henke on 21/2/2019 at 06:12
I do stealth most of the time, it just didn't end up in the footage.
About stealth takedowns, I only recently started to be able to do this, after I unlocked a third stealth skill that gives bonus damage to unaware enemies, and also I found a cursed sword (Elegy's Blade) which deals massive damage but also punishes the player with a small bit of damage for each hit. For the first 8 hours or so any time I tried to backstab enemies they'd just spin around and start attacking me, but now I usually can take them down in 1-4 hits.
ZylonBane on 21/2/2019 at 21:47
Quote Posted by henke
For the first 8 hours or so any time I tried to backstab enemies they'd just spin around and start attacking me, but now I usually can take them down in 1-4 hits.
So 75% of the time... they still spin around and start attacking you.
heywood on 21/2/2019 at 21:50
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Well, it's not like there has been a lot of interest here in the first place. I've seen the tumbleweeds roll by in this subforum throughout the development. Over the last 4+ years, it has been barely enough for half a page worth of topics. You'd think the prospect of having LGS be reborn would generate more excitement, but I guess most of the LGS fans have moved on by now.
There's probably a lot of people like me who have lurked the UA threads since the beginning but haven't had anything to say worth posting.
I was pretty excited when I first heard that Paul Neurath was opening a new studio and trying to put the old gang back together. But I wasn't as thrilled with their decision to make another Ultima Underworld game. I'm kind of tired of traditional fantasy settings in games (or any medium actually) and would have preferred something new. The other thing that put me off a little bit was the Kickstarter. I totally understand why Nightdive needed to crowd fund the SS1 remaster: they are newcomers, SS1 has a niche fan base, and it's a remake/remaster not a new game. But Otherside are industry vets who have made great games in the past and have a fan base. If they have to resort to Kickstarter because they can't get their game funded and a solid publisher behind them, that's a big caution sign to me.
I've been more interested in what's going on with SS3, but there hasn't been much information flowing out of Austin.
Starker on 22/2/2019 at 05:05
It was the same with Brian Fargo and InXile who had to resort to Kickstarter as well. Apparently, making some of the best RPGs in history counts for very little with solid publishers.
Pyrian on 22/2/2019 at 05:18
Aren't a lot of kickstarters basically demanded by publishers to prove there's an audience first?
henke on 22/2/2019 at 09:57
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
So 75% of the time... they still spin around and start attacking you.
Well, they usually get staggered after the first hit so there's a good chance I can take them down with a few more hits before they can do any damage.
But yeah, the stealth works in a very RPG-y way and not in the one-hit takedown way it works in "pure" stealth games.
heywood on 22/2/2019 at 12:13
Quote Posted by Pyrian
Aren't a lot of kickstarters basically demanded by publishers to prove there's an audience first?
Possibly. But would you put money into a Kickstarter if you knew it's only seed money to attract a publisher, and if they can't find a primary source of funding the project won't be completed?
Starker on 22/2/2019 at 22:12
For a chance of LGS 2.0? Yes, absolutely, without hesitation. And having a solid publisher is by no means a guarantee that a project will be completed either. Lots of projects have been cancelled or abandoned by solid publishers and the developers left hung out to dry. Big publishers tend to have most (if not all) of the power in such a relationship, after all.
icemann on 23/2/2019 at 03:15
Theres not enough Kickstarters nowadays. Plus all the good KS based companies all got bought out by larger fish. So disappointing :(.
heywood on 28/2/2019 at 21:48
I'd be happy to contribute to more Kickstarters if they are funding small, independent projects. But if the KS is just seed money to attract big investors to a larger project, I'm not inclined.
SS3 is an exception. I would throw money at that.