| starcraft said: I've just left the first planet. Really enjoying the game so far. I do wonder what it cost them to make. Everything is very pretty but you can also tell its not pushing the graphics envelope. You get the impression they've done a really excellent job of creating a stylised world with a set, limited budget. All the dialogue and options are top notch so far. If I had one gripe, its the character being mute. I understand there are drawbacks to settling on a male and female voice actor and removing the ability of the player to imagine their voice however they'd like, but I do believe a decent voice actor for your character would improve engagement even further. |
It's pretty much their MO - even back in Interplay, with Fallout 1, although it was (and still is) one of the most memorable cRPGs ever to come to existence, limited budget was showing, and graphics, while decent, were not comparable to something like Baldur's Gate that released a year later (though it more than compensated with excellent world building and characters, great gameplay and uderlying mechanisms and superb soundtrack).
Arguably, most of the best c/w/RPGs are actually ones that are done on budget, being in AA (or even A) tier, not forced to catter to mass market sensibilities (too much) and trying something different.
Anyway haven't got to play OW yet, though I'm itching, but Disco Elysium is currently occupying me full time (fully narrative cRPG, one of the wierdest games I've ever played).
