Stoneshard is a currently in develepment Early Access title available on Steam. It's a top down turn based rogue-like RPG with a fairly detailed injury/pain management system and basic survival mechanics (food/drink). From the dev site: Stoneshard is challenging turn-based RPG where your tactical skills will be tested in battles with enemies, diseases and injuries alike. In the world of Aldor you’ll go on the adventure across medieval lands where you’ll decide how to approach each battle and situation. With unrestricted character development you’ll be able to wear any equipment, combine skills and invest in chosen stats to create a truly unique experience. Features:
Development roadmap as of February 2020. Popete fucked around with this message at 17:29 on Apr 26, 2021 |
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# ? Feb 8, 2020 18:36 |
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# ? Apr 18, 2024 07:58 |
*Reserving for future things*
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# ? Feb 8, 2020 18:37 |
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So I backed this game based on the prologue/demo (which was really good), and I'm pretty happy with the results so far. Fair warning though, the game is pretty rough compared to modern low friction game design. A lot of this is supposed to be resolved as they update, since they're planning a 1.5-2 year early access cycle, but as it stands expect things like limited saving, lots of inventory tetris, and a somewhat rough translation (the developers are Russian). But the skill system is fun, the build variety is pretty neat, and it has a nice ARPG loot + turn based roguelike structure. If you have any interest, try the prologue (just look for Stoneshard: Prologue on Steam). It's recently updated and will give you a good sense of the current game design, just understand the rest of the game content IS NOT as polished as the prologue.
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# ? Feb 8, 2020 18:52 |
Most complaints I've seen so far are regarding the food/drink system being tedious and that you can only save at a bed at an inn which costs money. So far I haven't had huge problems with the food/drink mechanics, it's a bit onerous but mangeable my biggest problem with it is that hunger/thirst/pain are hidden in the character panel so it can be hard to tell how you're doing unless you open that up frequently. The saving at an inn is fine so far as it's pretty cheap and from what I can tell you'll be making frequent trips back to town anyways. I've not put much time in yet but I could see after playing awhile both system become grating, we'll see though. For now I'm really enjoying the art style and the world feels quite alive so it's fun to explore.
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# ? Feb 8, 2020 20:57 |
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it's a fun game, my biggest gripe is my build couldn't complete the tutorial so I had to restart the entire thing to do it again
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# ? Feb 8, 2020 23:57 |
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I'm liking it - for some reason it's giving me Baldur's Gate vibes, like when you first leave candlekeep. I am finding it very difficult to get past early encounters generally though.
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# ? Feb 16, 2020 08:28 |
Yeah there seems to be some balance issues. I get the games supposed to be difficult but it's hard to even make it to your quest cause of the sheer number of wolves/bandits on the road.
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# ? Feb 17, 2020 17:08 |
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Being melee this game is awful. Injury is just tedious and being melee means you are just going to get injuries while doing what your class does.
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# ? Feb 17, 2020 18:48 |
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I really like this game and hope that the developers will keep on finetuning it further. Is there some kind of roadmap from the developers? I´m kind of curious to see how far off the game is from a full release.
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# ? Feb 17, 2020 18:48 |
Sylphosaurus posted:I really like this game and hope that the developers will keep on finetuning it further. Is there some kind of roadmap from the developers? I´m kind of curious to see how far off the game is from a full release. I just added a roadmap image to the OP.
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# ? Feb 17, 2020 19:04 |
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Popete posted:I just added a roadmap image to the OP.
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# ? Feb 17, 2020 19:31 |
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Popete posted:Yeah there seems to be some balance issues. I get the games supposed to be difficult but it's hard to even make it to your quest cause of the sheer number of wolves/bandits on the road. Part of my problem was rushing a bit too hard and not knowing rest mode. It's still a grind to get a few early levels though.
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# ? Feb 18, 2020 00:01 |
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I had a lot of trouble with melee classes but at some point things just click. I like it so far, though it is limited.
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# ? Feb 18, 2020 00:41 |
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I bought this, I don’t know why. Seems like there is some fun to be had but they’ve removed the stealth system from the game and that is normally the kind of character I play. Fingers crossed development goes as well as they’re hoping.
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# ? Feb 19, 2020 00:33 |
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TescoBag posted:I bought this, I don’t know why. Seems like there is some fun to be had but they’ve removed the stealth system from the game and that is normally the kind of character I play. Play as the archer. Its basically easy mode. Once you have a good grasp on the game try something else. Its actually incredible how much easier the game is as archer. I think archer + mace skills will do everything in the game at its current state very easily.
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# ? Feb 19, 2020 00:48 |
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This seems like it's the hot new indie roguelike but I don't see the appeal. Maybe it'll be cool in a year but it feels like they launched in a very barebones state.
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# ? Feb 19, 2020 01:46 |
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it has a very nice old-school feel to it but i wish there were a few more characters to play as. they show an elf and a metal face guy but your choices are beard guy or lady right now
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# ? Jun 20, 2020 01:42 |
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It's like if Diablo and Valheim had a roguelite baby. This game is hella fun and I can't wait til the next update where you get to guard a caravan.
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# ? Apr 26, 2021 16:56 |
It's been awhile since I last checked in but I keep loose tabs on the patch updates, it sounds like they are making steady progress. Probably still gonna give it some more time before I really dive into it but I'm hopefully it's coming together. Edit: I've updated the roadmap image in the OP. Popete fucked around with this message at 17:29 on Apr 26, 2021 |
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# ? Apr 26, 2021 17:26 |
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I played the Kickstarter demo they put out a billion years ago and really liked it, so I backed it. I haven't played it since because I keep waiting for release, so I don't burn myself out on the game during Early Access. Maybe I should give it a shot sometime.
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# ? Apr 26, 2021 18:16 |
Big new update is out that adds the first major city Brynn as well as expanding the map by quite a lot. Lots of other changes and additions such as a new rumor and crime system, new enemies and items as well as lots of balance tweaks. https://store.steampowered.com/app/625960/Stoneshard/
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# ? Nov 19, 2021 06:11 |
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Any advice on how to start in this game? I bought it back when it came out but I've never played it much because I literally cannot beat a single enemy as a non-melee class, and all the injuries you get as melee are too much to deal with. I always die to the first wolf or bandit or whatever I run across
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# ? Nov 19, 2021 07:58 |
I just started playing it again with the update and I am also bad so I can't give much advice. Only been playing melee classes but it seems a bit more forgiving with this update. You still need to bring ointments and splints with you on journeys to keep yourself in fighting condition but there's still a chance you just get unlucky and run into a mob of 5 guys who surround you. I like going with a two handed-axe and make sure you are unlocking the 2 skills you are allowed at the start, you wanna be using your combat skills as often as you can. You don't have to play with permadeath anymore and they've made the save system a bit less restrictive in that it auto-saves when you exit the game but that save is deleted when you reload to prevent save scumming, you're still meant to save in towns semi-frequently.
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# ? Nov 19, 2021 21:12 |
So the City of Gold update did bump the world size a good amount and I made it to the big new city Brynn but I stopped playing once I realized you couldn't enter any of the buildings. Over the past couple weeks they've added a tavern, grocery store, bakery and pawn shop to Brynn so at least there is a place to save your game (you can only save at inns). There is also a quest giver in Brynn but I didn't interact with them yet so idk how detailed that chain is. Overall a bizarre choice to push the update featuring a major new city but not have any of the buildings implemented yet making the city kind of pointless and then over the course of the next few weeks adding all that content in. They probably should have just waited until they had finished those buildings before pushing the update but whatever. For anyone following this game waiting to buy in I would continue to hold off, the game is fun and I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes and I like what they have so far but it's definitely not finished or even all that well balanced.
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# ? Nov 30, 2021 18:02 |
New update is out, good to see after they announced development had been impacted by the war in Ukraine (a lot of their devs are Ukrainian).quote:MAIN ADDITIONS
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# ? Aug 6, 2022 01:55 |
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Well, time to start another character and play another 30 hours on it. I wonder if it's time to do a ranged class with spear for melee?
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# ? Aug 6, 2022 20:21 |
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Electricity has so far been a fun fun time, Especially if you do it in the depths of a storm when everyone is soaked and lightning is coming down. Fatigue is also interesting and it encourages you to take breaks, make a fire, sit down for a bit to charge up enough vigor to push through the next dungeon AtomikKrab fucked around with this message at 20:55 on Aug 6, 2022 |
# ? Aug 6, 2022 20:52 |
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So y'all saying this game is pretty good? It's on sale right now for $15
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# ? Feb 10, 2023 04:20 |
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# ? Apr 18, 2024 07:58 |
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Been playing this for a bit. It's fun. I'm getting my $15 worth, though it's still a bit rough. So far been playing Jorgrim dual-wielding Axe and Sword. Been following this guide as far as build and it's pretty crunchy and the lower health leading to more killing is pretty neat. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2777611174 Currently level 7. Will say that it's never not satisfying when you find a wild animal and one or more corpses of dead bandits who were along the road ready to ambush you.
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# ? Mar 4, 2023 04:18 |