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Oh yeah, I was speaking of Bard's Tale Four! Not the other one that I'm not even sure I'll ever play. =xxx
Pros
- Nice cartoonish look
- Knows Ultima inside and out
Cons
- Struggles to utilise any new mechanics
- The interaction just isn't immersive by todays standards
- Has boring combat
- And stealth
3/10
Underworld Ascendant touches on something but never really grasps it. It doesn't utilise any of the improvements from its long absence from the industry and even falls flat compared to the game it is meant to be the successor of.
The most recent hotfix fixes quite a few issues.
- Added "Swimming" (Crouch while in water to sink)
- Walking through shallow water has been improved
- Arrows now function as expected
- More magic runes are now in Aelita's rotation for sale
- Fullscreen exclusive graphics option is now preserved between gameplay sessions
- When the player collects the final Abyssal Key, the gate to the Midnight Forum now opens as expected
- Fixed a rare bug when The Vault of Nyx did not open when the player had all 8 keys
- Saurians are now less chatty
- The secret shortcut to the Vault of Nyx has been sealed
- Infinite loading screen crash for the opening level has been fixed
- Subtitles can be now toggled On or Off (See: Options->Gameplay)
- Graffiti language in-level now changes when the player changes their language settings
- Tuned movement controls for stopping and starting. The controls now respond faster to player input
- Kickstarter backers will receive 8 dire berries instead of 1
- General movement fixes
- Various rare crash fixes
It's good to know that at least they're working on it.
So is it a demo or a game?
BT4 made my list by a "hair." It had just enough bugs and missing features that were promised form its kickstarter to be worrisome..
What features are still missing? Genuinely interested.
The two big ones for me were the grid based movement and a proper save game system.
The System Shock remake is Night Dive, a completely different developer. These guys are making System Shock 3.
Good to see that they are working on the game, perhaps it will make a full recovery and turn into something close to what was expected. I think there are many more updates to come, so for now it will sit patiently in my library.