Character Creation

[Otsirk]

Hello all, blessed sabbath,

Does this game have creater creation and a level up / customisation similar to Arcanum?

Thank in advance and God bless.

[Isaac (Crimson Herring)]

Originally posted by Otsirk:

Hello all, blessed sabbath,

Does this game have creater creation and a level up / customisation similar to Arcanum?

Thank in advance and God bless.

Hey Otsirk, thanks for dropping by and posting.

There's a demo available if you want to give that a try to test out the mechanics.

No, not really. There is some character customization but it's pre-set characters and pre-set skills, you just get to customize your specialization. Level up is done by strengthening the skills you use the most instead of assigning generic experience that you assign to skillpoints.

Hope this is helpful!

[Otsirk]

Morning Isaac,

Thank you for your curtious and timely reply. It is much appreciated 👍🏻

While I am a bit let down by the news it is not enough for it to be a deal-breaker for me.

Going to go ahead and wishlist. I'll support responsive and polite developers!

God bless and I hope you have a great day!

[Isaac (Crimson Herring)]

Originally posted by Otsirk:

Morning Isaac,

Thank you for your curtious and timely reply. It is much appreciated 👍🏻

While I am a bit let down by the news it is not enough for it to be a deal-breaker for me.

Going to go ahead and wishlist. I'll support responsive and polite developers!

God bless and I hope you have a great day!

Thanks so much for your support! We wanted to do a more in-depth character creator but didn't think we had the budget to do it justice. Targeting that sort of thing for our next game.

[Otsirk]

Pleasure 😊! I look forward to your next project as well. Best of luck 🍀

[Dirteedeeds]

Originally posted by Isaac (Crimson Herring):

Originally posted by Otsirk:

Hello all, blessed sabbath,

Does this game have creater creation and a level up / customisation similar to Arcanum?

Thank in advance and God bless.

Hey Otsirk, thanks for dropping by and posting.

There's a demo available if you want to give that a try to test out the mechanics.

No, not really. There is some character customization but it's pre-set characters and pre-set skills, you just get to customize your specialization. Level up is done by strengthening the skills you use the most instead of assigning generic experience that you assign to skillpoints.

Hope this is helpful!

Where is the demo? Its not listed on the store page....?

[Isaac (Crimson Herring)]

Originally posted by Dirtee:

Originally posted by Isaac (Crimson Herring):

Hey Otsirk, thanks for dropping by and posting.

There's a demo available if you want to give that a try to test out the mechanics.

No, not really. There is some character customization but it's pre-set characters and pre-set skills, you just get to customize your specialization. Level up is done by strengthening the skills you use the most instead of assigning generic experience that you assign to skillpoints.

Hope this is helpful!

Where is the demo? Its not listed on the store page....?

It's on the side panel. Steam allows you to show it in two places, emphasized where your other purchase buttons are, or de-empasized on the side panel. It's on the right side above the features section that shows controller support, single-player, steam achievements, steam deck compatibility, etc.

[Inquerion]

Originally posted by Otsirk:

Hello all, blessed sabbath,

Does this game have creater creation and a level up / customisation similar to Arcanum?

Thank in advance and God bless.

According to this GryOnline review (5.5/10) there is no character creation, you can't choose which character you want to play as (game selects that for you) and the game is extremely linear, choices don't matter etc. It's also just 10hrs long. "It's like a book" reviewer said. He also expected new Disco Elysium and got something completely different; very linear game. At least quality of dialogue is good. His words, not mine.

Part of his review:

"
“Explore the open world” – an ugly lie (or misunderstanding of the term). As in Baldur's Gate and other classic RPGs, the world consists of separate locations (only 20 in total), usually of modest size. The largest area of London is just a square surrounded by a few cross streets, adjoined by several shops and other establishments. The rest are often claustrophobic alleys;

"Choose one of three heroes" - there are actually four, but there is no choice; we play them alternately, in a fixed order;

“How will you solve your problems? Fight, persuasion, magic, or maybe an explosion? All cards are on the table and the choice is yours” – correction: the choice is up to the game developers. Situations where you can show something resembling creativity and show your own path to your goal can probably be counted on the fingers of one hand.
"

So it's nothing like Arcanum [very good RPG btw.].

Source:
https://www.gry-online.pl/S020.asp?ID=14802

[Isaac (Crimson Herring)]

Originally posted by Inquerion:

Originally posted by Otsirk:

Hello all, blessed sabbath,

Does this game have creater creation and a level up / customisation similar to Arcanum?

Thank in advance and God bless.

According to this GryOnline review (5.5/10) there is no character creation, you can't choose which character you want to play as (game selects that for you) and the game is extremely linear, choices don't matter etc. It's also just 10hrs long. "It's like a book" reviewer said. He also expected new Disco Elysium and got something completely different; very linear game. At least quality of dialogue is good. His words, not mine.

Part of his review:

"
“Explore the open world” – an ugly lie (or misunderstanding of the term). As in Baldur's Gate and other classic RPGs, the world consists of separate locations (only 20 in total), usually of modest size. The largest area of London is just a square surrounded by a few cross streets, adjoined by several shops and other establishments. The rest are often claustrophobic alleys;

"Choose one of three heroes" - there are actually four, but there is no choice; we play them alternately, in a fixed order;

“How will you solve your problems? Fight, persuasion, magic, or maybe an explosion? All cards are on the table and the choice is yours” – correction: the choice is up to the game developers. Situations where you can show something resembling creativity and show your own path to your goal can probably be counted on the fingers of one hand.
"

So it's nothing like Arcanum [very good RPG btw.].

Source:
https://www.gry-online.pl/S020.asp?ID=14802

He's entitled to his opinion but I don't think his review is a very fair assessment of our game.

[Tricky Joe]

Originally posted by Isaac (Crimson Herring):

Originally posted by Dirtee:

Where is the demo? Its not listed on the store page....?

It's on the side panel. Steam allows you to show it in two places, emphasized where your other purchase buttons are, or de-empasized on the side panel. It's on the right side above the features section that shows controller support, single-player, steam achievements, steam deck compatibility, etc.

I'm looking for the demo too! I can see it on the Steam website, on the side panel as you say, but I can't see it on Steam Deck at all. Any ideas?

[Ariko]

Originally posted by Tricky Joe:

Originally posted by Isaac (Crimson Herring):

It's on the side panel. Steam allows you to show it in two places, emphasized where your other purchase buttons are, or de-empasized on the side panel. It's on the right side above the features section that shows controller support, single-player, steam achievements, steam deck compatibility, etc.

I'm looking for the demo too! I can see it on the Steam website, on the side panel as you say, but I can't see it on Steam Deck at all. Any ideas?

I see it in the side box to the right of the deluxe purchase button.

[Tricky Joe]

Originally posted by Ariko:

Originally posted by Tricky Joe:

I'm looking for the demo too! I can see it on the Steam website, on the side panel as you say, but I can't see it on Steam Deck at all. Any ideas?

I see it in the side box to the right of the deluxe purchase button.

On Steam Deck? The deluxe purchase button is in the side bar on the right, under the normal purchase button. The deluxe edition is in a box with "Bundle Info" and "Add to Cart" buttons. There's nothing to the right of it.

[Rules Lawyer]

It isn't that type of RPG. You're not making your own character -- you are playing through the stories of pre-created characters with their own lives and backstories (and for at least one of them, a majority of his goals are related to his backstory).

This isn't a negative thing, it's actually a positive thing. The writing is excellent.