I'm just finding it conceptually weird to have this OS stuff around a fantasy game. I think they could've come up with a pretty fascinating hollywood hacking JRPG anology. Basically have all the same mechanics but travelling along the information superhighway instead of dirt tracks between medieval villages.
To me part of the appeal is the weird disconnect between computer OS and traditional fantasy RPG. If that wasn't what they were going for though, you're right doing a variant on something like hacknet probably would have made more sense.
If this had come out almost any other week I'd probably be buying it right now as it REALLY looks up my alley. But I only have so much time for games and well... Pyre.
Hey @unastrike, Tokido hadn't won SF4 but he had 2 Evo titles before this year, along with 3x second place finishes and a TON of other top eights. (I only remember 2 of his seconds, 2013 SF4 when he lost to Xian and then KOF in 2014 when he finished 2nd to Xaio Hai)
Such a weird time to release this game, you'd think they would've known the steam sale was coming. If this came out 2 weeks ago at its launch day sale price I probably would've grabbed it, but with the steam sale.... eh I'll wait.
Heh, I bought it first day of the Steam sale. It's 30% off there with no discount on PSN.
As to the game itself, it's decent but I'm finding it visually far too busy to concentrate on for long periods of time. I want myself to like Housemarque's games far more than I actually end up doing.
FYI 10% of that is only if you own another game (which I do, mind you)
Such a weird time to release this game, you'd think they would've known the steam sale was coming. If this came out 2 weeks ago at its launch day sale price I probably would've grabbed it, but with the steam sale.... eh I'll wait.
Dan, I love ya, but I wish you were better at explaining game mechanics. I'm still kind of fuzzy about what does and doesn't carry over between runs haha.
This looks rad, though!
So, basic version. Runes you find (there are currently 2 that I know of) carry over once you find them. Blueprints you find and get to the Collector (that dude between missions) carry over. Whatever upgrades you buy with the cells you find (spent at the same collector you drop off blueprints at) carry over. Note you HAVE to spend all cells before you leave the Collector room, and you don't have to be able to fully purchase something to be able to spend them, just dump as many as you have and you'll be closer for later runs.
Pretty sure that's all the sticking progression. Everything else (current weapons/skills/levels from those scrolls) all reset to base when you start over, and you always start at the prison.
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