Harebrained are back! After splitting off from Paradox, they've returned with a new game, and one Shadowrun fans might like to take a look at with GRAFT.
In GRAFT, you will navigate a crumbling, continent-sized space station known as the Arc, where the remains of a once-advanced civilization now lie in darkness and decay. As a survivor in this dying world, you must scavenge and graft parts from enemies to transform and enhance abilities, all while grappling with the philosophical implications of identity and memory.
See the announcement trailer below:
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Features:
- Delve into a Haunting World: The Arc is rich with forgotten technologies and unsettling wonders. Traverse through massive chasms, labyrinthine techno-catacombs, and self-replicating corridors as you seek a way out. Master these ancient secrets and uncover the mysteries that lie within.
- A Dark RPG Experience: Survival is not just about battling the horrors that lurk in the shadows. It's also about navigating the treacherous relationships with other survivors. Form alliances, build trust, and face the reality that anyone still living could be both an ally and a threat. Your decisions will shape your journey and determine the fate of those you encounter.
- Tense Survival Horror Combat: Engage in visceral, survival horror combat against ancient experiments, monstrous abominations, and relentless agents of a mad AI. Manage your resources and choose your battles wisely to stay alive as you carve a path through the Arc's dangers.
- Transform to Survive: Your evolving body is a potent weapon. With each Graft you acquire—whether ripped from enemies or found hidden in the depths of the Arc—you gain new abilities and powers. However, every Graft carries fragments of its former owner’s identity, shaping your memories, impulses, and even your very self. Each choice will have profound consequences on who you become.
No word on platforms yet other than Windows, but unless they do something truly odd it should run in Proton.
You can follow it on Steam.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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I did really enjoy the Shadowrun games even though I don't generally get on with RPGs. I hope Harebrained keep the Deck in mind as they're developing this game, since that's where I enjoyed their previous ones.
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Quoting: CatKillerSo did I. But this doesn't look turn-based. Cool and atmospheric and all, but I'm kind of crap at combat games so this is probably not for me.Quoteone Shadowrun fans might like to take a look at
I did really enjoy the Shadowrun games even though I don't generally get on with RPGs.
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Quoting: Purple Library GuyQuoting: CatKillerSo did I. But this doesn't look turn-based. Cool and atmospheric and all, but I'm kind of crap at combat games so this is probably not for me.Quoteone Shadowrun fans might like to take a look at
I did really enjoy the Shadowrun games even though I don't generally get on with RPGs.
Yeah I went through a small roller-coaster of expectations. "Oh no they are making an RPG this time, but wait their Shadowrun RPGs were these great tactical games, oh no the end of the trailer suggests it is not even turn-based".
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TheRiddick Sep 4
Looks interesting, but I could really do with a BattleTech-2 using a decent engine. (original used unity3d)
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Arehandoro Sep 4
The setting smells like Eclipse Phase, and I'm a sucker for that TTRPG.
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Quoting: TheRiddickLooks interesting, but I could really do with a BattleTech-2 using a decent engine. (original used unity3d)
I'd take a Battletech 2 from Harebrained even if they made it using the old Infinity Engine.
Sadly Paradox kept the Battletech license (and all rights to the game), but if they just made a big tactical game of the same style it would be great in whatever setting.
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Quoting: eldakingQuoting: Purple Library GuyQuoting: CatKillerSo did I. But this doesn't look turn-based. Cool and atmospheric and all, but I'm kind of crap at combat games so this is probably not for me.Quoteone Shadowrun fans might like to take a look at
I did really enjoy the Shadowrun games even though I don't generally get on with RPGs.
Yeah I went through a small roller-coaster of expectations. "Oh no they are making an RPG this time, but wait their Shadowrun RPGs were these great tactical games, oh no the end of the trailer suggests it is not even turn-based".
ha! Same exact here. Maybe just maybe it could be real-time-with-pause and also have a turn based mode similar to PoE2? Because like you all, I SUCK so hard at real time twitch action combat games. I will probably get it no matter what just to support this wonderful dev, but I do REALLY hope real time action isn't the only mode of combat.
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Quoting: JarmerQuoting: eldakingQuoting: Purple Library GuyQuoting: CatKillerSo did I. But this doesn't look turn-based. Cool and atmospheric and all, but I'm kind of crap at combat games so this is probably not for me.Quoteone Shadowrun fans might like to take a look at
I did really enjoy the Shadowrun games even though I don't generally get on with RPGs.
Yeah I went through a small roller-coaster of expectations. "Oh no they are making an RPG this time, but wait their Shadowrun RPGs were these great tactical games, oh no the end of the trailer suggests it is not even turn-based".
ha! Same exact here. Maybe just maybe it could be real-time-with-pause and also have a turn based mode similar to PoE2? Because like you all, I SUCK so hard at real time twitch action combat games. I will probably get it no matter what just to support this wonderful dev, but I do REALLY hope real time action isn't the only mode of combat.
It reminds me of The Ascent, which I ended up refunding even though I liked the atmosphere and story. The combat killed it for me.
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Really the visual style of the small bit of gameplay in the trailer reminds me of Dead Nation on the PS3, which is... very not turn-based. I did really enjoy it though. That style could just be the trappings of zombie games more than anything.
The thing that would turn me off about it (since they've shown they can make games with RPG stuff that I find tolerable) is leaning too heavily into the survival part of survival horror. I'm probably not up for that. I would want to feel awesome with my zombie attachments, not spend my time scrabbling around for the two bullets on the level.
The thing that would turn me off about it (since they've shown they can make games with RPG stuff that I find tolerable) is leaning too heavily into the survival part of survival horror. I'm probably not up for that. I would want to feel awesome with my zombie attachments, not spend my time scrabbling around for the two bullets on the level.
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Quoting: melkemindIt reminds me of The Ascent, which I ended up refunding even though I liked the atmosphere and story. The combat killed it for me.
Yes you're right, it really does. Especially those red lasers and isometric combat style. I too bought and refunded The Ascent, for me the combat was pretty bad, but the mapping system totally killed it for me. I could never figure out where to go, and often the directions would point me to areas WAY above my level where I'd get instakilled.
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