It looks great, but i'm still on the fence about the procedurally generated areas. I might grab it on Steam if the reviews are positive.
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Chasm |OT| Sword Gully
- Thread starter Cornbread78
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In Chasm the rooms are all hand crafted yes and only the way they are connected is random.
So people with a irrational fear of procedural generation have nothing to fear with Chasm :P
Other games have variable amounts of randomization in them though, some have entire rooms handcrafted, others do not.
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Great information, I was wondering about cross save myself.
I finished the game as an early access backer, and the game flow felt good to me. Every room is handcrafted, and the major progression points (new equipment/story rooms/bosses etc) are in the same places every playthrough. The only things that are procedurally generated is overall layout of the map and exactly which rooms you get in a particular playthrough.
Is this more Rogue Legacy or more Spelunky?
I'm kind of getting vibes for both from the trailer.
I'm kind of getting vibes for both from the trailer.
Neither? It's very much a traditional metroidvania, playing very similarly to the modern 2d castlevanias. There's no permadeath option until you finish the game at least once, and the procedural generation is there to serve multiple playthroughs of the game.
Personally, the procedural generation combined with proper metroidvania style is the reason why I got interested in this game to begin with. It's its distinguishing feature compared to all the other metroidvanias we have already now.
Yeah, this is my problem with it too.It looks great, but i'm still on the fence about the procedurally generated areas. I might grab it on Steam if the reviews are positive.
Great OP. Game unlocks in less than 8 hours on PSN, I'm pretty hype. Trophy list looks like a ton of fun too.
Same, it's hard to believe it's actually releasing tomorrow.
It seems like this is a pretty prominent example of a game baking in development for an extremely long time. I remember playing a version at indiecade that had bonfire leveling up before procedurally generates areas were in the game.
I wonder how it'll do...
It look fun but not good
Even for a tutorial level it felt bland and I see little unique to the genre of metroidvania beside lore/graphic
Oh nice I was wondering this morning if someone would make an OT for this game :)
As a backer I already have access to the game I'm starting this tonight .
Il have a hard time juggling with Octopath Traveller and this lol.
My hope is the game is a success and they release a physical version.
As a backer I already have access to the game I'm starting this tonight .
Il have a hard time juggling with Octopath Traveller and this lol.
My hope is the game is a success and they release a physical version.
seems like a great fit to alternate between long Octopath sessions :D thats what ill do!
I played a couple hours last night. If nobody told you it was procedurally generated you would have never guessed. They spent a huge amount of time tweaking and retooling the mapping engine to make it feel right.
It stitches prebuilt rooms together akin to Rogue Legacy (albeit far better) and that's where the similarities end.
Yeah. I also wish you could remap the controls. Backdashing on Y and crouching with dpad down was fine for Castlevania but controller standards have come a long way.
If you're waiting for PS4/Vita reviews, those may come a little later. Press still don't have codes from Sony yet, so a lot of us are doing reviews on PC in the meantime.
I'm personally holding true to the Vita release to be one of the few media folks to cover that.
I'm personally holding true to the Vita release to be one of the few media folks to cover that.
I finished the game and honestly the only way to tell that it's procedurally generated is by doing another playthrough. It's important to note that it only applies in regards to room set-up, both within the room itself to determine Platforms & Enemy placement and also with how the rooms that connect checkpoints are placed. You still go through the game in the order designed by the devs, but if you do another playthrough you have to relearn most of the platforming jumps and the enemy & puzzle placement, unless you use the same world seed. You won't be constantly running into useless dead-ends or end up with pointless padding, it flows very well.
If you played any Igavania game, your weapon and attack animation is different depending what you equip.
I believe when you start a new save the layout for each major area is selected then stays that way even if you die. It's only when you start a new game the layouts change. Upgrades and equipment are permanent.
I did but I find them lacking when it comes to armor changes. Is it as varied as SotN? Like it has Crissagrim like, Gloves, summoned sword etc?
I'm not sure. I'm only expecting some like Igavania. It might be different, you never know!
This has been in the works for sometime lol, all that matters is that you're here to play it.
I love the diversity of Igavania weapon although I rock Crissagrim most of the time lol. Will wait for review but definitely on my wishlist since I saw the backdash
It also has the hop attack trick that makes you attack faster just like Iga games.