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Off-Topic Discussion => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: jr2 on September 02, 2018, 08:29:25 am
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Trailer (don't know why it's more cartoony than the gameplay. Are they planning on offering a cell-shaded version? xD)
Gameplay: (side note: how about them energy management gauges, eh?)
Outlaw appears to be slightly different. Not only is it a prequel, taking place 34 years prior to the events of the original game, but it will allow players to leave the two-dimensional plane in some way. A cinematic trailer, released today on IGN, shows players in the role of a female pilot of a much smaller, more maneuverable ship.
“This has got to be the most ambitious game I’ve ever worked on,” said Baldree in a press release. “We took what worked from the last title, and then went a little crazy. It’s got a stronger focus on story and place, a huge jump in detail, and while it still works great for folks with a HOTAS [hands-on throttle and stick] at home, I think we’ve managed to make space combat accessible and fun for everybody else in a way that nobody has managed before. We’ve got a lot more to share in the months ahead”
A press release states that Outlaw will include out-of-the-cockpit adventure as well, specifically “billiards and dice poker, plenty of sketchy characters to meet, and sketchier jobs to take on.”
Articles:
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/08/31/rebel-galaxy-outlaw-announced/
https://www.polygon.com/2018/8/31/17805908/rebel-galaxy-outlaw-prequel-pc-ps4-switch
http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/08/31/rebel-galaxy-outlaw-revealed
Website:
https://rebel-galaxy.com/
Freespace-style combat?
Bounties, missions and an open universe?
The ability to flip off your enemies?
Yep this hits all kinds of the right spot.
And that pirate capship attack at 32:00
(https://i.imgur.com/U9SEjeD.png)
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Flight model looks the same as the Star Wars pitch video (with the same restrictions to vertical dimensions)
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This looks incredibly good, it really gives Privateer vibes and apart from the 2D sprite-based engine problems it's probably the open world spacesim I enjoyed the most. The PSA teaser almost felt like it was reading my thoughts ("do you like incredibly unrealistic space flight?").
Flight model looks the same as the Star Wars pitch video (with the same restrictions to vertical dimensions)
Restrictions?
Doesn't really look like it, the Falcon seems to do some vertical flipping here and there.
Or are you referring to the "space is an ocean" way the capital ships are positioned?
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I've had a look at the hour long gameplay video that was released recently.
My impression initially was that the freedom of movement was more toroidal than true spherical 6DOF ie. Horizontal with some limited vertical movement but no more than a few degrees either direction.
Looking at it again, it looks more like a true 6DOF (which is making me very happy) with the "space is an ocean" object distribution which i do not mind at all!
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Looking at it, that's actually 99% of what I wanted Star Citizen to be.
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Freespace-style combat?
Bounties, missions and an open universe?
The ability to flip off your enemies?
Yep this hits all kinds of the right spot.
And that pirate capship attack at 32:00
(https://i.imgur.com/U9SEjeD.png)
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Auto-pursuit is all the good bits of Assault Horizon's Dogfight mode without the downsides.
Deeeefiiniiiiteeeely playing this.
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Hot damn, that's exactly what modern Privateer remake is supposed to look like.
But I'm confused... I checked the website and apparently they DON'T sell their spaceships for 150bux (or more) a pop?!?
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The ship painter at 39:00 (give or take) is amazing. They're a really cool developer and I look forward to this after getting their original free on the ps4 a while back.
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That hour long gameplay video is one of the most hype-inducing things I've seen in recent memory (and yes, I started spamming it everywhere because people need to know, dammit!).
Besides, the GTA-style radio stations are something I didn't know I needed in an open world space sim and now I wonder why nobody thought about it back when the GTA games were doing it (at least I don't remember any that did it).
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Gliding and supercruise is IN!
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@SamVision - beat me to it!
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The Privateer remake they wanted to make got rejected by EA and they made this. Obviously ;-)
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It seems it will be an exclusive for the new Epic Games store:
https://www.epicgames.com/
Good grief another client to install, I hope it doesn't act up like uPlay does.
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It's coming out 13th August.
And now if I want to get either of the Optimus Prime figures I put my eyes on I have to push back buying Monster Boy and The Cursed Kingdom at least to September, I forgot how buying more than one game a year at day one could get expensive rapidly.
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It's coming out 13th August.
2020 if you want it on Steam
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It's coming out 13th August.
2020 if you want it on Steam
Epic is not exactly endearing itself to me but it's not like I have to buy a new PC to use it and it's just the one game, these are probably the only 25 Euros I'll ever spend on the shop since I can do away with all the other exclusives they have.
If it comes out on GOG in 2020 I'll get it there too because these particular devs deserve my money just for having tackled this genre in this particular way in 2019, but I don't see that many differences between Epic and Origin or uPlay or even Steam back when it started, just big tech being mostly incompetent and greedy as usual.
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I don't know how I missed this thread when it started, but that game looks like FUN! I have not bought a game at launch price since BF3, but I may may an exception for this.
I never quite got the hang of the 2D broadside combat of the original. I struggled enough that it was more work than fun.
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I don't know how I missed this thread when it started, but that game looks like FUN!
No idea how I slept on this for so long, but consider my attention grabbed.
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I don't know how I missed this thread when it started, but that game looks like FUN! I have not bought a game at launch price since BF3, but I may may an exception for this.
This year has been weird in that regard even for me, last year the only day one buy was Bloodstained Curse of The Moon that was just ten Euros, this year I bought at launch or preorder price Ace Combat 7, Bloodstained Ritual of The Night, this one and I'll buy Monster Boy and The Cursed Kingdom too.
I never quite got the hang of the 2D broadside combat of the original. I struggled enough that it was more work than fun.
I liked it more than I thought I would instead.
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I liked it more than I thought I would instead.
I may need to give it another try. :)
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I liked it more than I thought I would instead.
I may need to give it another try. :)
Do keep in mind my expectations were below zero really, I probably wouldn't even have tried it if it hadn't been given away on GOG.
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Finally. Pre-ordered.
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I liked it more than I thought I would instead.
I may need to give it another try. :)
It won't take that long as soon as you get the idea that you're in an actual boat in the ocean of space, stuck in the 2D plane, with only fighters capable of limited 3D movement. I think it's an AI and objects in world limitation? Guessing there.
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I liked it more than I thought I would instead.
I may need to give it another try. :)
It won't take that long as soon as you get the idea that you're in an actual boat in the ocean of space, stuck in the 2D plane, with only fighters capable of limited 3D movement. I think it's an AI and objects in world limitation? Guessing there.
From what I understand given that at the time Double Damage was literally made of two people having also a third dimension was beyond the scope they could reasonably achieve on multiple aspects. Travis Baldree said they didn't even have an animator, the animations were made by him moving in front of a Kinect camera (of course with some cleanup) and most characters were modeled only from the waist up because they couldn't afford full models.
Finally. Pre-ordered.
I did too, 13th August can't come soon enough.
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From what I understand given that at the time Double Damage was literally made of two people having also a third dimension was beyond the scope they could reasonably achieve on multiple aspects. Travis Baldree said they didn't even have an animator, the animations were made by him moving in front of a Kinect camera (of course with some cleanup) and most characters were modeled only from the waist up because they couldn't afford full models.
They also said that at the time they were worried that they might be too similar to games like Star Citizen and Elite which were just getting announced at the time. Only to find that those games either never got released or didn't do quite what they wanted to do.
They did mock Star Citizen quite a lot in their first announcement vid.
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From what I understand given that at the time Double Damage was literally made of two people having also a third dimension was beyond the scope they could reasonably achieve on multiple aspects. Travis Baldree said they didn't even have an animator, the animations were made by him moving in front of a Kinect camera (of course with some cleanup) and most characters were modeled only from the waist up because they couldn't afford full models.
They also said that at the time they were worried that they might be too similar to games like Star Citizen and Elite which were just getting announced at the time. Only to find that those games either never got released or didn't do quite what they wanted to do.
They did mock Star Citizen quite a lot in their first announcement vid.
That goes without saying, but they seemingly tried at first to make capital ship combat in full 3D and it had so many issues that they couldn't possibly hope to iron them out so they scaled back to combat on a 2D plane.
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A good anniversary edition RG remake would be full 3D combat witH another added story line. I'd drop $30 or $40 on it.
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I'm a huuuuuuuuuuuge Freelancer fan (so much so I run a fb fan group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/freelancergame/) haha) and Rebel Galaxy Outlaw has gotta be the closest thing I've seen to these games yet!!! Gorgeous planet landings FTW!
Shame about the Epic store exclusive but that’s okay, I'll just wait for it to come to steam as I’m in no hurry due to my endless gaming to do list lol.
This guy has done a good video review of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abmolH6sSy4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abmolH6sSy4)
Here's some sexy screens I found around the net:
(https://i.imgur.com/oXDyrvX.png)
(https://rebel-galaxy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RGOScreen4.png)
(https://rebel-galaxy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/6G6ZpxFP.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/c5YTYja.jpg)
(https://gamespot1.cbsistatic.com/uploads/screen_kubrick/1587/15875866/3435314-rebel.jpg)
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Be warned: it's much more Privateer than Freelancer (much fewer but more characterized ships and equipment, enphasis on combat, smaller universe) which seems to have riled some people but that's why I like it in the first place.
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It's such a blatant Privateer remake!
It's great!
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Any feedback/experience with the integrated much publicised 3d print service?
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By the way I have a Coyote now, I liked the Durston for the cargo runs and mining but I want to go on with the story even though I'll probably do another Eureka side mission because now are coming the station things that give you money.
For now I have gone full autocannons instead of the tachyon guns because additional shield energy, I gave it a quick try and it's like piloting a meaner A-wing, a pity for the cargo space I can't gather as much stuff as I'd like.
I do get hit much less though which was probably the main point since the Durston is a huge slow target and that's not good in the more chaotic furballs no matter how many weapons and devences you have.
Any feedback/experience with the integrated much publicised 3d print service?
The service is not active yet because the firm that was supposed to do it is changing hands.
There seem to be a LOT of skins on nexusmods though, boy that's actually quite nostalgic, remember when skins were made for free by hobbyists instead of sold in an in-game marketplace?
It's such a blatant Privateer remake!
It's great!
Travis Baldree read a few of the more over the top negative comments in a video and there was one that lamented that the game was nothing like Privateer and I wonder what was going on in the mind of the person that made it.
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I do :lol:
Quake 2 TDM and FS1 squadrons got me into the whole digital image thing.
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I have been seriously impressed by their frenzy of post-launch patching.
They were doing a patch a day for a while there, fixing good stuff each time.
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I'm still tooling around in my starter Platypus. I'm pretty new to trading-type gameplay elements and struggling with that a bit. I really just care about the combat, but i want to trade to make money faster to buy better stuff sooner. :) I think bounty hunter sounds like the most fun, but pirate might be fun too.
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I'm still tooling around in my starter Platypus. I'm pretty new to trading-type gameplay elements and struggling with that a bit. I really just care about the combat, but i want to trade to make money faster to buy better stuff sooner. :) I think bounty hunter sounds like the most fun, but pirate might be fun too.
Mining is good too to make money, you'll need the mining scanner and a mining laser (which also does good enough damage) and stuff like obtanium, alien fossils and anomalies can net a good bunch of money even if you sell a bit under market value, gold, iron and water make good money too.
I also suggest you use trading missions rather than trade manually, it saves a few headaches.
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I had not yet discovered mining. :) I have been doing some trading side missions, and if I have cargo space left i was buying stuff to sell, but i was not having fun doing the extra-mission trading.
I am looking forward to someday sitting down and playing for more than a half hour at a time!
Hey I have a question - can you join both the merchant and the mercenary guilds at the same time?
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I had not yet discovered mining. :) I have been doing some trading side missions, and if I have cargo space left i was buying stuff to sell, but i was not having fun doing the extra-mission trading.
I am looking forward to someday sitting down and playing for more than a half hour at a time!
Hey I have a question - can you join both the merchant and the mercenary guilds at the same time?
Yes, like in the original Privateer the guilds rather than factions are just a way to get better and more specialized assignments.
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Yes, like in the original Privateer the guilds rather than factions are just a way to get better and more specialized assignments.
Thanks! Funny story - i was just thinking that I need to find Privateer and try it out, when I discovered that I already own in on EA Origin.
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Guhh?
Buhhhh🤔
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Guhh?
Buhhhh🤔
He likes Elite purely for the "truck simulator in space" aspect though he probably never even checked if he could change radio stations.
What's sad is my comments on the video both on YT and The Escapist are basically about giving the frame of reference Yahtzee (and many reviewers and users) lacks.
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The game has officially come out on Steam, PS4, Xbone and Switch.
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Judging by the mixed reviews on Steam, I think I enjoyed The Escapist's Youtube review of this game more than I would enjoy the game. (Seriously, I laughed my ass off at that video. :lol: :lol: :lol: )
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Judging by the mixed reviews on Steam, I think I enjoyed The Escapist's Youtube review of this game more than I would enjoy the game. (Seriously, I laughed my ass off at that video. :lol: :lol: :lol: )
A lot of them are from people that wanted another broadside based game like the original Rebel Galaxy when this is a classic spacesim or another Freelancer when the combat is freespace-like instead of standard FPS combat in space.
Then there are the hardcore gamerz that dislike the help features available at the lower difficulty levels.
Yahtzee also thinks that the look of the game is inspired by Borderlands instead of the original Wing Commander Privateer (look up a few videos on youtube) which this game is a blatant throwback too, he enjoys Elite for the dead times that many think make it boring and since this game has an autopilot feature for long travels he disliked it.
PS: I'm almost tempted to buy it again on Steam just to leave a thoroughly detailed positive review that's actually helpful, some of the negative ones are just so weird. One even complained about the HOTAS support for some reason and for an indie game this kind of thing really hurts.
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I wishlisted RG:O on Steam, just so I can find it again if I need to if and when it goes on sale. But yeah, a few more informed reviews of this game would be nice.
I played WC:Privateer and Freelancer years ago and thoroughly enjoyed both of them. I'll keep an eye on RG:O and might snatch it up if the opportunity arises.
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It's *very* WC:Privateer. It's basically a full remake of WC: Privateer even, except obviously the plot is different and the world is a *bit* different, but people who liked Privateer will feel right at home.
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The ability to remotely order a 3d print of your ship as customised in game complete with decals and paint scheme, is nice. 👍
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Rebel Galaxy Outlaw is on GOG too:
https://www.gog.com/game/rebel_galaxy_outlaw
It also has a 33% discount.
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Rebel Galaxy Outlaw is on GOG too:
https://www.gog.com/game/rebel_galaxy_outlaw
It also has a 33% discount.
Did you mean to post that here (https://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=95466.0)? xD
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Rebel Galaxy Outlaw is on GOG too:
https://www.gog.com/game/rebel_galaxy_outlaw
It also has a 33% discount.
Did you mean to post that here (https://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=95466.0)? xD
I thought about it but it's not just a discount but also a launch on a new platform.
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Rebel Galaxy Outlaw is on GOG too:
https://www.gog.com/game/rebel_galaxy_outlaw
It also has a 33% discount.
Did you mean to post that here (https://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=95466.0)? xD
I thought about it but it's not just a discount but also a launch on a new platform.
If it's a significant discount, it matters. Just edit your other post with the relevant info for a 2-in-1.