Quick Look: Krater

Great quick look guys! Patrick and Vinny are great together. But, I probably stay away from this game.

Swedish developers always got things from Sweden in their game. Which is only funny for us xD Like syndicate, graffiti on the wall "Torbjörn för helvete!" "ThorBjoarn what the fuck!" Magicka, well it's basically all swedish =D

@Amafi said:

@gladspooky said:

@Wandrecanada said:

@simkas said:

No complaining about Patrick yet? Am I not on giant bomb anymore?

I'll do some Patrick complaining. Why the fuck does he keep referencing games that are nothing like this game. JRPG?!

This game is like BALDUR'S GATE! FUCKING BALDUR'S GATE! How can you miss this....

Diablo, Borderlands and JRPGs.... christ...

"There's random encounters on an overworld? What game are we playing?!"

These guys sound like they've never played a video game in their life.

How neither brought up fallout (the good ones by black isle, not the mediocre brown shooters by bethesda and obsidian) when talking about a post-apocalyptic rpg with an overworld map with random encounters is staggering to me.

I can understand Tricky not having played them, was he even born when they came out? But Vinny should've corrected that shit. JRPGs....Gross.

Vinny brought up the first fallouts in like the first 4 minutes.

Didn't take too much notice of this when it showed up on steam (as there's tons of little indie games popping up all the time) but thanks to GB crew, instantly sold on the game after seeing the QL. Game looks awesome & highly curious to see how it might evolve with it.

I remember reading an article about this in Edge magazine, and thought it sounded interesting. It's a real-time Fallout original, essentially, what with the overworld map but then real-time combat rather than turn-based. Looks great. Might pick this up one day.

All the recruits start off at 0 but the Grey have a level cap of 5, Green have a level cap of 10, and blue have a cap of 15. So you have to always have to buy new recruits every so often. Dont know if I like that because I would like to have the same 3 guys go throughout the game. Really puts no emphasis on the perma death that is in the game.

Edit: I've also find that a slayer is extremely more useful than the regulator. The added DPS way outweighs the stun the regulator has. Vinny, you are playing exactly how I am playing it. Run in with my squad of 3, spam my 1, 2, 5, and 6 keys as those do damage. Especially spam the slayer's '5' key. I have really got the strategy part out of it. The one thing I am starting to have to do is slow down and keep up my heals.

NPC named Dr Alban. I need this game now.

This game is terrible, combat is a mess theres no connection because you keep dropping them and picking them up in order just to have them level, don't bother with it.

Combat is just a huge mess unless your micro manage everything, when I was playing there were ranged units rushing forward to try to get into the fray when they should stay back.

Lots of smoke and mirrors for such a bad game.

@Wandrecanada: THIS GAME IS NOTHING LIKE BAULDERS GATE THAT HAD characters that matter, depth in combat, combat that made sense, DONT SAY THIS CRAP IN THE SAME SENTENCE AS THAT ONE.

@CaptainObvious said:

@Amafi said:

@gladspooky said:

@Wandrecanada said:

@simkas said:

No complaining about Patrick yet? Am I not on giant bomb anymore?

I'll do some Patrick complaining. Why the fuck does he keep referencing games that are nothing like this game. JRPG?!

This game is like BALDUR'S GATE! FUCKING BALDUR'S GATE! How can you miss this....

Diablo, Borderlands and JRPGs.... christ...

"There's random encounters on an overworld? What game are we playing?!"

These guys sound like they've never played a video game in their life.

How neither brought up fallout (the good ones by black isle, not the mediocre brown shooters by bethesda and obsidian) when talking about a post-apocalyptic rpg with an overworld map with random encounters is staggering to me.

I can understand Tricky not having played them, was he even born when they came out? But Vinny should've corrected that shit. JRPGs....Gross.

Vinny brought up the first fallouts in like the first 4 minutes.

And Borderlands, for some reason. If he'd thought of anything else, he probably would have mentioned it. "Yeah, this game is a lot like XCOM, too, 'cause it's isometric. And it's like Journey 'cause there's sand."

This actually looks pretty sweet. I think I'll check this out.

Reminds me SOOO much of Fallout 1 and 2. Big open world, random encounters, post-apocalyptic. Love it. Now, once again thanks to the GB crew, I will be spending my hard earned money on yet another game!

i will literally murder all of you for that jrpg overworld yang. yes this is a written threat. shoot you with a bozar. its like a keyblade

@Krakn3Dfx said:

@gladspooky said:

"This game isn't quite finished."

And they're fucking charging for it? No thanks.

I paid $13 for Minecraft when it was way earlier in development than this. Hell, I'm in for half a dozen Kickstarters that aren't even in alpha yet. This kind of thing is awesome IMO, you get to shape a game's development to some extent by playing it and offering input. The Fat Shark guys are heavily into the Steam forum for Krater, they are constantly responding to posts there.

I'm just against that business model. Haven't bought Minecraft, haven't dropped a dime into any Kickstarter project.

@gladspooky said:

@CaptainObvious said:

@Amafi said:

@gladspooky said:

@Wandrecanada said:

@simkas said:

No complaining about Patrick yet? Am I not on giant bomb anymore?

I'll do some Patrick complaining. Why the fuck does he keep referencing games that are nothing like this game. JRPG?!

This game is like BALDUR'S GATE! FUCKING BALDUR'S GATE! How can you miss this....

Diablo, Borderlands and JRPGs.... christ...

"There's random encounters on an overworld? What game are we playing?!"

These guys sound like they've never played a video game in their life.

How neither brought up fallout (the good ones by black isle, not the mediocre brown shooters by bethesda and obsidian) when talking about a post-apocalyptic rpg with an overworld map with random encounters is staggering to me.

I can understand Tricky not having played them, was he even born when they came out? But Vinny should've corrected that shit. JRPGs....Gross.

Vinny brought up the first fallouts in like the first 4 minutes.

And Borderlands, for some reason. If he'd thought of anything else, he probably would have mentioned it. "Yeah, this game is a lot like XCOM, too, 'cause it's isometric. And it's like Journey 'cause there's sand."

I agree with Vinny this game's aesthetic, characters/world appearance and animations, looks like Borderlands.

A lot of older western RPGs had random encounters Patrick: Baldurs Gate 1&2, Fallout 1&2 instantly spring to mind.

Got a GB-only giveaway for this going in the Steam Giveaway thread. Direct link here, courtesy @Murtaug.

Great QL. Surprised they didn't mention the very low price of the game though. Definitely seems like you're getting a lot for your $15.

Been a while since I've been able to watch a quick look, haven't had one of a game I'm interested in that doesn't have Patrick in it :\

Post-apocalypse Sweden doesn't seem so terrible.

Team combat, crafting, dungeon hunting and loot, be still my beating heart, i really like the look of this game, seems like exactly my cup of tea, i know what im getting on pay day.

Why are you people so damn mad? Huh, it's almost like the good folk on the internet like to pointlessly argue over nothing BUT THAT CAN'T POSSIBLY BE TRUE.

dungeon siege!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

That overmap music reminds me of The Neverending Story.

I like what I'm seeing for $15

i'm really digging the music in this game also the game itself looks pretty awesome.

IKEA for Swedes is pure thrash and we all buy it because it's the cheapest. If you could buy all kitchen utensils for the price of a single pot in an other store wouldn't you also buy thrash? :)

@Residentrevil2 said:

@gladspooky said:

@CaptainObvious said:

@Amafi said:

@gladspooky said:

@Wandrecanada said:

@simkas said:

No complaining about Patrick yet? Am I not on giant bomb anymore?

I'll do some Patrick complaining. Why the fuck does he keep referencing games that are nothing like this game. JRPG?!

This game is like BALDUR'S GATE! FUCKING BALDUR'S GATE! How can you miss this....

Diablo, Borderlands and JRPGs.... christ...

"There's random encounters on an overworld? What game are we playing?!"

These guys sound like they've never played a video game in their life.

How neither brought up fallout (the good ones by black isle, not the mediocre brown shooters by bethesda and obsidian) when talking about a post-apocalyptic rpg with an overworld map with random encounters is staggering to me.

I can understand Tricky not having played them, was he even born when they came out? But Vinny should've corrected that shit. JRPGs....Gross.

Vinny brought up the first fallouts in like the first 4 minutes.

And Borderlands, for some reason. If he'd thought of anything else, he probably would have mentioned it. "Yeah, this game is a lot like XCOM, too, 'cause it's isometric. And it's like Journey 'cause there's sand."

I agree with Vinny this game's aesthetic, characters/world appearance and animations, looks like Borderlands.

especially the characters that are wearing tank tops or are shirtless while wearing gas masks!

@cbarnes86 said:

Reminds me SOOO much of Fallout 1 and 2. Big open world, random encounters, post-apocalyptic. Love it. Now, once again thanks to the GB crew, I will be spending my hard earned money on yet another game!

And Fallout Tactics.

It's so funny when Patrick talks about scoops. I don't know why.

@Tikicobra said:

This is a bummer. http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/krater

TBH critic reviews these days can go bugger themselves, too much focus on nitpicking instead of actual game substance. For a lot of people a little "jank" or bugs don't matter that much unless it gets out of hand, especially the PC gaming crowd. At least that's how I approach games and some people i know do too. Then again there are plenty of people who will call a game shit for a few bugs. And a mindless TPS will get 90s for being polished and just not having issues. Obviously my rant on game scores is not aplicable to every publication, but it's a general vibe i'm getting and therefore I avoid metacritic like the plague, it's no subsitute for knowing your own gaming tastes and simply getting a bit of extra info from sources you trust.

Of course i can't speak for Krater yet, having not played it.

Vinny, yay!! With Patrick, NOOOOOOOOOOO. Vinny needs Dave or Drew or Jeff or Ryan.

@cbarnes86 said:

Reminds me SOOO much of Fallout 1 and 2. Big open world, random encounters, post-apocalyptic. Love it. Now, once again thanks to the GB crew, I will be spending my hard earned money on yet another game!

And Fallout Tactics.

This is hilarious. I am so happy I'm Swedish right now. :p

All post apocalyptic games should take place in post apocalyptic Sweden. Just saying.

Also, love how the in game currency is the Krona. :D

Lol, Dr. Alban.

Fuck yeah Restrepo!

I always enjoy QL's with Vinny

For the foreigners out there: Älmhult is the origin town of IKEA so that's where the IDEA and Elmerhult comes from.

@Tikicobra said:

This is a bummer. http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/krater

What?...

This actually looks cool; wishlisted on Steam :o

Also, I fucking love IKEA's meatballs.

Looks really cool -- I'll pick this up next paycheck I think. Good quick look, though they point out a lot of things as new/interesting that aren't really new, but interesting. Looks very Fallout meets Diablo -- something weird about that statement... like it should make me way more excited than it does.

Why all the Patrick hate? this is completely stupid, I cant understand what makes you not like him.

@Twinblade34: I don't understand how anyone can not like either one of the guys. What I REALLY don't understand is how anyone can get on some site and comment on a video and talk about how they don't like a particular person. People are so fucking rude. I really can't stand it.

This looks really promising. Definitely influenced by the old Fallout games, and that's great.

Get the fuck off the site if you dont like Patrick. Its really that simple. You guys are a hundred times more annoying by bitching on every single comment section for content that features him. fuck off already and go to gamefaqs

Took them long enough to liken it with Fallout. For the wrong reasons however. That overworld is straight out of Fallout 1 and 2.

Nice nods like the doctor in Norrmalm being named Dr. Alban and the guy outside IDEA being named Ingemar.

Edit: Oh and the T in the Krater logo.

@AlmostSwedish said:

Lol, Dr. Alban.

Hahaha

@Askherserenity said:

@Twinblade34: I don't understand how anyone can not like either one of the guys. What I REALLY don't understand is how anyone can get on some site and comment on a video and talk about how they don't like a particular person. People are so fucking rude. I really can't stand it.

I never got this either. I mean, I guess you can have whatever opinion you want of a person, but making it known you don't like someone on a public forum where the person in question can easily see it and constantly complaining about them seems really rude, like you said. Like, do people just constantly yell "I DON'T LIKE YOU" to people they don't get along with in real life?

played it... deleted it =/

I don't get how I got hooked on Diablo 3, but not this.