RPG General discussion thread

[Colif]

Titan Quest 2 is in early access finally


and...

am I dreaming?

Sacred 2 Remaster on Steam

Step into the world of Ancaria as one of six heroes. Explore a massive open world and master combat arts and spells for epic loot. This remaster brings a fan-favorite back to life — with hi-res textures, better combat and bugfixes, for longtime fans and newcomers alike.

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needs better graphics, when I saw it at first I thought it was Sacred 1.... at least its not Sacred 3

 

[Frindis]

Graphics looks very much the same, or I played with a High Res mod. I know I used a couple, one for further camera zoom.

 

[Colif]

Its 11 years since I seriously played the game, so my memory of it is probably through rose coloured glasses. After seeing it I went to an old forum I used to post on about game and saw my last post about actually playing game was in 2014.

Last time I played it, 1 4k screen just resulted in a longer draw distance - less fog - this had negative effects as enemies could see further and makes it difficult to run away if you need to. Probably okay on ranged characters but I wasn't playing one.

I wonder if it would have extended my discoverable distance... I should go visit an edge of the world.
I look at it now and wonder what half of it means. Its why I don't play my old characters as they don't deserve to die just because I have forgotten everything...

I have wanted this game remade for years... it doesn't feel real.

 

[Frindis]

Ok, I'm hyped!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MH-BqXk2WA

 

[Zloth]

I have wanted this game remade for years... it doesn't feel real.

What!? If Colif gets Sacred 2, that means I finally get Xenogears!! It's only fair! (And FINISH it this time instead of just plopping main characters into a chair and explaining the last half in text!)

Ok, I'm hyped!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MH-BqXk2WA

I wonder if that charging warthog can launch you into orbit the way Skyrim giants can....

 

[Colif]

I wonder if I can use my old characters in the new version... probably not.
I can't recall if the expansion added the shared inventory.

How I made my characters may not work anymore.
One tip: don't consume all the skills you get - they come as items - as you get a penalty for eating too many. Better to socket them into gear.

If I have to start from scratch - mostly, I expect I will remember as I go - its going to take me a long time to get back to where I was... I played it for 3 years.

I should try the other characters. I mostly played one class as you very rarely find gear for other classes, so it paid to specialise. It wasn't the Seraphim... I only tried her out after making many of the other one. She benefited from all the swords I had collected.
The others might not be so clunky.

Sacred 1 I played a Wood Elf as her arrow spray was impossible to get through... she wasn't as good in 2.

 

[Colif]

Strange, Sacred 2 on PC is single player and multi player, whereas on PS5 its only single player.
reason given is they were after stability and performance on Consoles...

curious, its not like consoles are toothless now like they were in 2009 when game released.

 

[Colif]

Some of these I should look at
Some are familiar already

 

[Zed Clampet]

Strange, Sacred 2 on PC is single player and multi player, whereas on PS5 its only single player.
reason given is they were after stability and performance on Consoles...

curious, its not like consoles are toothless now like they were in 2009 when game released.

They may only be allowing dedicated servers. Or, possibly, the PS5 peer to peer isn't sufficient enough. I know that in Conan Exiles on console if you hosted your own game and invited friends, you would all have to stay very close to each other or everyone would get teleported to the host. On PC, you could turn tether off and everyone go their own way.