The Expanse: Osiris Reborn is a story-driven sci-fi Action RPG. You play as a Pinkwater Security mercenary whose brief shore leave on the asteroid Eros spirals out of control. Trapped in a deadly lockdown and drawn into a solar system-wide conspiracy far beyond your control, you’ll have to adapt, survive, taking command of the most advanced ship in the whole of the solar system. Gather a crew and find your own path through the web of lies to leave your mark on the solar system.
Abelard, effettua preventivamente un atto di onaismo.
EDIT: Inoltre, i Pinkwater Security ? Vedo gli Owlcat non mancare mai di buffoneggiare consapevolmente nella sceneggiatura, come da tradizione, aspetto sempre apprezzabile.
They came up with the idea internally and then pitched it to Alcon Entertainment.
They prototyped the gameplay for a year
No ship combat mini game. It sounds like any sort of ship combat will be cinematic scenes playing out.
When you create you’re character you are actually creating two characters, and the second one is your twin, which will serve as your first companion. You don’t choose the twin’s skills/abilities as they have their own personality.
He didn’t say it outright but it sounds like there’s not a traditional class system. More about choosing play styles, and that will be at least partially defined during character creation. Mentioned it’s not like their previous games where they were using an established rule set (like Pathfinder).
You can’t change the archetypes of companions as they’re established characters that join you because of their skill set. Mentioned one of the companions being an engineer for example.
However you can change some companion abilities to suit your play style. Mentioned that having a flying drone like in the trailer is only one of the options for that engineer companion (and also there are multiple drones if you do use the drone).
In addition to weapons you will get gadget loot
It’s possible to play a character that is totally abilities based
Companions are a big pillar of the game, even bigger than their previous games. They have their own goals and stories.
There is romance with companions
Two companions join you on missions, but other companies can help you from the ship during these missions
The timeline it takes place in covers books 1 and 2 (or TV seasons 1, 2, and the first half of 3).
You will see consequences in the world of things such as Holden’s decisions during this time, experience the news of the Canterbury being destroyed, etc.
Will be visiting familiar locations (mentioned Ganymede, Ceres, and Mars).
Will be meeting familiar characters
Some of the actors from the show will reprise their roles in the game
You will have roleplaying freedom but not to the extremes. The question was about if you can be good or evil, and he said it’s more like “good samaritan” vs. “practical, pragmatic and greedy.” I took this to mean you won’t be slaughtering entire space stations because you want to be evil.
When asked if it’s linear, open world, or semi open world, he said semi open world but only because that’s such a vague definition he feels confident in saying it.
In terms of story, you will experience big story beats in a certain order but there is freedom to visit other places. Said it’s not a linear experience.
Mentioned Ceres being a hub where you can go talk to a lot of characters.
Was asked if game length is more like Expedition 33 or their previous games, said it was closer to the former but that it’s still a big game.
“Good, bad and weird” consequences to your decisions
Lots of political intrigue, and seeing the best and worst of humanity (The Expanse basically)
Protogen is part of the story
You will face off against a hybrid at some point
They want to emphasize how dangerous space is in the gameplay
You can use your mag boots to walk on walls and ceilings
Zero gee gameplay including combat
Sostanzialmente, Mass Expense; niente di cui lamentarsi, lungi da ciò, ma un bel cambiamento strutturale nella produzione per Owlcat Studios rispetto al campo di lavoro su cui abbiano costruito carriera e reputazione, benchè materiale a cui ispirarsi per costruirne le meccaniche non manchino; sono curioso, ma un poco perplesso, attendiamo video di effettivo gameplay a riguardo.
Hanno ampliato lo studio significativamente durante lo sviluppo di Warhammer credo, quindi ora possono sostenere 2 progetti allo stesso tempo.
Alla fine, se continuano in parallelo a sviluppare i classici crpg, che sono il loro forte, non la vedo come un grosso cambiamento.
Mi rincuora venirlo a sapere, per quanto imperfetti i prodotti Owlcat ho trovato essere decisamente ambiziosi e premeati di una cura devota, tale di chi lavori ad essi con una certa perizia appassionata, tale di chi ami ciò che stia facendo; detto questo però pur vero abbiano avuto bisogno di un rodaggio assai articolato dopo la loro prima distribuzione, mai mancato comunque, comprovante le difficoltà intrinseche per lo studio di portare a termine un progetto con le risorse assegnate.
In questo caso è evidente il tentativo di provare il salto di qualità verso un genere diverso, con meccaniche ed esigenza differenti, e complessità maggiori, tra tutti i miei auguri quindi vi è comunque una certa titubanza nel verificare se potranno dimostrarsi all’altezza nonostante abbia grandi speranze per loro.
peccato non sia un rpg “alla owlcat” ma sembri più un action alla ME2/3.
Figata, peccato sia in terza persona 