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Title: While waiting for updates...
Post by: Philippe on February 09, 2016, 11:43:05 AM
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Title: Re: While waiting for updates...
Post by: Sir Slash on February 09, 2016, 11:59:27 AM
Wow! Eat, drink, and F--k at one low price? That's a hell-of-a-deal depending what's on the menu. And what there is to eat too.
Title: Re: While waiting for updates...
Post by: Jarhead0331 on February 09, 2016, 12:26:19 PM
Age of Decadence?
Title: Re: While waiting for updates...
Post by: Philippe on February 09, 2016, 12:59:15 PM
In all of it's gritty, grungy glory.

The graphics aren't bleeding edge, but the story-line is addicting. 

It's essentially a detective story where you have to figure out what happened.

Assuming you're smart enough to read, and most characters probably aren't.

(The scholarly types have to avoid getting into violent situations).
Title: Re: While waiting for updates...
Post by: acctingman on February 09, 2016, 01:03:43 PM
What game is this?
Title: Re: While waiting for updates...
Post by: Philippe on February 09, 2016, 01:25:06 PM
Age of Decadence, an old school RPG.

It's on Steam, it was something like ten years in development, and the writing and parallel story lines are brilliant.

Anything I could say about the plot would be a spoiler. 

But combat in AoD is famously difficult, which is unusual for an RPG.

Imagine Fallout and Realms of Arcania having a baby set during the late Roman Empire.

What makes this game unusual is that the developers spent ten years getting it to this point because it was a labor of love, and will continue to tinker with it until it is perfect.

This is what happens when game development is NOT driven by financial motives.

(The game is finished, but still has a few odd kinks that no one who hasn't spent too much time playing it will probably ever notice).
Title: Re: While waiting for updates...
Post by: JasonPratt on February 09, 2016, 01:43:57 PM
Quote from: Philippe on February 09, 2016, 01:25:06 PM
(The game is finished, but still has a few odd kinks that no one who hasn't spent too much time playing it will probably ever notice).

All at one low price, too!

:D
Title: Re: While waiting for updates...
Post by: Philippe on February 09, 2016, 04:11:29 PM
And if you look really closely you can see that the text under the recruiting poster reads "See the world, meet interesting people, and kill them".

And if you really squint, you might even notice that the guy next to the open doorway seems to be smoking something. 
Title: Re: While waiting for updates...
Post by: Nefaro on February 09, 2016, 06:00:41 PM
Quote from: Philippe on February 09, 2016, 04:11:29 PM

And if you really squint, you might even notice that the guy next to the open doorway seems to be smoking something.

Is that the reason it took 10 years to get released?
Title: Re: While waiting for updates...
Post by: MetalDog on February 09, 2016, 07:17:18 PM
That makes this game legal in four states and D.C. without a doctor's prescription ;)
Title: Re: While waiting for updates...
Post by: JasonPratt on February 10, 2016, 06:48:01 PM
And it soothes PMS, when applied topically.