Nameless Voice on 3/1/2017 at 01:10
Oi, <s>Henke</s> henke posted that same link in the first post!
Neb on 3/1/2017 at 01:50
I bought Subnautica in the sale and played an hour of it. For a singleplayer, early access survival game, what I experienced was fantastic, and it's worth taking a serious look when it gets a full release just before summer.
Yakoob on 3/1/2017 at 02:40
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Oi, <s>Henke</s> henke posted that same link in the first post!
I never claimed to be a smart man...
From the RPS List, the titles that look interesting:
The Sexy BrutaleTrapped in an endlessly-repeating day inside a casino called the “Sexy Brutale”, elderly priest Lafcadio Boone has to figure out how to save the lives of its patrons as they are killed by the mansion’s staff. Masks, murder and a mysterious marquis all in an isometric puzzle adventure. The developers, Tequila Works, made 2012 post-apocalyptic “survival platformer” Deadlight and are also working on the bright and breezy Rime.
Kingdoms and Castles A hybrid of town management and real-time battles, including fending off invading dragons. It would seem to have a fair bit in common with The Settlers, although if anything leans a bit harder on the simulation elements – for instance, you’ll have to deal with seasonal climate changes. Most of all, it’s a beautiful thing – if it can look as good in practice as it does in clips, we’re in for a citybuilder that looks like a hybrid of boardgames and early Zeldas.
Mosaic The specifics of Krillbite’s upcoming game are rather thin on the ground although they have promised more info in 2017. So far we know that Mosaic is intended to be a different beast to their toddler horror Among The Sleep and that it intends to tackle urban and social isolation. If the trailer is representative of the art style you can expect greyish office-scapes and anonymous workers – at least at first, but Krillbite note that “one day weird things start happening and everything around [the main character] changes.” So far it keeps putting us in mind of Every Day The Same Dream.
Night in the WoodsAn adventure game set in a town of anthropomorphic animals, in which you run and jump between electricity cables, explore, and hang out with friends. Who you decide to hang out with shapes the course of the story by defining which events you see. There are also mini-games in which you dance with friends or play guitar with them, which adds to the sense that these animals are really a bunch of hip, introspective twenty-year-olds. It’s due for release really early in January and looks like it might be an immediate highlight of the year.
icemann on 3/1/2017 at 02:49
PC -
Prey
Torment
PS4 -
Detroit - Become Human
henke on 3/1/2017 at 06:32
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I thought about putting it on my list. Love the artstyle, but not so sure about the gameplay. Maybe!
Oh yes, I'd forgotten about that one. The prototype left me awestruck and terrified, definitely looking forward to the full game.
TannisRoot on 3/1/2017 at 12:15
Nioh (PS4) is the main game I'm looking forward to. I'm enamored with Souls gameplay so Ninja / Samurai Souls sounds pretty awesome.
qolelis on 4/1/2017 at 11:55
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I'm curious about Syberia 3
Aah, yes, I forgot about Syberia. My tastes may have changed during these 13+ years since I played 1 & 2, but #3 is something I'll be checking out for sure. It'll be interesting to see how it transfers to 3D. I read somewhere that Sokal(?) said it would be a commercial failure to use the same engine that was used for 1 & 2. I don't know if that's true -- although the somewhat disillusioned cynic in me would probably say it is -- but using a more contemporary engine could probably help appeal to those who didn't play 1 & 2 (and who might be used to another level of freedom in a game). The choice of engine doesn't matter much to me; I'm more concerned that they might replace the toned down, and somewhat dry, comical elements I enjoyed in the first two with a more "in your face" jarjarbinks kind, which is something I can very much be without.
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Oh yes, I'd forgotten about that one. The prototype left me awestruck and terrified, definitely looking forward to the full game.
My expectations might be set too high by now, but if the prototype (and the other things I've seen) is any indication -- and I'm pretty sure it is -- I'll enjoy it to bits. If I had to choose only one game to play this year, it would be this for sure. Blahblah, I mostly wrote all that just so that I could summarize it in two simple words: Hell yeah!
Going through the RPS list, the games that stood out were
Somewhere,
Little Nightmares,
What Remains of Edith Finch, and
Return of the Obra Dinn.
Sub Rosa has an interesting premise, but it's something I will most likely watch someone else play rather than play it myself.
Going through the RPS list I was also reminded of
Scorn. While shooting stuff has kind of lost its appeal to me, the FPS elements in
Scorn might be something out of the ordinary and I'm tempted to try it out. It looks very Beksiński (with a touch of Giger), so it definitely has that going for it. It also looks and feels very Cronenberg (in his most intense body horror moments)...
Edit:
I forgot to mention
Panoptic and
Ooblets:
I get the feeling that he gameplay in
Ooblets isn't really my thing, but it looks so damn adorable that I might play it anyway (or at least watch someone play it).
Panoptic, just like
Sub Rosa, has an interesting premise and I like the art style, but I wouldn't be able to fully enjoy it, so I will have to pass -- just as a will probably pass on many of the other games I've mentioned in this thread (for various reasons).
Renault on 4/1/2017 at 16:36
Was just reading about The Last of Us Part 2, so I guess I'll add that to my list. Apparently they've been working on it for over 2 years already.