OnlySP reports that the Greedfall devs learned from the failures of Technomancer:
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I'm expecting author B budget RPG like The Technomancer, and that's fine by me. As I enjoyed the developers past games. Just wish Focus Home would give more funding.
Is Greedfall connected to Mars: War Logs and The Technomancer in any way? I quite enjoyed M:WL for what it was. I still need to play TT.
I don't think it's connected as the setting is colonial. One example is before the America Revolution with muskets and swords. Hopefully combat is better then the Risen games.
Ok, I just Googled it, and it looks interesting. 17th century setting mixed with high fantasy. I'll definitely keep an eye on it.
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Say what?
I don't remember any flaws with the combat system itself. What made it a chore were endless respawns.
I adored Mars, Technomancer was good, but sorry, I'm not buying GreedFall if plodding through all the same respawns over and over won't be addressed.
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Yea, I knew I've already posted it before:
https://www.rpgwatch.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36785
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I love Mars War Logs and played it three times, it was soaking with character, atmosphere and potential to set it apart from competition. I also like its combat system.
Not played the Technomancer, but if it is as good as MWL, then it is a good game and the combat in the videos look more involved. Rousseau seems to want to make the combat easier in Greedfall - I doubt this was the problem with the Technomancer as Joxer said.
Not played the Technomancer, but if it is as good as MWL, then it is a good game and the combat in the videos look more involved. Rousseau seems to want to make the combat easier in Greedfall - I doubt this was the problem with the Technomancer as Joxer said.
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Done. Greedfall has bigger budget than Technomancer.
First glimpse of Greedfall's world looked promising.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lIn5hdVJhk
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Not really. They want to add there "story mode".
I hope they will correct those respawns too.
Good but we'll see when the game is released.
That's the one thing about all their games I hate. They force you to constantly backtrack for quests, and the enemies always re-spawn in the same spots. Every damn time.
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They went overboard with backtracking but combat was perfectly fine (in fact it was rather easy and fun once you got how it worked).
I've played The Technomancer three times and I loved it, looking forward to playing Greedfall.
I've played The Technomancer three times and I loved it, looking forward to playing Greedfall.
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Right, Technomancer combat was fine. It was pretty fluid, coherent, looked ok. Nice art on the aliens too
But those endless lengthy treks back and forth through the same corridors... respawns made them worse but it was quest and map design which needed improving.
But those endless lengthy treks back and forth through the same corridors... respawns made them worse but it was quest and map design which needed improving.
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Of course. The budget is still much smaller than budget for Horizon Zero Dawn or Andromeda.
Focus is very economical company.Its mainly due to budget (and engine, I assume). There was very solid number of quests in Technomancer but maps were not big enough for such content. It also make perfect sense in terms of story to go back to the first town. But they should create some new areas there for second chapter.
Greedfall should be much bigger with big open maps.
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The backtracking was caused by the budget. They had to recycle areas a lot and it wasn't fun after a while.
They have ambitious ideas but they've always lacked the means to make them come true.
If things work out with Greedfall it could really be something special.
They have ambitious ideas but they've always lacked the means to make them come true.
If things work out with Greedfall it could really be something special.
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IGN shared a new article with Spiders creative director Jehanne Rousseau & Focus Home Interactive CEO Cédric. It focuses on the rise of B grade games.
Link - http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/04/23/the-technomancer-and-the-rise-of-b-grade-games
Link - http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/04/23/the-technomancer-and-the-rise-of-b-grade-games