After Reset - Beta Key Giveaway Contest

Couchpotato

Couchpotato

Part-Time News-bot
Supporter
Joined
October 1, 2010
Messages
36,404
Location
Spudlandia
Welcome back for a new contest on RPGWatch. We were given a few Steam keys from developer Black Cloud Studios Mr. Nixon for his new RPG game After Reset.

All you have to do is tell me why you love Post Apocalyptic RPGs. I will pick the five winners who impress me on Monday, March 16th. So good luck everyone.

As a bonus you will also receive his new graphic novel The Fall of Gyes.

More information.
 
Joined
Oct 1, 2010
Messages
36,404
Location
Spudlandia
I love Post Apocalyptic RPGs because there is death and destruction everywhere. If it isn't caused by you out is left over from yester year. Best of all you get to see the future today!
 
Joined
Oct 20, 2006
Messages
7,758
Location
usa - no longer boston
I love post apocalyptic games/worlds because I know those that really annoy me won't be smart enough to survive and will no longer be around. So as I roleplay my character in game, I think to myself that this is a world devoid of those that should not be. This not only works for people I know, but also people I haven't met yet. Think of it as a culling.

I have loved these types of games since I first played fallout 1...there was nothing like that at the time.

Plus, I know I would be totally bad ass at post apocalyptic sun tanning…
 
Joined
Apr 17, 2007
Messages
5,749
The Post-Apoc genre is great because it's really about post-Civilization, often with underlying themes of what humanity would really be like if the gloves came off.

In a sandbox sense this often provides a truly hand's off approach to choice & consequence. The only thing dictating your decisions should be your conscience, or lack thereof.

Not to mention the cool settings.

I suppose the greatest reason I love Post-Apoc RPGs is that the kind of stories told in them differ a bit from the usual, and despite the popularity of Fallout it's a genre that still has plenty to tell.
 
Joined
Aug 22, 2011
Messages
270
Location
The Desert
I like the sense of exploration, and the little blooms of hope you see, when you come across a small village of people just trying their best to survive. Trying to make the world a better place....


.... and of course, destroying all of the megalomaniacs, that seek to control and subjugate everyone and everything around them. :cm:
 
Joined
Oct 29, 2009
Messages
314
Location
Happy Valley
Seems promising and i am very excited to see how this game evolves.
 
Joined
Feb 20, 2015
Messages
3
Fallout 2 is one of my all time favorite games. I like the "it's you vs. the world and the world is f***ed". It's also great for exploration, which is something I treasure in games.
 
Joined
Oct 15, 2012
Messages
550
Location
Ginnungagap
Because there's nothing like a nuked wasteland to pave my road to glory and my own — benevolent, obviously — dictatorship… I shall enlighten the shepherdless survivors and make them bow for their one, true deity: ME.
Mwahaha. :cm:
 
Joined
Oct 18, 2006
Messages
2,378
Location
Leuven, BE
I love post apocalyptic RPGs because it all boils down to survival of the fittest and how humankind will react to an almost complete wipe of everything it knows and takes for granted.

One thing I like about this genre is that it breaks the status quo. You no longer rely on the old way of life. Forget what you knew, it's all different now and there's an all new set of rules you have to follow if you want to keep alive. Every day is a fight against nature (or what is left of it), other savage humans, radiation, mutants etc.
Interestingly, when the nuclear apocalypse blows everything to hell, humankind is at an apogee of technology. In the aftermath, those same humans are thrown back in time to a brutal, animalistic state, in which in order to satisfy even the most basic needs, a great amount of effort is required. The search for technology becomes as important as relieving those basic necessities.

What compels me to post apocalyptic stories is the observation of how will humankind react when it's reborn, anew.
 
Joined
Apr 11, 2012
Messages
455
Location
Nosgoth
I remember getting the Boot Hill, Basic D&D and Gamma World books all around the same time long ago. Gamma World by far captured my attention the most. I've always enjoyed the setting where civilization as we know it is destroyed and people going thru the struggle for survival and meaning. What new mutated animals and plants will be encountered? How will man react to another group of people? Will I even be mutated? It captures my imagination for sure. I may need to enter the inhospitable cave known as "the attic" and dig out my Gamma World book. Rifts was cool too but that came out much later.
 
I love post-apocalyptic RPGs because I feel they are educational and prepare me for the day when our fragile society collapses.

Here's a few important lessons I've learned from Fallout, Wasteland, Dead State, Icy etc.:

1. Even though most people will be left without power, and we must spend our days scrounging for food, and fighting bandits, mutants / zombies, etc, the porn industry will survive the apocalypse and "porn star" will become one of the easiest jobs to get.

2. Money is completely worthless. You may as well burn that stuff to stay warm or use it as toilet paper. Start saving your bottle caps.

3. If you can't beat the flesh-eating zombies, might as well join them... People are looking for any excuse to resort to cannibalism. We're only about one extended power outage away from eating each other. While you may find it revolting, your neighbor is probably already wondering whether you'll go better with teriyaki or BBQ sauce.
 
Joined
Apr 9, 2013
Messages
2,346
Location
PA
After seen Mad Max back in the 80's I was addicted to the post apocalyptic theme. Since games are my primary spare time filler since the late 80's I was extremely pleased to play Fallout 1. I love Post Apocalyptic RPGs ever since. After Reset fulfills the criteria in theory to be a great Post Apocalyptic RPG and would love to play it. (after i finish wasteland 2 of course).
 
Joined
Jan 8, 2009
Messages
1,755
Location
The Netherlands
Because our species is galloping towards a dystopian hellscape future with a big silly grin on its face, so - hey - we might as well have fun with it! :biggrin:
 
Joined
Nov 8, 2014
Messages
12,085
They're coming out in force this week, aren't they? :rolleyes:
 
Joined
Nov 8, 2014
Messages
12,085
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom