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Below |OT| Wanderers in the Dark

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Cromulent Word said:
It is coming out same day. Dec 14 for both Xbox & Steam.

You can see our min spec on the steam page. That said, we've tested it with LOWER than minspec and it still runs well.

It's a roguelike-inspired dungeon crawler / adventure game with a focus on atmosphere.

Depending on how you play it's easily 20+ hours long.
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Ah ok, thanks, the OP was a bit confusing with the limited exclusivity thing.
 
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Excited to try it tomorrow! I love roguelikes! Best part of it being on GamePass is you get a discount on buying it -- not to mention the Winter of Arcade promotion!

Congrats on the launch!
 
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Is there an ETA tomorrow?
Wondering if I should take a half day, or just work through depending on release time.

Either way, super hyped. Thanks for making this brilliant looking game!
 
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CerealKi11a said:
I'm confused. Is this a rogue-like/lite? Are the dungeons procedural?
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Yes.

What happens when I die in-game?
Death is permanent. Once you die you lose your character but the body of the defeated wanderer and their equipment will persist into your next playthrough to rediscover. Your progress in the world (unlockable shortcuts) will also continue on regardless of your death.

How much of the game is randomly generated?
A significant portion. Below primarily consists of randomly generated environments but there are a couple handcrafted, constant, areas in Below in addition to a set style of levels as you descend deeper into the island (think of how the environments change at set intervals as you progress in Spelunky).
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This game should be good for fans of Resetera since no one can apparently read an OP. Game seems to have little to no text.
 
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The music in the trailer fucking slayed me. Hoping it's included, or at least, very similar to the game's score.
 
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TheIlliterati said:
This game should be good for fans of Resetera since no one can apparently read an OP. Game seems to have little to no text.
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Prep for the game I suppose!

Havik said:
Is it on windows 10 store for gamepass owners or only on steam?
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Barring a surprise Play Anywhere twist, the game is not on the Windows Store with Game Pass.

Gamepass?
Yes, Below will be launching as part of Game Pass. Note: because the game is not announced to be a Play Anywhere title the Game Pass option will not be available on PC.
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Spelunky comparisons have me extremely excited. The dev is reliable, I'm sure the game will be good.
 
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TheIlliterati said:
This game should be good for fans of Resetera since no one can apparently read an OP. Game seems to have little to no text.
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Mafro said:
Is there an online component to this at all?
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No.

https://metro.co.uk/2018/04/09/hands-preview-interview-shove-take-time-need-7451552/

GC (Interviewer): Oh, is it something to do with multiplayer? That was something you were teasing previously.

Nathan Vella: No. This is a single-player experience. We had originally planned to do some multiplayer stuff but it definitely didn't make the cut, largely because it made us break all of the design that we were trying to go for. So it's not multiplayer. Although that was a really good guess. [laughs]
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Given the roguelite nature, I think what's impressive of the footage shown so far is how the world doesn't look like the common "path + module" appearance. It looks more naturally laid out.

Is the map procedurally generated, or is it handcrafted rooms procedurally linked together?

Also anyone know if this will be more akin to a roguelite like Necropolis, or will it be more like a Brogue/Unexplored/3D Nethack-kind of thing? Less combat, more layers of secrets and systems to uncover
 
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If it took anyone 5 hours to get through the first area of Spelunky, you are a failure at life.
 
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Looking forward to this, have been for years. A bit busy with Mutant Year Zero and Ashen, but will at least get started on this.
 
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More_Badass said:
Given the roguelite nature, I think what's impressive of the footage shown so far is how the world doesn't look like the common "path + module" appearance. It looks more naturally laid out.

Is the map procedurally generated, or is it handcrafted rooms procedurally linked together?

Also anyone if this will be more akin to a roguelite like Necropolis, or will it be more like a Brogue/Unexplored/3D Nethack-kind of thing? Less combat, more layers of secrets and systems to uncover
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This was the most specific I saw folk from Capy get about how random levels are put together.

https://kotaku.com/the-story-of-two-games-that-took-forever-to-make-1825059678

The game also uses procedural generation. Unlike the original Zelda and other games that influenced it, which all had fixed level designs, Below's world is constantly being remixed by algorithms to create slightly different versions so that no playthrough is the same. "We had a version of the procedural generation of levels completed early but we weren't happy with it and then ended up redoing it a bunch of times," he said. The team realized that true randomness, like what you get from a series of dice rolls, doesn't actually end up feeling random when done on a large scale. Rather than very unique outcomes, you get lots of things in the middle of the spectrum that all start to average out. "Total randomness doesn't feel good, or even feel random. It just feels messy and crummy," he said.
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Red Dead made me realize I'm burned out on the big AAA games scene. Game Pass made me realize I've been missing out on Indies. Suddenly became very excited about this game. Hope the studio does well on this. Looks really damned cool.
 
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Shpeshal Ed said:
Dancrane212 its showing up as $33.45AU if that's some kind of guide for the price.
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Hard to tell with Microsoft listings. At least from a Canadian perspective, they have a wide range of conversion options (sometimes games are the same in CAD as USD, other times not) without much consistency on why one is picked over the other.

$24.99 USD would be my guess off that AUD price though.
 
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I guess this detail from Game Informer's recent dev playthrough says a lot about the design and tone: that the spear weapon can also be used for spear-fishing
 

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I'm really glad it's on gamepass. Love the design of the title too. It's on some clever Olly Moss type tip.
 
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My body is ready for this after having waited something ridiculous like 3 or 4 years. Soooooo ready!

Is it supposed to be up at 10pm pst tonight?
 
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I'm so ready for this, I was going to buy GRIS but I think I'll get this instead for now.
 

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Thank you for putting the game on Xbox Game Pass. Since 2013 waiting for this game. Fortunately I can play it on a Xbox One X and a 65" screen and a dark room which I learned by some of the given interviews is the best way to play it, right?
 
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Been trying to avoid as much coverage as I can as to not spoil myself for my first run through but is there any indication of a overall narrative at all even with the absence of dialogue/hints as stated in the OP?
 
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i've been looking forward to this forever, hopefully this is more my cup of tea than ashen turned out to be
 
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Great OT, really excited this is finally coming out.

I bought the old Kinect VCR Box at launch with Below in mind hoping it would be a launch window game, haha.
 
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Really excited for this. I'm a huge Capy fan, falling in love with their work on Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes which is a phenomenal game. Plus Superbrothers and Super Time Force I've loved their games so much. Can't wait for Below... do we know when its launching on Xbox (time?) as I'll be booting my Xbox up the moment it's available and jumping in.

PS. Cromulent Word - thank you and the team for everything you create.
 
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