Set in a world that’s being beset by a curse of greed, this isometric RPG is trying to put its own unique touches on the tried and true formula.
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Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness [Official Site] is set in a kingdom that’s close to civil war and chaos grows ever day. This is a title that takes clear inspiration from Dungeons and Dragons and games like Baldur’s Gate. Many of the same elements such as an assortment of familiar fantasy race archetypes and classes feature in the game. Things like recruiting characters to your party, primary and secondary quests, magic and abilities, crafting potions and all those other staples will be in there as well.
What caught my eye in this one was the premise of most of the conflict is a curse brought on by a dark goddess that causes greed to grow in the hearts of people. The impact of the curse is determined by the player’s actions as things like looting everything and taking every reward can increase the effects on the world. This can lead to NPCs acting differently and lying, bandits assaulting estates and even the dead rising to reclaim things you’ve looted from them. It’s the sort of thing that I think will make or break the game as how this ties into quests and the meaningful choices players can make in a playthrough will ultimately define how things play out and determine replay value.
Black Geyser has been in development for a while and has turned to crowdfunding to finish up content and to polish the game. It’s projected to be released next year on both GOG and Steam when it’s completed.
You can back the game or read more about it on its Kickstarter page.
Thanks for the tip, Cyril
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Not kickstarting though, too much bad experience with linux ports. Maybe when some kind of beta comes out and is playable with feature parity (that one i learned from SotA, still no map, still not optimized, and buggy as hell).
Still , i like those things and this looks very good.
Too scared to crowdfund after I have a copy of Kingdom Come gathering dust since they never bothered to port to Linux.
Last edited by razing32 on 30 April 2018 at 8:30 pm UTC
Nevertheless Apr 30, 2018
Quoting: razing32It does look a lot like PoE or maybe a hint of Tyranny ?
Still , i like those things and this looks very good.
Too scared to crowdfund after I have a copy of Kingdom Come gathering dust since they never bothered to port to Linux.
I was also an early backer of Kingdom Come. Thankfully, they honored my request for a refund no questions asked. I'd definitely recommend to anyone else burned by them to also request a refund. Let them know they can't just promise something without delivering.
TheRiddick May 1, 2018
I guess they felt cryEngine's linux support was in such a terrible state that they'd just not bother. Does it even support Vulkan? probably not, crytek has been sinking for a long time now, doubt any development work has happened to improve the engine. Lumberyard on the other hand.....
Quoting: ElvanexQuoting: razing32It does look a lot like PoE or maybe a hint of Tyranny ?
Still , i like those things and this looks very good.
Too scared to crowdfund after I have a copy of Kingdom Come gathering dust since they never bothered to port to Linux.
I was also an early backer of Kingdom Come. Thankfully, they honored my request for a refund no questions asked. I'd definitely recommend to anyone else burned by them to also request a refund. Let them know they can't just promise something without delivering.
At this point , I may not even bother.
Might as well give it to a friend or something.
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