring story wise. I unironically think The Wailling Death has a much more interesting story than both SoU and HotU
Post dev progress on your non-RPGMaker games.How's (You)r game going, anon?
>>4142805>>4142807You sound unhinged. You really think you found some kind of gamedev secret lol? Get professional help. The “formulas” on that article are nonsense. They are like stuff business people come up with for their presentations.
>>4142810you sound like a nodev. use of these formulas is industry standard in rpgs, rts, mobas, fps games, turn based games, even fucking city builder simulationsif you don't want to spend time working in a spreadsheet you aren't working on game dev. when you take "game theory" in college you realize that all games are math problems and if your math problem is shit then your game is boring
>>4142286Where's your game. Just curious if you have one.
>>4142871Does anyone?
>>4143169I do. And by modern standards it was nearly totally handcrafted. However, if you've been paying attention, AI has gotten really good at programming. And really fast. If you don't use it, you can still make games obviously, but everyone else will make 3 games to your 1. I thought my next game would take 2 years. Now I think I can do 95% of it in 3-5 months.
When did you realize that she was the greatest female character in vidya?
>>4139581>When did you realize that she was the greatest female character in vidya?The same time you figured out that FF9 is the greatest rpg ever.
>>4139581The greatest female character in vidya is Deionarra.
>>4139581>Aerie>Shadowheart>Annah>Ahnassi>Bastilla>Visas Marr>Talithe best girls in WRPGs
>>4139581>baldurtroon continues to demonstrate he hasn't played many RPGs
>>4143369I've played hundreds and Shart is the best
Who are your favorite JRPG protagonists?I always liked the relationship between Sabin and Edgar in FF6.
just got an enhanced remaster all of a sudden.
Is it a remaster or a "remaster"?
>>4143372Playstation 2 era quality is literally lost technology.
>>4143372I'm at such a loss with this image
>>4143372Before, it was a 4K/HD remaster. Now it's saying it's got native 4K, HDR, 120 fps and 2x speed.
I’ve finished Act 1 in Pathfinder, mostly played to test builds and learn the game systems. I’ve done a lot of research on the Pathfinder 1E rules and decided to go with a Battle Oracle Angel build. I plan to restart the campaign from scratch, applying everything I’ve learned.I’m aiming to play on the Core difficulty, but I’ve seen many people say it’s not recommended for beginners—so, I’ve made a few adjustments (pic) to create a "custom-Core" setup. Do you think this will be manageable? Also, should I set enemy critical hit damage to weak or keep it at normal? Any advice would be greatly appreciated—thanks in advance!
>>4132913Battle angel oracle is THE most overpowered thing in the game, it will crush hard and below.A crusader cleric is honestly just as, if not more powerful, and may be easier to understand for new players. Archer build or shield bash build on it is pretty kino on Angel...A paladin will be strong on Angel path but not overpowered.Honestly Kingmaker is a smoother ride for your first game, more grounded characters, story etc. I highly recommend chaotic good archaelogist bard. Which is up there in power in the first game, not so much the second because many things are overpowered.The length of Wrath is HUGE too, you might feel it is a slog in many places if you don't know how to build things to mow stuff down.Get bubble buffs though and don't torture yourself with manual buffing.I'd suggest the respec mod as well, it's so easy to make a tiny wrong decision that has you hoofing back to town to pay for a respec and tedious, and you can clean up any companion build you don't really like. There's no point to playing Wrath like a purist whatsoever.Toybox automatically puts achievements back too, you don't have to get deep on it.If you want a great content mod for Kingmaker to boost it up nearly to Wrath levels of options its: Call of the Wild.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>4143259Greataxes have good easier to get threat ranges, and decent special effects on them, greatswords are kinda similar and better threat range iircMostly it's falchion, polearms (for reach and cleave builds) bastard swords (magus builds benefit from 1h and 2h sometimes depending on what they're doing at the moment) I think there are a couple of fun big clubs/maces yeah, it wouldn't be too terrible to build for them.I have a scythe build I'm meaning to do based on vital strike abuse from rowdy rogue and Lich path to make it a literal 1 hit reaper of death, or perhaps Demon for the teleports too.It may have to go legend or some crit threat abuse out of a fighter build mixed in, I'm running a Vampire Hunter D build on gendarme/bloodseeker at the moment because I finally modded in the black horse properly after a few retired tries way back of bugs and build weaknesses that annoyed me too much (including ECB in fact, which I just transmog a falchion to ECB appearance now for the D look)
>>4132913Also str on falchion and most weapons is inherently better than dex for strictly damage arguments due to things like legendary proportions that add str damage for size, barbarian rages etc.If you get into things like defense or even mounted combat style riding with mobility and skills like trickery dex has many other arguments in its favor though.
>>4137724>There's an actual devil path. That is NOT what anon meant by "Devilman path"
I kind of thought this about the Pathfinder games, but in the 40k games I feel it is insane that it isn't an option:You should be able to upload your planned build in csv format.
We won
>>4143315Because Kris doesn't want to be either.
>>4143315Samefag, I meant broad shoulders my bad
>>4143316Either a boy or girl? I understand, but I’m moreso going against the belief that Kris is a heckin manly hmofa god. It’s projection, and in real life, they would be called a faggot if they looked like that
>>4143318He's just being dramatic about not "feeling right" with being the king or the queen, even if there are two queens. He also loves messing with Noelle, and saying that she should be King would really get on her nerves.I'd be fine with Kris being a girl, but I still think he's a boy.At the age the Dreemurr kids are at, you just don't put a brother and sister in the same bedroom. Girls need their privacy from boys. (This is also why I think Chara is male)
>>4142049>>>/vg/
Life is way too short to play jrpgsfuck those padded to shit, linear story movie games with one button gameplay
I played a porn game a while ago with some very good turn based gameplay revolving around various stuns, buffs, and elemental resistances/weaknesses on almost every encounter. No A-spam in sight.It ignited a need to find this type of gameplay, but from an actually competent game dev, rather than some furry troon trying to draw Anime girls for the first time in years.So, I loaded up my high tech pocket emulation machine with Chrono Trigger.This shit is easy as fuck. It's from over 30 years ago now; I thought old games were supposed to be tough as nails to keep kids glued to the screen for months while they load up a piggy bank for their next trip to the local game store.
>>4134333>stuns, buffs, and elemental resistances/weaknesses on almost every encounterTry Treasure of the Rudras
>>4130727Go play Romancing SaGa and Etrian Odyssey then.>>4134333>I thought old games were supposed to be tough as nailsEverything is harder when you're a kid because you're inexperienced and lacking in knowledge.
H-games have ruined jrpgs for me, because they have the same gameplay + porn.
>>4134333>I played a porn game a while ago with some very good turn based gameplayStopped reading here.
Who or what could make a proper Arcanum remake or spiritual sequel?What needs to be fixed from the original and what needs to be kept if it’s as to be inspired by the older game?
gnomes using technology from dwarves and humans to turn all the half-ogres into a massive army to take everything over
>>4140517Well, were the fans able to provide useful answers?
>>4137420Well its setting is that it takes place after a Tolkien era; that is the appeal.
>>4140548>abloohoo muh aiShut the fuck up
>>4137395>but make it something more like Persona 5 or Clair Obscur.kys
i'm thinking of picking up ff5 pixel remasteredhow difficult is it? i'm pretty good at final fantasy and was wondering if i should set the boost mechanic to 0.5 immediately to have a good time or if the game is actually hard and i should just play it on default difficulty for my first runyeah i could play a rom blahablahblah but i think the reworked graphics and music are good in ff1/ff4/ff6 pixel remastered
>>4140881hey, thanks for answering the question i asked about how difficult the game is compared to other ff games
>>4140884Harder than most of them. Not a hard game, but there's a fair amount of bosses that you can't just attack mindlessly.
>>4140864PR FFV was my first time playing FFV and I did 0.5x xp, gil, and apb, AND I downloaded a mod for much much harder difficulty the pixel remaster on my first playthrough of ff5 ever and I was auto-battling stuff like bahamet. >doubles the HP of all enemies (except Magic Pot), increases major enemy stats by 20% or 10% where appropriateit's not very hard. I had a harder time with translated FFIV. I would look to a romhack for actual difficulty.
>>4140864Get a proper editor for 8- bit indexed palette graphics. Grafx2 is still the best thing you can get. Learn how to do manually dithering. Study sprite sheets from 16- bit consoles and PSX games. Learn how to deal with upscaled pixel graphics in high resolution. A simple shader to get proper translucent scanlines, not an overengineered shit like some the pseudo- CRT ones around.
>>4140864>remasteredwtf you doin?
No game has done romance as well as Baldur's Gate 2.
BODHI SEXXO
>>4110867Dude, that was maybe the gayest comment I've read on the internet this year. I hope you are trolling, good Lord.
NPC romance is gay as shit. ERP is what chads do.
>>4138975ERP is what incels do with each other, half plays the woman, and they get e-fucked by the other half. Real women don't "erp".>>4131040Bodhi was done dirty by her portrait, if she was hotter in that, the game would have seen minimally +20% more acclaim.
>>4110787Drow pussy was clapped l. It supersedes 97% of fiction the other 3% being Tiefling/Eladrin pussy being clapped
I'm about halfway through Metal Max Returns, so far I'm enjoying it. The vehicle/on foot modes are kind of neat even if the game hasn't really combined the two all that well so far.Does the rest of the series improve on that any? I'd like the concept and the setting, but I don't think I'd want to play another barebones RPG in the same vein.
>>4130094NTA but 2R lets you change each individual weapon slot separately, alongside the standard chassis modification. Iirc there are some fixed SEs for each vehicle that con only be accesed this way, but I could be wrong.
>>4130413Couldn't you do the same thing in 3?
>>4130424No, 3 only lets you modify the entire chassis at once, going through each weapon slot in sequence. So y'know it goes like>the first slot is a cannon>when you upgrade the tank for the first time you have to choose the second slot type>the second upgrade will decide the third slotAnd so forth, I'm simplifying it though, there's some quirks here and there. I went and took some screenshots from my save files, maybe this can clear things up.
>>4130094Was subjobs exclusive to 2R? I liked the skills but also using class-specific gear seems real gamechanging.>>4130450Police car in 3 starts off as a pure AUX-gun machine, and if I got the pattern that allows for the purchase of a sunbeam (heavy af) need better engines fug.
>>4099288Those the best tanks in that game? Also a build based on defeated enemy vehicle parts are nice.
Now that Daggerfall has been modded to be an MMORPG is it good?
>>4129770Yes and no. In concept it's amazing, in practice it's pretty good but the secret switches and the way quest targets sometimes won't load which leads you in a convoluted goose chase to nothing hampers the experience, and when you take a step back to look at the game as a whole you realize how surface level a lot of things about it are which is something later games improved on. I like jumping into it from time to time, unless you're really into it then my best advice would be to treat it as a side game you play casually because then any issues don't feel as egregious as they otherwise could.
>>4142252Yeah and they made Cyrodill an open air pvp zone. What a blunder. They also added microtransaction. Seems that they want to chase the PoE crowd. But they<ll never be able to balance PvP nor make a satisfying "loot threadmill" PvE experience with compeltely overhauling how the skill system work.
>>4142609>They also added microtransactionUh oh
>>4142950Yeah they are very close to reciveing some very friendly messages from Bethesda
>>4140672>Playing an elder scrolls game
Don't mind me, I just have the greatest jrpg battle system ever to exist
>>4141688The only problem which might not actually be a problem is that magic becomes overpowered. The early game where combos and criticals matter more is very compelling.
>>4141688It's good. Just off the top of my head, though, Emerald Beyond has better combat mechanics.
>>4141688what's the point when the game is piss easy?
>>4141695That's not really fair, since 1 had a really good cast. It even had a weird jew/gypsy hybrid in bunny form. Grandia 2 had a good one. Ryudo was edge but not annoyingly so Roan was the only kid character from a jrpg I can remember liking, the succubus was hot as was her good side, Mareg was badass and Tio was totally not a loli chatacter so you don't have to feel bad.
>>4141688>Don't mind meok I won't
