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Rebel Blob: Mar 1, 2008; Extinction for our time

https://i.imgur.com/W7iha6l.mp4
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Digital Release: June 1st on PC (Steam/GOG/Epic)/PS4/PS5/XONE/XS
Retail Release: June 30th

15% Preorder Discount to $33.99 on all platforms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtqVLk1vC-I

Necromunda: Hired Gun
Streum On Studio's third game, after their initial masterpiece of jank E.Y.E.: Divine Cybermany and the disappointing Space Hulk: Deathwing, returning to Warhammer 40,000 once again. Though even EYE was essentially bootleg WH40K run through a impenetrable translation from French. If you have any excitement for Necromunda: Hired Gun it is certainly because you hope Streum On can recapture some of the magic of EYE. N:HG is a FPS where you play as a bounty hunter, with a faithful pooch, surviving the Underhive of Necromunda. Right now, before release, we don't know how this game is going to turn out and it could go either way. So fingers crossed that we get something closer to E.Y.E. than Deathwing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6aRPlfjNN0

To quote the official website: "Necromunda: Hired Gun is a linear, fast-paced FPS with a full story campaign to play through. It includes side contracts that you can get from a central hub, and you have plenty of ways to customize your weapons and upgrade your character, but the game isn't a looter shooter." After the slow pace of Deathwing, the developers have decided to focus on mobility. There is a grappling hook, wallrunning, and combat looks far more agile in general. There are various upgrade paths for your character, your dog, and your weapons; though your character isn't fully customizable, you choose from 15 presets.

https://i.imgur.com/U4KMDKX.mp4

Necromunda?

Basically, it's a bad place in the future. Though what in WH40K isn't? This will get you started:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYW7-aW9R7c

It maybe WH40K but forget the Space Marines for a moment. Necromunda is a setting at the lawless dregs of an overcrowded society entirely focused on industry. The surface of the world has been rendered nearly uninhabitable, billions live in enormous hive cities where physical and social height are closely linked. At the bottom, in the Underhive, there is no law. It is an urban jungle, with Houses and gangs fighting for territory, itself an endless tangle of industrial machinery.

Technical Details posted:

No planned Linux release.

No additional content planned, though the possibility is open if the game is successful enough.

System Requirements:
Minimum:
OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
CPU: AMD FX 6300 X6 / Intel Core i5-3570K
RAM: 8 GB
GPU: 1 GB VRAM, Radeon HD 7770 / GeForce GTX 560 Ti
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 50 GB

Recommended:
OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 / Intel Core i5-8600K
RAM: 16 GB
GPU: 6 GB VRAM, Radeon RX 5600 / GeForce GTX 1660
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 50 GB

Console resolution and framerate:
PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X : 4K - 60FPS
Xbox Series S : 1080p (upscaled 4K) - 30FPS
PS4 : 1080p - 30FPS

https://i.imgur.com/ThyrMTh.mp4
Can Streum On reach the heights of E.Y.E. again?

# ? May 27, 2021 05:38

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# ? May 8, 2024 23:23

Mordja: Apr 26, 2014; Hell Gem

Rebel Blob posted:

Can Streum On reach the heights of E.Y.E. again?

Probably not, but it's bound to be better than Space Hulk by default.

# ? May 27, 2021 20:47

Play: Apr 25, 2006; Strong stroll for a mangy stray

These pre-threads make it way too tempting to waste money on games that turn out to be bad. Stop it, you

# ? May 27, 2021 20:51

itry: Aug 23, 2019

I'd like this to be good

# ? May 27, 2021 20:51

Rebel Blob: Mar 1, 2008; Extinction for our time

Crossposting this, as the first real look at the game. Though French just does not sound intimidating, yell at me all you like it still sounds cute.

BexGu posted:

So its in French but a video of the first 25 min of Necromunda: Hired Gun just dropped.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96fTmduDSGc

Its looks as mobile as the new Doom with some looting.

Mordja posted:

Probably not, but it's bound to be better than Space Hulk by default.

EYE is the result of a purely amateur effort, I think Streum On is probably too professional now to make another game like it. Especially now that they've been bought up by Focus Home Interactive, and will have a publisher even more closely over their shoulder than they've had for SH: Deathwing and N: Hired Gun.

Play posted:

These pre-threads make it way too tempting to waste money on games that turn out to be bad. Stop it, you

Sorry.

I've already put down my money so I'm strapped in for the ride good or bad.

# ? May 27, 2021 20:58

Monolith.: Jan 28, 2011; To save the world from the expanding Zone.

This is a definite wait and see, especially since Deathwing, even the Enhanced edition, was terrible. I sure hope it's a banger especially since it's a Warhammer fps. Plus cyber mastiffs are cool.

# ? May 27, 2021 21:10

BexGu: Jan 9, 2004; This fucking day....

I can't tell if the dog is controlled by a fake rat squeeze toy or a real rat.

After Biomutant turned out just okay I'm hoping this break the Warhammer 40K slump of bad games.

# ? May 27, 2021 21:32

Play: Apr 25, 2006; Strong stroll for a mangy stray

One thing I can say is that it looks loving awesome. Love the graphics and the artistic choices from what we've seen

# ? May 27, 2021 23:12

Ciaphas: Nov 20, 2005; > BEWARE, COWARD

EYE sounds like it would have been an absolute nightmare for me to play with the goofy language, lack of clarity and UX nonsense that we call "jank".

Buuut I'm an obvious sucker for WH40K, given my namesake, so I'm hoping against hope here that the devs can pull this off :pray:

Ciaphas fucked around with this message at 23:39 on May 27, 2021

# ? May 27, 2021 23:34

Jimbot: Jul 22, 2008

I hope this is good. It has lightning fast movement, wallrunning and nice sounding guns - all the things that I want in a FPS.

# ? May 27, 2021 23:43

Morter: Jul 1, 2006; Gift for the grind, criminal mind shifty

Swift with the 9 through a 59FIFTY

I like guns. I'm in. :black101:

# ? May 28, 2021 00:13

Mr. Crow: May 22, 2008; Snap City mayor for life

I really enjoyed deathwing, I hope this is good

# ? May 28, 2021 05:25

OxMan: May 13, 2006; COME SEE
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There was another necromunda house wars game wasn't there? Who made that one? No one I know played it

# ? May 28, 2021 16:31

Yooper: Apr 30, 2012

OxMan posted:

There was another necromunda house wars game wasn't there? Who made that one? No one I know played it

Necromunda : Underhive Wars. I'm waiting till it's 75% off or some such. The GW IP spam is pretty hit and miss quality wise.

# ? May 28, 2021 16:49

Play: Apr 25, 2006; Strong stroll for a mangy stray

It kind of reminds me of Wolfenstein: Youngblood a bit as far as the look and play

# ? May 28, 2021 16:55

Shaman Tank Spec: Dec 26, 2003; *blep*

Yooper posted:

Necromunda : Underhive Wars. I'm waiting till it's 75% off or some such. The GW IP spam is pretty hit and miss quality wise.

I remember a time when GW were notoriously stingy with their licenses.

# ? May 28, 2021 16:55

Ugly In The Morning: Jul 1, 2010; Pillbug

I can�t wait for this to come out even though I�m already drowining in backlog from May alone.

# ? May 28, 2021 17:38

Morter: Jul 1, 2006; Gift for the grind, criminal mind shifty

Swift with the 9 through a 59FIFTY

Play posted:

It kind of reminds me of Wolfenstein: Youngblood a bit as far as the look and play

From what little i've chosen to see, that's the vibe I get and i'm looking forward to that cause I liked it a lot.

# ? May 28, 2021 20:15

Orv: May 4, 2011

OxMan posted:

There was another necromunda house wars game wasn't there? Who made that one? No one I know played it

It was by the Mordheim people, it's a turn based squad tactics game and was fundamentally unplayable at launch due to AI issues. Those have been fixed but it's still just not a very good game.

# ? May 28, 2021 20:18

Dapper_Swindler: Feb 14, 2012; Im glad my instant dislike in you has been validated again and again.

Mr. Crow posted:

I really enjoyed deathwing, I hope this is good

I wanted to like deathwing but as mandalor gaming said, it�s way to close to the table top to make a fun shooter. It�s loving beautiful though.

# ? May 28, 2021 20:42

cheeseboy58: Dec 14, 2020

No matter how many bad games they dish out i still have love for these devs that made one of the weirdest games ive ever played. Eagerly waiting for reviews before i slam the Purchase button

# ? May 28, 2021 20:53

Dapper_Swindler: Feb 14, 2012; Im glad my instant dislike in you has been validated again and again.

cheeseboy58 posted:

No matter how many bad games they dish out i still have love for these devs that made one of the weirdest games ive ever played. Eagerly waiting for reviews before i slam the Purchase button

too late. i loving preordered the the gameplay trailer dropped. its a fast pace doom/titanfall 2 type shooter set in 40k thats apparently not 5 hours long or whatever.

# ? May 28, 2021 20:55

Tenzarin: Jul 24, 2007; .; Taco Defender

Finally a good cyberpunk game.

# ? May 28, 2021 21:16

Dapper_Swindler: Feb 14, 2012; Im glad my instant dislike in you has been validated again and again.

Tenzarin posted:

Finally a good cyberpunk game.

i know your joking(and right) but is 40k cyberpunk?

# ? May 28, 2021 22:06

Play: Apr 25, 2006; Strong stroll for a mangy stray

Cyberpunk is usually on earth and involves hacking and stuff. It's definitely cyberpunk-adjacent though. Futuro-Cyberpunk Gothic maybe

# ? May 28, 2021 23:12

Control Volume: Dec 31, 2008

Theres a moment in that trailer where you summon your dog by squeaking a live, furless rat so I have High Hopes

# ? May 28, 2021 23:22

Ah Map: Oct 9, 2012

Maybe this is entirely down to that youtube video being french but I really got the vibe the game was set in the Jenet/Caro/Delicatessen/CityOfLostChildrenverse.That's why I ended up preordering it and will stand by that decision when I come to bitterly regret it.

# ? May 28, 2021 23:40

Control Volume: Dec 31, 2008

The hope is that this game is set in the deranged consciousness of Streum On, where strapping on heavy armor, a minigun, and more ammo than you can shoot is a decent tutorial build.

# ? May 28, 2021 23:44

Chillgamesh: Jul 29, 2014

I will buy this game IF - AND ONLY IF - meltaguns are in it. c/d?

# ? May 28, 2021 23:47

Rebel Blob: Mar 1, 2008; Extinction for our time

Thought for the Day: Blessed is the mind too small for hype.

Some English impressions of the game from a Youtuber/Streamer. I guess FHI gave him an exclusive, so keep in mind he's not likely to bite the hand that feeds him. I know I hate watching this sort of stuff just for a few tidbits of information, so here is a summery:

Weapons have the signature WH40K bulky design, takes up serious screen-space
Central hub from which you access the campaign and generated bounty missions
Lots of factions and a reputation system, thinks it might be overwhelming for some people
Looks good, while noticeably not AAA quality, calls it a BB level game
Large variety of augmetic skills that can be used creatively together, such as the guy combined wallrunning with a steady-hand augment and a short period of auto headshot targeting
Upgrading your dog is not for the squeamish
Thought the gunplay was great and very fast-paced, coming from an older guy who loved Quake
Missions have checkpoints where you can return to the hub
Have a variety of unlocked guns at the hub, from which you chose a primary and secondary to take on missions
Guns are modified at the hub and are set once you take them out
Guns are either found in missions, obviously presented or in hidden reward chests, or are bought in the hub
Guns and modifications in the hub are expensive
Though the audio-mixing was off, found some voices inexplicably faint and less environmental audio than you'd expect from an active industrial setting; thought perhaps this is something that could be patched
Guns sound fine
Though the environments were great, though the textures are blurry in places; understandable from a smaller developer
Reward chests are well-hidden, rewarding exploring the game's complex environments with the grappling hook
Grappling hook adds to the combat: the guy talks about grappling a large enemy, disengaging the grapple to fly past it, then activating a bullet-time augment to turn and shot the enemy in the back while still in the air
Still has some "issues" that the guy is waiting to address in a review
Says the augmetics are memorable, compares it to Cyberpunk 2077 where he doesn't remember any of the augmetic skills
Enemies have resistances, so certain weapons are ineffective against certain enemies
Saw a few instances of graphical studdering and bugs, as well as a few times when the AI was bad: but saving details for a review
Chests can be mined, though there is a skill to bypass the mine
Enemies are not bullet sponges
Bounty missions come in three difficulties, ranked B/A/S, guy only just unlocked S-ranked missions and wasn't able to beat them yet
Around 6 different bounty mission types, specifically mentions defense/attack/assassination/item retrieval
Armor is pretty basic, just equip a few basic types without customization
Developers said the dog is who you are playing with, instead of having co-op
Guns have impact
Enjoying the game, but hasn't finished with it yet so is reserving his full opinion

# ? May 29, 2021 02:12

juggalo baby coffin: Dec 2, 2007; How would the dog wear goggles and even more than that, who makes the goggles?

do you get to create your own guy to play as?

# ? May 29, 2021 02:20

Orv: May 4, 2011

juggalo baby coffin posted:

do you get to create your own guy to play as?

You pick from a bunch of presets, at least initially. There might be deeper customization but we only saw the preset picks in that French video that got leaked and there were around 13 or 14 options.

# ? May 29, 2021 02:39

Arbetor: Mar 28, 2010; Gonna play tasty.

juggalo baby coffin posted:

do you get to create your own guy to play as?

A dev comment in April said there were 15 presets to choose from (and armor choices), but no detailed character creator.

That list of bullet points has definitely increased my hype, with only one thing that gives me slight pause: Enemy resistances, particularly the word "ineffective". Hopefully it just means choose weapons intelligently (i.e. don't bring two melta weapons) and you can swap and deal with everything.

# ? May 29, 2021 02:40

The Lone Badger: Sep 24, 2007

Is the dog a good boy? Important question.

# ? May 29, 2021 02:41

Orv: May 4, 2011

The Lone Badger posted:

Is the dog a good boy? Important question.

It is not a police dog, ergo it is a good dog.

# ? May 29, 2021 03:13

Dapper_Swindler: Feb 14, 2012; Im glad my instant dislike in you has been validated again and again.

Rebel Blob posted:

Thought for the Day: Blessed is the mind too small for hype.

Some English impressions of the game from a Youtuber/Streamer. I guess FHI gave him an exclusive, so keep in mind he's not likely to bite the hand that feeds him. I know I hate watching this sort of stuff just for a few tidbits of information, so here is a summery:

Weapons have the signature WH40K bulky design, takes up serious screen-space

Central hub from which you access the campaign and generated bounty missions

Lots of factions and a reputation system, thinks it might be overwhelming for some people

Looks good, while noticeably not AAA quality, calls it a BB level game

Large variety of augmetic skills that can be used creatively together, such as the guy combined wallrunning with a steady-hand augment and a short period of auto headshot targeting

Upgrading your dog is not for the squeamish

Thought the gunplay was great and very fast-paced, coming from an older guy who loved Quake

Missions have checkpoints where you can return to the hub

Have a variety of unlocked guns at the hub, from which you chose a primary and secondary to take on missions

Guns are modified at the hub and are set once you take them out

Guns are either found in missions, obviously presented or in hidden reward chests, or are bought in the hub

Guns and modifications in the hub are expensive

Though the audio-mixing was off, found some voices inexplicably faint and less environmental audio than you'd expect from an active industrial setting; thought perhaps this is something that could be patched

Guns sound fine

Though the environments were great, though the textures are blurry in places; understandable from a smaller developer

Reward chests are well-hidden, rewarding exploring the game's complex environments with the grappling hook

Grappling hook adds to the combat: the guy talks about grappling a large enemy, disengaging the grapple to fly past it, then activating a bullet-time augment to turn and shot the enemy in the back while still in the air

Still has some "issues" that the guy is waiting to address in a review

Says the augmetics are memorable, compares it to Cyberpunk 2077 where he doesn't remember any of the augmetic skills

Enemies have resistances, so certain weapons are ineffective against certain enemies

Saw a few instances of graphical studdering and bugs, as well as a few times when the AI was bad: but saving details for a review

Chests can be mined, though there is a skill to bypass the mine

Enemies are not bullet sponges

Bounty missions come in three difficulties, ranked B/A/S, guy only just unlocked S-ranked missions and wasn't able to beat them yet

Around 6 different bounty mission types, specifically mentions defense/attack/assassination/item retrieval

Armor is pretty basic, just equip a few basic types without customization

Developers said the dog is who you are playing with, instead of having co-op

Guns have impact

Enjoying the game, but hasn't finished with it yet so is reserving his full opinion

gently caress yeah. sounds awsome. if its as good as it sounds, i hope it sells well enough for dlc.

# ? May 29, 2021 03:23

Rebel Blob: Mar 1, 2008; Extinction for our time

Arbetor posted:

That list of bullet points has definitely increased my hype, with only one thing that gives me slight pause: Enemy resistances, particularly the word "ineffective". Hopefully it just means choose weapons intelligently (i.e. don't bring two melta weapons) and you can swap and deal with everything.

That seems to be what the streamer meant, he talked about how an enemy might be strong against laser weapons but would take normal damage from other weapon types. Said it was really obvious when you weren't doing damage, but not a problem to switch weapons to something effective.

# ? May 29, 2021 03:48

Monolith.: Jan 28, 2011; To save the world from the expanding Zone.

Orv posted:

It is not a police dog, ergo it is a good dog.

Most Cyber Mastiffs are used by the Adeptus Arbities, so maybe not this one specifically, but otherwise they are all police dogs.

# ? May 29, 2021 05:24

Flannelette: Jan 17, 2010

Rebel Blob posted:

[*]Guns sound fine

[*]Enemies are not bullet sponges

[*]Guns have impact

I'll wait until I get to try it but maybe they learnt their lesson from the Spacehulk weird feeling gunplay.

# ? May 29, 2021 05:53

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# ? May 8, 2024 23:23

Al-Saqr: Nov 11, 2007; One Day I Will Return To Your Side.

As a doom fan I really appreciate the effort this team are putting into the gunplay, I�m definitely super interested in this game, will wait for reviews though lol

# ? May 29, 2021 06:31

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