Trine 3 - uh oh, they fucked it up

[Infinitron]

Wondered when these guys were going to release another game.

http://www.frozenbyte.com/2015/03/trine-3-the-artifacts-of-power-announced/

 

[Metro]

Liked the first. Second had great art and music but I never finished. Tired of platformers.

 

[A horse of course]

DLsite has rendered traditional platformers/scrollers redundant

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Oh wow, that shield glide gave me SUCH a Lost Vikings vibe.

 

[DemonKing]

Will buy - finally got around to finishing the Trine 2 expansion recently and it was a nice change of pace (although I hardly used the warrior at all). Looking forward to seeing what they come up with for the threequel.

 

[mastroego]

Haven't seen this reported anywhere.
Feel free to remove this otherwise.

 

[Metro]

'bout a month ago: http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/trine-3.97664/

 

[Abu Antar]

I liked the first one but it was boring solo. It was fun playing with my brother and cousin. We did the same with the second game and will probably play this together too.

 

[Infinitron]

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Oh. Trine has gone full consoletard 3D.

Part of Trine's charm was the fact that it was a 2D platformer.

Instead of Trine 3 being a solid sequel in my eyes, it's now more of a "cautiously optimistic" thing.

 

[TheGreatOne]

DLsite has rendered traditional platformers/scrollers redundant

Trine isn't a tradtitional platformer, it's a 2010s hipster puzzle platformer.

 

[A horse of course]

DLsite has rendered traditional platformers/scrollers redundant

Trine isn't a tradtitional platformer, it's a 2010s hipster puzzle platformer.

With no porn

 

[Infinitron]

Huh. It's gonna be on Early Access: http://store.steampowered.com/app/319910/

Trine isn't a tradtitional platformer, it's a 2010s hipster puzzle platformer.

Eh, not really. It has lots of combat and the three characters' abilities are flexible enough that terrain traversal challenges usually can't really be called "puzzley" in the same way that they are in Braid, Limbo, etc.

 

[TheGreatOne]

And the combat doesn't really feel like playing a traditional 8/16-bit era platformer. There isn't much of precision platforming either, although you do need timing every now and then, it's more about puzzle elements.

 

[Ivan]

I don't remember 2 that much, but I have fond memories of the final level in Trine 1. It's a physics based platformer with shit combat and beautiful lighting. It's okay, nothing great, yet.

 

[Sordid MCA/Prosper Hybryd]

I hope Trine 3 will be decent, but think that going into full 3D is mistake.

It kinda reminds me early 2000s when all games and genres were going into 3D just because it was so OSSOM & IMMERSHUN.

 

[dukeofwhales]

I assume the devs have spent all the profits from their previous games, as well as the EU grant they receive on hookers and blow, because there's no other reason for this to be going to early access.

 

[Infinitron]

Coming August 20th:



Some more trailers:

 

[Infinitron]

Released: http://store.steampowered.com/app/319910/

 

[Hamanu]

This series has the best stereoscopic 3D support I've ever seen, if there's anyone here who can take advantage of it. It's absolutely amazing.

 

[Chamezero]

The game is getting... less than stellar reviews. Devs are already in damage control mode
http://steamcommunity.com/app/319910/discussions/0/528398719797223737/

tl:dr "We bit more than we could chew and ran out of money so the game ended up too short, there are no plans for DLC but we will release bugfixes, the future of the series is now in danger because we fucked up and got shitty reviews".
tl:dr of tl:dr: everything is shit

 

[Infinitron]

The reviews don't seem to be that bad, though? Steam has "Mostly Positive".

EDIT: Oh, but the ones on the front page...yeah.

 

[Naraya]

The whole Trine series are the best looking games that for some reason I couldn't get into. I had to force myself to finish the first installment, it got really boring fast. Barely touched Trine 2, watched stream of Trine 3 and that's it.

Maybe in coop it's more fun...

 

[Infinitron]

Ah, Total Biscuit is upset about the game too:



So that's kind of a big deal.

 

[Executr]

Played a bit in local coop with my cousins. Finished the first levels for each character and the first main level.
Pretty disappointed they ditched the small skill tree. In my limited time with it, I think it feels more streamlined and lacks freedom for solving puzzles albeit being gorgeous as ever.
Has a few bugs as well, especially for setting up the controllers.
I commend them for trying new things but I personally prefer they hadn't changed for 3D gameplay.