Dishonoredbr
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There was a galactic war long before humanity rose, that drove hyperspace mad and led to incarnations of pure evil born from said hyperspace. Humanity had a golden age of space exploration long after but then hyperspace travel got more complicated and the human galactic empire splintered. An übermensch Prof. X then created a new human space empire fashioned around himself that was a bit more traditional and fascist than the Golden Age human space empire. There are also lots of aliens, but all are evil. Prof. X aka the Emperor is also evil but all things being relative, he is the lesser evil compared to aliens and hyperspace demons.So is this game gonna be good?
I have ZERO prior knowledge of the warhammer universe, will I miss alot of stuff when playing rogue trader, or is it noob friendly for absolutely new-cumers to the franchise?
I wanna DIVE in tomorrow.
According to that pcgamer review the release version is more buggy than the beta I was playing.Bros, those of you who have been playing the latest beta. How buggy does the game seem to be? Is it safe to dive in as soon as it releases tomorrow, or should I wait and see?
For someone whose sole job it is to be aware of the industry, you sure are uninformed.Fuck reviewers, but why did they insist on releasing this in 2023?
My choice of waiting minimum 1 year after release before picking this up is looking more and more prescient.I didn't have high expectations, but that PC Gaymer review made me really optimistic. If a game journo gives a low score whining about too complicated systems, it probably means the gameplay is great, and there wasn't enough woke shit to make up for the systems being too hard on journo's brain. Best possible endorsement.
Possibly. That same reviewer was pretty much spot-on with Owlcat's enduring flaw as to WOTR already. And all it took was a single, simple oservation:
"(There's a lot of filler").
That's saying it nicely. Now I DO like Owlcat's games. But I swear so far they are letting an intern go over all their maps at the last minute. His mission: to copypaste another couple copypaste mobs over any empty spot yet to be found. So that the resulting experience can be sold as twice as long time sink as BG1+2 combined.
And now the reviewer has this to say about Rogue Trader:
here are things about the combat I like. There's artful slow-mo on kill strikes that adds emphasis to the Sister of Battle's bursts of bolt-pistol fire or the psyker's lightning arcing from target to target. And using psychic powers results in veil degradation, which adds whispering voices, shadow tentacles, and other visual effects as well as random Perils of the Warp like a blastback of psychic damage or straight-up summoning a daemon.
It's just that there's a lot of combat, and most of it's boring. There's never one interesting tactical battle when there could be three samey ones to grind down your resources.
I mean, fingers crossed an all. But so far Owlcat have been remarkably stubborn to correct their ethos, given that Kingmaker took quite a bit of flak already. That is by anybody who isn't immediately enarmoured by the prospect of spending 200 hours on a single campaign itself, but only if that mostly entails quality as opposed to quantity.
If you know why this game wasn't a 2024 title, please go ahead and tell us.For someone whose sole job it is to be aware of the industry, you sure are uninformed.Fuck reviewers, but why did they insist on releasing this in 2023?
"game journos opinion bad!"
Call me when Owlcuck games wins
but why did they insist on releasing this in 2023?
My choice of waiting minimum 1 year after release before picking this up is looking more and more prescient.
That's secret. You need to pretend they finished it and most stuff would be fine.But really guys, this is Owlcat we are talking about, is anyone surprised? They haven't even finished Wrath yet!
Fuck the reviewers, but why did they insist on releasing this in 2023?
Fuck the reviewers, but why did they insist on releasing this in 2023?
They saw the numbers for interest in this game, and know that it is DOA. No point in investing more time and money into it, just release it to die and focus their efforts into the next game.
In the Pathfinder games, which had D&D's alignment system, Owlcat tended to interpret Lawful alignments in a "we should kill goblin babies because they'll probably grow up evil" kind of way, which made playing a paladin a jarring experience.
If you know why this game wasn't a 2024 title, please go ahead and tell us.For someone whose sole job it is to be aware of the industry, you sure are uninformed.Fuck reviewers, but why did they insist on releasing this in 2023?
But really guys, this is Owlcat we are talking about, is anyone surprised? They haven't even finished Wrath yet!
Different teams are working on these gamesBut really guys, this is Owlcat we are talking about, is anyone surprised? They haven't even finished Wrath yet!
The Emperor demanded it.If you know why this game wasn't a 2024 title, please go ahead and tell us.For someone whose sole job it is to be aware of the industry, you sure are uninformed.Fuck reviewers, but why did they insist on releasing this in 2023?
Fuck the reviewers, but why did they insist on releasing this in 2023?
They saw the numbers for interest in this game, and know that it is DOA. No point in investing more time and money into it, just release it to die and focus their efforts into the next game.
Owlcat's Pathfinder games were both strong word-of-mouth hits despite minimal mainstream press coverage. Why would this game, also based on a popular tabletop IP, be different?
10/10What is it? Mass Effect but isometric, dystopian, turn-based, and not that much like Mass Effect.
An unfinished mess at launch.
fantasizing about being an average joe within the WH40k universe.
Rogue traders aren't average joes in WH40k.
They are literally aristocracy.
You'd be wrong.I don't think so.
The SALES won't be an issue - Owlscat have established a loyal customer base of autists and romohomos ready to go.Oh boy, popcorn time started early.
Only ~a day left before we start seeing numbers. Like it or not, sales numbers speak way more than anything else, including quality.
This is what happens when your devs only cares about making games for themselves and not about their audiences.