Adamant Studios has announced that Knights of Frontier Valley will be coming to Steam Early Access at the end of 2021.
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Knights of Frontier Valley - Coming to Early Access
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Roguelikes and permadeath just don't fit in a working man's gaming hours. I don't have time to replay areas so these get automatically filtered when looking for game. If I can't save anywhere, I can't spend money.
This doesn't mean there is anything wrong with the game, just that it isn't for busy people.
This doesn't mean there is anything wrong with the game, just that it isn't for busy people.
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Carnifex
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I can handle perma-death, if it's implemented well. The rogue-like, however, I've simply had my fill with these days. I'll check out some review when this is fully released to see what others think.
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Liked the music. Permadeath makes my britches twitch. The roguelike part is unfortunate.
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mbuddha
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I think the weather/precipitation needs to be more visible in the playable game world, not just in the left ambient screen (which I can't decide if it's neat or just pointless) and resting animations.
I don't mind the idea of a procedurally generated world that also has story and NPCs, if that's the case. Could be interesting.
But I don't follow the permadeath idea in a 10 chapter game.
I like the high fantasy, and the gameworld graphics are nice enough, music is good but you'll get sick of it like the two songs that are always played during Gwent in W3.
Finally the animations come of as weird slow motion.
I don't mind the idea of a procedurally generated world that also has story and NPCs, if that's the case. Could be interesting.
But I don't follow the permadeath idea in a 10 chapter game.
I like the high fantasy, and the gameworld graphics are nice enough, music is good but you'll get sick of it like the two songs that are always played during Gwent in W3.
Finally the animations come of as weird slow motion.
Martin (Adamant Studios)
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Thanks y'all for the feedback
Hi all, Permadeath is a love/hate thing… it was totally normal with the original Rogue and clones, and newer titles like The Long Dark, Kingdoms, FTL, and many others have shown that it still is popular with a lot of people.
As the designer of this game I can say that the concept is meant to be challenging and replayable. Part of the fun is trying to beat the challenge. It's not meant to be casual… but it will be just great for "busy folks". Let's face it - people who really are super busy have no time to play any games. People who do have time to play should play whatever they have fun with. For some, that's a challenging game.
I think of it like a game of chess - there's no loading after losing, you just play again. This works with a procedural world.
You will be able to save everywhere (just no loading after death).
@mbuddha;: Great, constructive comment - thanks
The precipitation really should be more visible on the map (it is somewhat visible today when the weather gets really nasty, but normal rain isn't shown at all yet). This is something I need to work out without cluttering the view. No worries about the music variety, there are more than two hours of music of different styles (some can be listened to on the website).
Cheers and appreciate the feedback.
Martin (developer)
Hi all, Permadeath is a love/hate thing… it was totally normal with the original Rogue and clones, and newer titles like The Long Dark, Kingdoms, FTL, and many others have shown that it still is popular with a lot of people.
As the designer of this game I can say that the concept is meant to be challenging and replayable. Part of the fun is trying to beat the challenge. It's not meant to be casual… but it will be just great for "busy folks". Let's face it - people who really are super busy have no time to play any games. People who do have time to play should play whatever they have fun with. For some, that's a challenging game.
I think of it like a game of chess - there's no loading after losing, you just play again. This works with a procedural world.
You will be able to save everywhere (just no loading after death).
@mbuddha;: Great, constructive comment - thanks
The precipitation really should be more visible on the map (it is somewhat visible today when the weather gets really nasty, but normal rain isn't shown at all yet). This is something I need to work out without cluttering the view. No worries about the music variety, there are more than two hours of music of different styles (some can be listened to on the website).Cheers and appreciate the feedback.
Martin (developer)
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