Solasta: Crown of the Magister
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shabushabu
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What you think it is ? I feel the same way its like my PnP game I have going. The 4 people talking to NPC is a big piece i think.
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Its focus is on the systems and play experience that comes from them, whereas the other games just use them in the background.
It is unapologetic about being a d&d game, and doesn't try to hide all the nerdy stuff behind flashyness or UI elements. Look at Bg3 combat and how you have to go digging into an otherwise hidden combat log to see your combat rolls.
They set out to make a d&d 5e game, rather than make an RPG that just uses the ruleset because it needs to.
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shabushabu
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Well I played this a bit and Bg3 a bit. Solasta is more D&D by 1000 over Bg3. Its funny that Solasta = SRD and BG3 = WOTC licensed and doesn't even feel like D&D at all.
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rush02112
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Winter update is expected Dec 14th
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Solasta: Crown of the Magister
Hey there folks!How are you all doing? Winter is starting show its nose, it's getting pretty cold here in Paris! However, that also means we're getting closer to the Winter Update, which we will be talking about a bit more in today's Dev Update. But before that...Sometimes I wish I could swap...
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shabushabu
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Interesting development, Solasta releases tools for community Dungeon Creation :
www.solasta-game.com
I would really like to see a modern nwn/nwn2 alternative for the community creating content.
Solasta: Crown of the Magister
Hey there folks,You wanted it, we wanted it - modding tools to create your very own adventures in Solasta. We didn't make any promises back during our Kickstarter as we weren't sure we'd be able to make it before launch... But today we're happy to announce the Dungeon Maker - a map editor that...
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I would really like to see a modern nwn/nwn2 alternative for the community creating content.
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Kirun
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Grabbit Allworth
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I play every iso-rpg that I can get my hands on and when I tried the beta for Solasta, I really enjoyed it. It's a fantastic game given how tiny the dev team is.
I'll be buying it on day 1.
I'll be buying it on day 1.
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I haven't played, but added it to my wishlist. But remember watching someone who played it when it first released. Made an analogy which was basically that BG3 is like D&D built upon the foundation of the Divinity gameplay. Looks great, but the D&D aspect is toned down to fit the "masses". The foundation is a "game" with D&D added to it.
While Solasta is more akin to D&D as the foundation and the game is added on top of it.
Granted I've only played some of BG3, and while not knowing that much of D&D, I feel I can start it up and play it. Solasta looks like a game where knowing D&D is much more beneficial than in BG3. Probably why so many of the reviews of the EA version of Solasta reference that it's very "D&D". A game where knowledge of mechanics enable you to make builds that are broken in terms of power, while not knowing them will make it near impossible to progress by making bad choices in terms of character builds. I expect BG3 to be way more lenient/balanced in that regard, even on the hardest settings.
At a 92% rating currently, I doubt it's a pile of shit, but I certainly think its in your face use of the D&D ruleset makes it more niche compared to games with the funds to hide much of it under the hood so to speak. I'm looking forward to the game, but also expect that I will have a hard time with it.
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Bought this and started it up. Rough around the edges but the gameplay scratches a certain itch. It does really well at actual tabletop emulation as opposed to CRPG gamification of tabletop.
It's like The Temple of Elemental Evil in that way. Technical gameplay like this can be fun sometimes. The story is okay. It's straight-up something that you'd get in a homebrew tabletop campaign. Which I like.
It's like The Temple of Elemental Evil in that way. Technical gameplay like this can be fun sometimes. The story is okay. It's straight-up something that you'd get in a homebrew tabletop campaign. Which I like.
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