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#1 13 JUL 2011 at 12:57pm
spelk Commander Posts : 1666 Joined: 19 FEB 2009 Location: UK Status : Offline	On Steam.. Its a comedy themed 2d indie rogue-like http://www.gaslampgames...ory/dungeons-of-dredmor/
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#2 13 JUL 2011 at 5:50pm
Rayfer Commander Posts : 1851 Joined: 19 FEB 2006 Location: US, Michigan Status : Offline	And only $4.49....? Anyone try this yet?
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#3 13 JUL 2011 at 6:17pm
Nefaro Colonel Posts : 4641 Joined: 6 OCT 2003 Status : Offline	Randomly generated dungeons entice you with the sweet, sweet promises of treasure and … things. Wow, seriously? At five bucks? I have a strange feeling that it'll still be abruptly short, but what the hell.. __________________________ Are you brave enough for 640kb?
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#4 13 JUL 2011 at 6:38pm
tgb123 Commander Posts : 1474 Joined: 13 NOV 2009 Status : Offline	I picked it up after reading about it and watching some game play on Youtube, and it is awesome with a wicked sense of humor (i.e. taking Vampirism as a skill makes you sparkle). There are 37 skills (you take 7 when creating a character, or can just randomize 7), lots of primary/secondary attributes, plenty of buffs/debuffs, loot, crafting, tinkering, trading, and quests. Beneath the casual, cartoonish presentation is a very deep Rogue-style RPG. As to the length, Nefaro, it's designed for re-play. Each game is a randomly-generated dungeon.
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#5 13 JUL 2011 at 6:47pm
Nefaro Colonel Posts : 4641 Joined: 6 OCT 2003 Status : Offline	Sounds good, just picked it up. Hard to turn down at that price. Will give it my sharp tongue after I've played a bit. __________________________ Are you brave enough for 640kb?
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#6 13 JUL 2011 at 6:51pm
tgb123 Commander Posts : 1474 Joined: 13 NOV 2009 Status : Offline	(BTW, if someone can tell me how to unlock a chest or pick the lock, I'd appreciate it. It's probably some skill I didn't select, but you never know.)
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#7 13 JUL 2011 at 7:28pm
tgb123 Commander Posts : 1474 Joined: 13 NOV 2009 Status : Offline	One more thing - apparently there is a bug that keeps you from reloading a game if you've canceled a quest. It's supposed to be patched out in the next day or two, but be careful in the mean time.
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#8 13 JUL 2011 at 9:04pm
Nefaro Colonel Posts : 4641 Joined: 6 OCT 2003 Status : Offline	Good to know. Though I started on the no-save-loading ironman option for the first run, as it seems to be how it's supposed to be played. I did start off with the panzy-a$$ "elf" difficulty level on my first one so I could see at least a few levels before I died and started over. So far, I'm quite impressed .. especially for the price of $4.29 or whatnot. While the interface can be a bit tricky at times, such as when you're trying to click on a monster that's moving in it's square and end up moving instead of attacking (doah!), it's not too bad. The humor is pretty good and it's evident in almost every tooltip. The sounds are relatively few in number but they do a decent job and I find some put a smile on my face.. killing those little creatures results in a death screech that is quite satisfying. [sm=00000622.gif] While the graphics aren't anything special at all (hey it's bargain basement priced!), it does the job. I would've liked to see equipped items change the look of your character, but I can get by on the dungeon crawl fun. There seems to be a lot of learning to be had as to what does exactly what. I love that exploration-type stuff. Hrmm.. do I eat these strange looking mushrooms I just found? [sm=00000289.gif] I can tell the randomly created dungeons and the different skill sets gives it a fair amount of replayability along with the three difficulty levels. I've been wanting a good 'ole turn-based dungeon crawl and this is pretty easy to get into and play, but is still interesting and fun. For less than $5!!! I can tell there will be lots of sales & word-of-mouth on this one. It'd be good to see the creators keep adding to it, and take this further. Moar!! Edit: Oh.. and didn't I mention? It natively runs in high & widescreen resolutions! How many budget indie games do that straight out of the gate?! Seems to be pretty stable and no major bugs I've seen yet. __________________________ Are you brave enough for 640kb?
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#9 13 JUL 2011 at 9:07pm
Nefaro Colonel Posts : 4641 Joined: 6 OCT 2003 Status : Offline	*Originally Posted By tgb123* (BTW, if someone can tell me how to unlock a chest or pick the lock, I'd appreciate it. It's probably some skill I didn't select, but you never know.) shrug Yet we can use lockpicks on doors.. must be something we gotta finger out. __________________________ Are you brave enough for 640kb?
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#10 13 JUL 2011 at 9:24pm
tgb123 Commander Posts : 1474 Joined: 13 NOV 2009 Status : Offline	Shift-clicking on an item automatically puts it in your inventory.
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#11 13 JUL 2011 at 10:15pm
Nefaro Colonel Posts : 4641 Joined: 6 OCT 2003 Status : Offline	*Originally Posted By tgb123* Shift-clicking on an item automatically puts it in your inventory. Click to pick it up and click again on your Inventory button on the interface.. will do the same thing. I've just been keeping my bag open though, because it fits perfectly on the end of my toolbar and there are a ton of different potions and food I'm getting so I can rt-click on them straight from the bag since the 10-slot item bar isn't big enough for them all. Now I just use the whole bag as a quick bar. __________________________ Are you brave enough for 640kb?
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#12 14 JUL 2011 at 1:24am
Nefaro Colonel Posts : 4641 Joined: 6 OCT 2003 Status : Offline	Here ya go: "Some of the levers on a level open uberchests." They have some odd forums here: [link]http://www.gaslampgames.com/forum/[/link] I bookmarked it because there'll likely be more Q&A needed. __________________________ Are you brave enough for 640kb?
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#13 14 JUL 2011 at 4:28pm
tgb123 Commander Posts : 1474 Joined: 13 NOV 2009 Status : Offline	Crap - I was having my best game yet (lev. 3 Mad Viking having just finished the first level), when the game crashed. Going back to reload, my saved game was gone. HULK SMASH!!!!
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#14 14 JUL 2011 at 4:34pm
Nefaro Colonel Posts : 4641 Joined: 6 OCT 2003 Status : Offline	I've been playing ironman mode. No loading after deaths! Hoorah! I've died many many times. My longest game, oddly, was my first. But that was with a tankish smashy type. Have you ran into any of those huge rooms packed with monsters and their boss yet? I think it says something like "You've found a monster zoo!". I proceed to 'Oops, I crapped my pants'. Survived one, lost another. Best bet is to run for a corner, or better yet a thin hallway space, so you can limit how many are hitting you. I'm still having a blast with this, and dying in perma-death mode isn't such a terrible thing for me right now because I get to experiment with different skill category setups. This is just too much fun for $4.50! __________________________ Are you brave enough for 640kb?
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#15 14 JUL 2011 at 4:42pm
tgb123 Commander Posts : 1474 Joined: 13 NOV 2009 Status : Offline	I'm not talking about perma-death. I'm fine with that. I'm talking about the game crashing when I tried to load a saved game, and then the save was gone. I've heard about the zoos, but fortunately haven't run into one yet.
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#16 14 JUL 2011 at 5:02pm
Nefaro Colonel Posts : 4641 Joined: 6 OCT 2003 Status : Offline	*Originally Posted By tgb123* I'm not talking about perma-death. I'm fine with that. I'm talking about the game crashing when I tried to load a saved game, and then the save was gone. I've heard about the zoos, but fortunately haven't run into one yet. I've not had any issues yet. But I've not been loading many saves because it's only been a couple when I've shut the game down and came back later. __________________________ Are you brave enough for 640kb?
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#17 14 JUL 2011 at 9:05pm
Syt Commander Posts : 1037 Joined: 2 AUG 2008 Status : Offline	So,this is basically a roguelike with graphical interface? The monster zoo reminds me of something similar you'd come across in ADOM. [b][color=darkred][i]One strikeout is a tragedy, a million strikeouts are a statistic.[/i][/color][/b] - "Stallin' Joe" Dshugashvili, Manager of the Moscow Red Stars 1922-53
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#18 14 JUL 2011 at 11:29pm
Nefaro Colonel Posts : 4641 Joined: 6 OCT 2003 Status : Offline	Yep. Here's the latest monster zoo I hit. By that point, I had a mongo-damage sword and some rogue skills to help crowd control & get away easier to find a good defensive spot when they started streaming after me. http://imageshack.us/ph...images/402/dredmor1.jpg/ __________________________ Are you brave enough for 640kb?
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#19 15 JUL 2011 at 12:02am
TheRocksal Centurion Posts : 137 Joined: 3 JUN 2005 Status : Offline	I'm having a good time with it. Lost right away my first few times on Medium, perma....then played the quick tutorials, now I'm back in it and have a decent run so far. I now wish I had a laptop to play this in bed...fun romp....very fun trying the different skills. I never liked Rogue likes before but am enjoying this quite a bit.
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#20 15 JUL 2011 at 12:10am
Nefaro Colonel Posts : 4641 Joined: 6 OCT 2003 Status : Offline	Yeah, I've had my head stuck in it for hours straight without ever switching to other games, which is what I often do (hopping back & forth). If you like action RPGs, then you can't go far wrong picking up this bargain indie! I'd like perhaps some DLC with: 1) character equipment showing 2) more monsters & bosses 3) more everything! There's a lot of play there, as it is now, but more variety would be great. Having only two or three different monsters per level, some appearing on many levels, can get a bit repetitive. Fortunately, it's not huge long battles.. more like Diablo with a fluid turn-based mode; every time you move or take an action, the AI mobs pop through their turns real fast so it seems practically realtime until you stop and they're waiting on your 'turn'. That's something I really liked about Eschalon2. EDIT: You can also drop items in your backpack by clicking on yourself when an item's attached to your cursor. I like this better than the other two or three options. __________________________ Are you brave enough for 640kb?
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#21 15 JUL 2011 at 6:10am
Joram Centurion Posts : 798 Joined: 3 DEC 2006 Location: US Status : Offline	You guys made me get this. Don't know when I'll find the time to play it but I can appreciate what they've done regardless. I also saw a couple more in the same vein: Cthulu saves the World and umm, something else too. I'm surprised SoM isn't all over that Cthulu one!
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#22 15 JUL 2011 at 6:34am
spelk Commander Posts : 1666 Joined: 19 FEB 2009 Location: UK Status : Offline	*Originally Posted By Joram* You guys made me get this. Don't know when I'll find the time to play it but I can appreciate what they've done regardless. I also saw a couple more in the same vein: Cthulu saves the World and umm, something else too. I'm surprised SoM isn't all over that Cthulu one! As soon as I saw it pop up on Steam I thought SOM would be posting about it too. Its been out on the Xbox for a while IIRC. When I first started playing Dredmor, I kept getting Din's Curse flashbacks. Randomly generated dungeon crawling. I've had a frustrating crash, just as I seemed to be making progress. I'm finding ranged combat very weak in the beginning. So a sword & board starter seems like a good idea for newcomers to the game.
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#23 15 JUL 2011 at 7:21am
spelk Commander Posts : 1666 Joined: 19 FEB 2009 Location: UK Status : Offline	http://www.gaslampgames.com/blog/2011/07/14/crashes-cynical-brit-feature-request-faq/
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#24 15 JUL 2011 at 7:51am
tgb123 Commander Posts : 1474 Joined: 13 NOV 2009 Status : Offline	I just figured out how perma-death works - loading a saved game deletes it immediately after the game starts, so if you quit without saving again, even if you didn't die, your save will be lost. Now, can someone please explain how the Charge Rod spell works? When I cast it I lose mana, but nothing else seems to happen.
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#25 15 JUL 2011 at 11:52am
Nefaro Colonel Posts : 4641 Joined: 6 OCT 2003 Status : Offline	*Originally Posted By Joram* You guys made me get this. Don't know when I'll find the time to play it but I can appreciate what they've done regardless. I also saw a couple more in the same vein: Cthulu saves the World and umm, something else too. I'm surprised SoM isn't all over that Cthulu one! I picked up the Cthulhu package, while I was buying Dredmor, since it was like $3.50. It's pretty much old-school 16-bit style JRPG (think Final Fantasy I & II) that's pretty simplistic. I got it because.. well .. you play as Cthulhu!! Thus far, Dredmor has been far more fun and soaking up my time. I don't mind the JRPG mechanics in Cthulhu at all but most others are almost always filled with ridiculous Japanese anime art, which I find both disturbing and revolting in it's more extreme forms. This one doesn't take it as far as others though. __________________________ Are you brave enough for 640kb?
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