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Megazver posted:Who thought that travel speed was a good idea? The sexpest studio founder and now ex-employee / founder of Weather Factory Alexis Kennedy. He once said that he would have as an epitaph "THE SHIP GOES SLOW".
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I assume it was to build tension given the importance fuel/food/fear can have on your crew but in practice it discourages exploration and travel in a game that is 90% exploration/travel oriented.
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Nov 27, 2020 08:10
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Cantorsdust posted:The sexpest studio founder and now ex-employee / founder of Weather Factory Alexis Kennedy. He once said that he would have as an epitaph "THE SHIP GOES SLOW". It was mostly a rhetorical question - I am fairly aware of all the drama surrounding the game. But, well, he might have certainly said that, but then they did an entire new game without him and the travel is still tedious enough to use in Guantanamo along with Enter Sandman. I am still a little buttsore about this, haha.
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Nov 27, 2020 11:48
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Megazver posted:It was mostly a rhetorical question - I am fairly aware of all the drama surrounding the game. But, well, he might have certainly said that, but then they did an entire new game without him and the travel is still tedious enough to use in Guantanamo along with Enter Sandman. You should be. The ship being slow is fine for the first few parts of the game where you're just starting out and exploring poo poo near by, but you really should be able to make the ship go faster as you have to travel further and further away.
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:You should be. You can. They added engine upgrades in the Hoarder Update that came out in September 2019, together with Full Steam Mode and the constructable Albion-Eleutheria Transit Relay. ThaumPenguin fucked around with this message at 12:37 on Nov 27, 2020 |
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Nov 27, 2020 12:23
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ThaumPenguin posted:You can. They added engine upgrades in the Hoarder Update that came out in September 2019, together with Full Steam Mode and the constructable Albion-Eleutheria Transit Relay. I know, but they're not nearly as fast as they should be.
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Nov 27, 2020 12:26
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I agree that the upgraded engines could have a bit more punch to them. Also, Full Steam Mode should absolutely have more of a punch, the discrepancy between the visuals and the fairly meager speed boost makes it all feel a bit underwhelming. That said, I don't think I'd want too much of a boost in the early- to early-mid game. The Sovereign update will supposedly include a quest for a Fulgent Impeller-style ultimate engine, so there's at least that to look forwards to.
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Nov 27, 2020 12:37
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Speaking of the Sovereign update, Failbetter's been quiet about it since they announced the performance-induced delay a while back. They did however just post this: https://twitter.com/failbettergames/status/1332266608149090304?s=20 Hopefully it won't just be another update to Fallen London, the whole "play a little, but in regular, consistent bursts" just doesn't gel with how I play games.
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ThaumPenguin posted:That said, I don't think I'd want too much of a boost in the early- to early-mid game. Yeah I'm fine with the ship in early and midgame being a bit slow, that adds to the excitement and thrill of trying to get to a port before you run out of fuel. But once you reach the end game and have unlocked every map and have to travel between them for quests you REALLY should be able to go WAY faster.
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the way to play any of these games is to have cheat engine and have a 1x 2x and 3x and maybe later 10x speed binding
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Nov 27, 2020 13:28
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Mostly what I use this game for now (after the first 60-odd hours of play) is leisurely trading while I'm also watching TV. I added a bunch of storage to my ship and I just make the rounds buying everything from the bazaars and harvesting honey and then storing it all in my bank until a prospect pops up. Full Steam Mode sucks because it usually just results in me plowing unstoppably into obstacles, and you can't even interact with stuff while you're using it. I miss the full power thing from Sunless Seas, where it worked just like the normal engine but faster, but also had a chance to make your engine explode.
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Attaching an experimental mining drill to the front of my train so I don't have to turn off Full Steam Mode just for the sake of some settlement
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Nov 27, 2020 20:00
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If you guys don't mind playing a pure text game, Superluminal Vagrant Twin aims at a fairly similar experience, except travelling between ports takes a single typed command, which makes it 500% superior to SS. And the writing is actually on a similar level of quality as well. It's a limited parser game, which means you have to type in commands but there is a very limited amount of them that is explicitly explained to you and you never have to play 'guess the verb', and you can play it in the browser. The page I linked to is kind of the IMDB for text games. Press Play Online in the top right corner to actually play. Megazver fucked around with this message at 00:19 on Nov 28, 2020 |
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Nov 28, 2020 00:12
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when i finally got full steam mode activated i could not stop laughing that it was like 10% faster than normal
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Nov 28, 2020 03:00
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This game is unspeakably boring. I just spent an hour crawling the skies without seeing a single other port, then ran out of supplies and gave up.
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The Lone Badger posted:This game is unspeakably boring. I just spent an hour crawling the skies without seeing a single other port, then ran out of supplies and gave up. Gotta use the bat.
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Nov 30, 2020 05:24
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Failbetter just announced Mask of the Rose, it's a dating sim taking place a few months after London's fall. https://twitter.com/failbettergames/status/1334108620104069121?s=19
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Can’t wait to sloooowly trudge through the streets of London towards the restaurant to meet my date only to starve to death before I got there because I didn’t put enough mints in my pocket before I left.
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"yes, i agree to a second date, but i must finish my mural first. i require eighteen thousand fragments of jade"
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I must admit I am somewhat curious as to how exactly they'll make this irritating to play, mechanically. Also, Rubbery Man romance or GTFO.
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Megazver posted:Also, Rubbery Man romance or GTFO. That was actually an option in Sunless Seas (although all the romance options in that were pretty perfunctory).
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Megazver posted:Also, Rubbery Man romance or GTFO. Strong agree.
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Is there any update on when the console version is coming out?
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Scrub-Niggurath posted:Is there any update on when the console version is coming out? They snuck it into the press release about the new game; all three have been submitted so there's an unknown waiting period for Nintendo et al to look them over and come back with any fixes that need to be made, then do that and resubmit.
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I finally picked up Skies and... I just don’t like it as much as I liked Seas? I’m not sure why, it just doesn’t have the atmosphere that Seas had, which was honestly what kept me going through Seas more tedious parts. Maybe it’s because the first part takes place in broad daylight.
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The Reach is sort of a soft start meant to help ease you into the game, the other regions have very different feels to them. You'll love Eleutheria, trust me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsSB8LKCAZM
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I didn't like Eleutheria, tbh. Albion is probably the best region, overall.
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Eleutheria ended up being one of my most memorable and exciting gaming experiences in Sunless Skies because I didn't find Pan the first time I was there, I stuck to the edges, and Pan is always in the center Because of this I had no way to repair my ship so the game suddenly became a survival horror (even more so than it usually is) as I desperately moved from port to port until I reached Eagle's Empyrean.
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ThaumPenguin posted:The Reach is sort of a soft start meant to help ease you into the game, the other regions have very different feels to them. Eleutheria is definitely my favourite area in terms of atmosphere, at least as good as Seas. New Winchester is a terrible starting base and feels like uncompleted Early Access material. I think the idea of starting at an outpost rather than London is solid, but the execution is very weak - there just isn't much content.
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I love coming back to the Reach after extended trips (it feels like a breath of fresh air, especially after Albion) and consider New Winchester to be my character(s) "home", but it could definitely do with more content, especially in the mid- and late game.
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Thought I'd post this (admittedly month old) status update on Sovereign Edition:Failbetter - A Quick Update on the Sovereign Edition posted:We last shared news about the Sovereign Edition of Sunless Skies in early December, after we submitted builds for console certification. We know many people are eagerly awaiting it, so we wanted to share a brief status update. I'd honestly love to start my playthrough over, see what the progression is like with all the changes since release (as well as what SE will bring), especially with the engine system they added ages ago. That is to say I mostly want a good excuse to try out all the different horns. Honestly what I'd prefer would be a clean start where everything is reset except for my completion of the three standard ambitions, for the facets. If that's not possible, I might just try to rush a few of them, and then go for Martyr King's Cup. ThaumPenguin fucked around with this message at 05:36 on Feb 26, 2021 |
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ThaumPenguin posted:Thought I'd post this (admittedly month old) status update on Sovereign Edition: I'm going to assume when they say they're having problems with optimization and console porting, they mean that the Switch can barely run it.
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Hopefully all the optimization they've been working on for the last several months (and continue to work on) means that we won't get as many framerate issues from doing a lot of dialogue/story in a single port without exiting.
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Here we... here we... here we loving go!!! https://twitter.com/failbettergames/status/1387361156222836739
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ThaumPenguin posted:Here we... here we... here we loving go!!! about goddamn time!!!!
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That's nice.
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Anyone know if the update will break saves? I just bought the game on the steam sale and am only a couple hours in. Should I just wait for the update and play with a fresh save?
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Robo-Slap posted:Anyone know if the update will break saves? I just bought the game on the steam sale and am only a couple hours in. Should I just wait for the update and play with a fresh save? I read the Kickstarter update and it won't. Safe for you to start playing. Very old saves before the Wayfarer update will lose the player location and restart you at the New Winchester, but otherwise will still work.
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Cantorsdust posted:I read the Kickstarter update and it won't. Safe for you to start playing. Very old saves before the Wayfarer update will lose the player location and restart you at the New Winchester, but otherwise will still work. Thanks!
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I last played Sunless Skies in April 2019. Is it worth playing now? Should I get a new save?
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