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Oh Larian.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5MIin2iBf0 quote:Win an airbrushed Dragon Commander Cooler Master case in our ranked Dragons competition! First Prize: A Dragon Commander airbrushed Coolermaster case, optionally also signed by the team. Second Prize: An English/French/whatever Boxed copy of Divinity: Dragon Commander signed by the entire team, plus one of the very last Divinity Anthology Boxes in existence also signed by the entire team. Third Prize: An English/French/whatever Boxed copy of Divinity: Dragon Commander signed by the entire team. Alas, my game versus humans is too terrible for me to qualify.
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The leader boards seem to consist of six people so far. Is that right? Those are some pretty good odds, maybe I should compete despite not being very good at multiplayer strategy games. Edit: one of them is Octaaf. Come on, that's not fair.
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Another patch has dropped. This is the home stretch. Preloading of the full game will probably start on Monday, when the keys for the Preorders/Kickstarter are sent out.Swen posted:I'm a bit late with the changelist but here it is. There'll be one more on monday I think and then we're good to go for release - finally ! smile One change in a recent patch: The Devastator's Movement Points on the strategy map have been increased from 1 to 2. Stabbey_the_Clown fucked around with this message at 02:50 on Aug 3, 2013 |
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I have tweaked the OP, replacing a bunch of outdated images and old information. I should have done that weeks ago, not 2 days before release. Oh well. Apparently pre-loading of the game - if you ordered through Steam is now possible. Can someone check? I pre-ordered through the Kickstarter.
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:Apparently pre-loading of the game - if you ordered through Steam is now possible. Can someone check? I pre-ordered through the Kickstarter. Yup, pre-loading through Steam right now. Download clocks in at 9.7 GB.
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Hope they get the Steam keys out to the people who did the Vault preorders soon, in that case. My internet is terrible and it'd be nice to have it ready by the time the game is available. e: Larian just got their first review of the game, from...IGN Russia.  Google Translate posted:Dragon Commander - a rare example of an organic alloy of various genres. Diplomacy, dialogue, plenty of choice, a large-scale strategy and tactical battles raging - Here are all the best that typically offers PC-game design. This game is really building confidence Larian, and along with it - and hope that the following parts of the Divinity all will be well. Here's the review itself, though yes, it is in Russian. They liked the characters and the interactions a lot but their one complaint with the story was: quote:Frustrating is that, despite the non-linearity of the campaign, the outcome of history, as warned in all interviews Sven Vincke, strictly spelled out in advance. Important events at the end of each course are shown as funny headlines in the local newspaper, but with so many kinds of elections Dragon Commander would not prevent the epilogue in the spirit of Fallout. quote:Full game includes the movement of figures on the global map, and RTS-scale battles, but it was a duel of cruise missile commanders with knapsacks on their backs Dragon Commander is isolated from conventional network strategies. In the end, they gave it a 9.0, so 
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Really excited for this game. Also I'd like to say to Stabbey that if it wasn't for your LP's I'd never have even known of this series and now Larian is one of my favorite game devs. Thanks for all your hard work in doing those and showing what great games they make!
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Russian IGN gave this 9/10. Admittedly, it's IGN, but still. http://ru.ign.com/review/3884/review-dragon-commander
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I think I'll make this post the one where I collect various reviews. I will also be doing a review of my own. In the meantime, here is the launch trailer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvnLAimI9PQ 33 (37) Reviews, Average rating: 8.13 / 10 Reviews:
Metacritic - Divinity: Dragon Commander 10 * 1 (10) 9.3 * 1 (9.3) 9.0 * 7 (63) 8.8 * 1 (8.8) 8.5 * 2 (17) 8.3 * 1 (8.3) 8.1 * 1 (8.1) 8.0 * 10 (80) 7.8 * 1 (7.8) 7.5 * 4 (30) 7.0 * 2 (14) 6.0 * 2 (12) 33 (268.3) Stabbey_the_Clown fucked around with this message at 03:34 on Nov 8, 2013 |
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I'm probably writing my review this evening - it's definitely a good game, and one I'd happily recommend. That said, the sky is the limit for a sequel (literally) as the final product ended up falling short of the lofty Homeworld-esque vistas of the very earliest tech demos for the game. The game is a little more down-to-earth and trad-RTS'ish than I'd have liked, but that's not really a bad thing, just not personally what I was hoping for. Really glad to see positive reviews across the board, though. Good work, Larian! Dominic White fucked around with this message at 12:42 on Aug 5, 2013 |
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Aug 5, 2013 12:37
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Keys are now available at the Larian Vault, for those waiting.
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GOG isn't letting me redeem my code because it apparently expired on July 4th 2014. That doesn't seem quite right. Should I just wait until tomorrow?
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I've got some questions before I drop 40 bucks on a game I hadn't heard of last week: How often do you make political decisions (like, how many decisions in a ratio to how many battles you fight), and how big of any impact do they have? Is it easy/feasible to repair wounded relations? When some of those reviews mention how replayable they find the game, what kind of elements offer substantive change? Do different factions/combinations thereof offer more than access to different units/tech (if that, I haven't really been paying attention, I seriously found out about this game two days ago)?
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Gotta Wear Shades posted:I've got some questions before I drop 40 bucks on a game I hadn't heard of last week: Political decisions come once every turn or two, and they usually directly reward you with a bonus card or perk from whatever faction you most directly pleased with your decision, and a slight favour shift with that race, and against whoever was opposed to the decision. You can (and probably should) patch things up with a race you've upset, and it can be very difficult to progress if you've ended up alienating a race that's dominant in a region that you want to expand into, as their opinion of you acts as a multiplier on the value of that territory, along with how many troops it'll provide you in combat, how much gold it produces, etc. If you follow your heart/personal ideology consistently, you'll probably end up with the unwavering support of a couple of races, while rendering large chunks of the map effectively worthless, meaning that your strategy will have to adjust to favouring large-scale naval assaults against enemy capitols, rather than working your way across the land. Sometimes such decisions come directly from your generals, like one of your female generals demanding gender-equal pay. Go along with it and she'll have better stats in combat (you can only personally fight one battle a turn, and any others need to be assigned to generals) but at a larger cost in gold. With each playthrough, your choice of queen results in a side-story dedicated to her, plus a whole bunch of secondary political issues related to her race. Given how much it can effect your progression on the campaign map, it does lend it quite a bit of replay value.
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Gotta Wear Shades posted:I've got some questions before I drop 40 bucks on a game I hadn't heard of last week: There are three types of decisions to make: Council decisions, General Decisions, and Queen decisions. All of them tend to have political implications, You won't be able to please all factions all the time, I think, but taking a Queen from a faction you're less aligned with will help mitigate some of the effects of policies they don't like. Most adjustments from decisions are +/- 5, +/- 10 at most, and there's so many that it's not hard to turn things around a bit. There's also a spoilerish way to adjust your faction status as well. The tech is the same, 13 base units no special units, but they each have 3 upgrades, and you can choose to research units and upgrades in different orders, or use a different Dragon type, which will affect your playstyle. Of course, the way the strategy map battles play out also alters how the campaign goes. There's a "Custom Campaign mode" that it like single-player, but it strips out the first and last chapter and lets you choose the campaign map the game plays out on. The rest is there: You choose a Dragon, a Princess and a map, and get to work. The political decisions and interactions with queen and generals are still in that Custom Campaign mode. I think the story-based spoilerish thing is not. Faction arcs aren't actually labelled as such, it's actually not possible to tell the difference between a faction arc and regular decision, except that faction arc decisions only show up when your popularity with a race is high enough. I think that you can have more than one faction arc going at a time if your approval with different races also gets into higher ranges, I'm not sure because I might have prematurely ended one by turning down the first decision. Stabbey_the_Clown fucked around with this message at 02:14 on Aug 12, 2013 |
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I really appreciate the responses. I like games that give you political choices to make that impact gameplay, so I think I'll look further into it.
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I'm pre-loading the game right now. I had actually never heard of the concept of pre-loading before, and since it's taking a really long time I assume it's not simply synonymous with 'early download'.
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Phlegmish posted:I'm pre-loading the game right now. I had actually never heard of the concept of pre-loading before, and since it's taking a really long time I assume it's not simply synonymous with 'early download'. No, that's basically what it is. It's an early download of most of the game files. However, I think Steam adds some extra encryption during the download. EDIT: \/ And saving strain on Steam's servers. Mokinokaro fucked around with this message at 18:10 on Aug 5, 2013 |
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Yeah, all it is saving you time for when the game actually releases.
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Gotta Wear Shades posted:I really appreciate the responses. I like games that give you political choices to make that impact gameplay, so I think I'll look further into it. Then you'll like this, because the decisions have a definite effect on gameplay. Approving of conscription lowers morale, but gives a permanent discount on unit production costs. Approving of universal healthcare improves morale, but costs you gold each turn.
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:Then you'll like this, because the decisions have a definite effect on gameplay. Approving of conscription lowers morale, but gives a permanent discount on unit production costs. Approving of universal healthcare improves morale, but costs you gold each turn. Universal health care? So the thread title referencing troll abortions isn't entirely a joke? Huh. So it's not just military decisions you make, it's policy? That's pretty interesting.
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Gotta Wear Shades posted:Universal health care? So the thread title referencing troll abortions isn't entirely a joke? Huh. So it's not just military decisions you make, it's policy? That's pretty interesting. Yeah, you have to choose many political choices, with each race having different views. Elves are socialists/liberals Undead are religious fundies. ( execute the gays, mandatory prayer ) Lizards are justice/law orientated I guess? Dwarves are fygm libertarians/capitalists. Imps are social anarchists. If let's say your dragon is 100% pro gay marriage/legal abortions/recreational drug use/health care, the Elves/Lizards will love you, but the Undead/Dwarves will loathe you. You also have to take into account Princesses/Queens. Each one has an arc that pits them against their country. The Undead one wants to live again, which is obviously a nono for the fundie Undead. So this opens an arc where you can side with your wife against her nation, or her nation against her for more/less popularity points. So for example, you could be a hippie liberal communist dragon, marry the Undead Princess, then side with the Undead and tell her she should remain Undead. That should mean the Undead are not furious with you all the time for your "deviant ways". Then there is also Generals, each has different viewpoints and may or may not agree with you. One for example is a staunch feminist, and believes women's rights need to happen now. If you agree with her, she'll be a strong general, if not, she'll work against you. Other generals might find the idea of a woman in charge to be demeaning, and may like you less. And all this determines the army you'll be bringing into the RTS game, and the way the story goes.
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Will the beta just convert to a full release? Don't really want to download the whole game again.
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Rookersh posted:Yeah, you have to choose many political choices, with each race having different views. ...I need to double check the specs on my graphics card.
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I like the generals characterizations, but I will be fair and add in a couple negatives. The Generals don't seem to be as fully implemented as Larian would have liked. They're always in the bar, but unless they have a request or a reaction to a previous request, all they have to say is their opinion on how the war's going, and those lines get repetitive over 30+ turns. You can also ask them about their opinions on the other Generals, but those never change from their initial appearance, even if the general's attitudes do change with regards to each other. The decisions also can sometimes adjust General's stats, but over many many decisions, I've only seen the stats change 3 times, so I'm not sure what's going on there. Also, once you reach the end of your Queen's character arc, it seems that she only has two lines that she alternates. adamarama posted:Will the beta just convert to a full release? Don't really want to download the whole game again. No, you have to download the whole game again. Larian might keep the beta around to test other patches before they go live, though. Gotta Wear Shades posted:...I need to double check the specs on my graphics card. If this is helpful, My specs are just barely above minimum, and I can run the game in full resolution at max settings with a bit of slowdown - and even then only on rare occasions. Stabbey_the_Clown fucked around with this message at 19:43 on Aug 5, 2013 |
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adamarama posted:Will the beta just convert to a full release? Don't really want to download the whole game again. No, but they may use the beta app later on for beta patches. If you want to, you could keep the beta around and hope that Steam will check and validate the files that are there and keep you from having to download them, but when Steam does preloading, it downloads the game separately as an encrypted file that doesn't unlock and install until the game releases. So having the beta won't help you if you want to preload.
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Rookersh posted:One for example is a staunch feminist, and believes women's rights need to happen now. If you agree with her, she'll be a strong general, if not, she'll work against you. Other generals might find the idea of a woman in charge to be demeaning, and may like you less. Oh it's more than that. She believes females are superior in every way to their male counterparts. She's a wonderful character because she makes it hard to push for true equality. EDIT: \/ That's kind of what I meant. She does bring up good points sometimes as well. That's the part I hope Larian gets right with most of these characters. They all need to present fairly logical cases for the whole decisions bit to work correctly. Mokinokaro fucked around with this message at 19:59 on Aug 5, 2013 |
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Mokinokaro posted:Oh it's more than that. She believes females are superior in every way to their male counterparts. She's a wonderful character because she makes it hard to push for true equality. Her first impression is the roughest. The great part is that despite her abrasiveness, she does raise very good points, and I found myself agreeing with her positions most of the time - up until she wanted me to sack half the male officers and replace them with female officers because the male officers were not doing a good enough job keeping their troops in line and not raping so many women.. I declined her request, insisting on having officers on the basis of merit, not a flat gender quota. She didn't take it well.
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Preordered at the 11th hour, god drat you. Hope its good.
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And here's my review of the SP side of the game. I opted out of the multiplayer pre-release stuff because they're making massive balance changes right up to the wire and no RTS survives its first encounter with online reality. Give that a few days and I'll dig into it. Short version: It's good. Doesn't quite live up to the lofty goals the game set itself in its own teaser trailers, but they've clearly made huge sweeping changes to the design over the past 12 months - the fact that it's a coherent, solid and fun hybrid after all that is almost miraculous in itself.
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Ugggh, it's not unlocking til 3am EDT? Goddamit, I was hoping to play a bit before I went to bed. EDIT: It's unlocked on Steam, and I really need to find a way to fix my insomnia because jesus christ, this is not okay. Ugly In The Morning fucked around with this message at 08:06 on Aug 6, 2013 |
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You can choose the desired color of your units in the singleplayer campaign. I have been wanting this feature for goddamn years. Such a tiny thing but makes me look on this much more positively. edit: Also, it seems that the manual spoils some plot elements. Might want to avoid reading the intro in it. ParanoidInc fucked around with this message at 10:52 on Aug 6, 2013 |
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So what actually is in the imperial dragon dlc, is it worth it for that dragons on earth map ? How long (roughly) is the single player campaign?
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halwain posted:So what actually is in the imperial dragon dlc, is it worth it for that dragons on earth map ? I did a playthrough without touching an RTS battle after the prologue and it took around 8 hours. Depending on how many fights you personally oversee this is going to be a pretty meaty game. It also has a lot of replay value. I want to go back and stock up on dragon passives then partake in every possible battle myself. Your choice of wife makes a fairly significant difference in terms of the political situations you'll encounter, and from my limited testing it seems that the on-ship events are randomized to a degree - or at least the order in which they appear.
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Oh man I completely forgot that I pre-ordered this game. I checked to see if I could buy it and download it today while I was at work and hey, it's already there.  Now all I need to do is wait 8 and a half hours and I can actually play it!
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Just as a reminder, put spoilerish parts of the main story (i.e. Act III) into spoiler tags. Congratulations to Larian, #1 on Steam's Top Sellers. halwain posted:So what actually is in the imperial dragon dlc, is it worth it for that dragons on earth map ? Imperial Edition Features:
The Dragons on Earth map is something like 120 countries big. You'll want to use saved games to complete that one. The single player campaign is supposed to be about 10-20 hours for a difficulty that is suited for you (still challenging). I had something like 150 hours in the beta, and am pretty experienced with the game and it was about 12 hours for me on a difficulty that was NOT suited for me (Medium was not challenging enough, except for a few parts in the third act), so this is one of Larian's underestimates. It'll probably be harder and take longer once I up the difficulty a notch. There are also 4 princesses, 4 Generals with their own branching storylines, that you will want to see, but you don't have to replay the same story if you want, you can do a custom campaign and see most of that stuff with a princess of your choice on a campaign map of your own choosing.
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DrManiac posted:Wasn't there a way to slow down time to give commands in single player? I think the +/- keys should allow you to adjust the game speed in single-player.
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