IDK how “modern” you’re looking… Arx Fatalis was meant to be Ultima Underworld III but couldn’t due to the IP being owned by EA. The people at Arkane were in contact with the devs of Ultima Underworld though, as I understand it.
I’ve watched a couple of reviews for this recently because a couple people I know just got it on recent sales. What I’ve seen is that it really does try to lean into the feeling of UU games… ie it’s not just a dungeon crawler, but has a fleshed out story and dynamic interactions.
Looks like the recent price discount just ended with the end of the Steam summer sale… but it also looks like it drops that low fairly frequently. Though it’s not like it’s super expensive to begin with heh.
@Alaknar i didn't notice that there wasn't an update. I think in a way the project was finished , cause as far as i remember you could play the game from the start to the finish.
It’s got a top-down CRPG view (similar to the Fallout 1/2), but Avernum: Escape from the Pit might fit thematically.
You end up in an underground fantasy world where “undesirables” are sent to by a corrupt empire.
Another option would be Underrail. Another top down CRPG, this time based in a post-apocalytic world where everyone lives underground. The world building is top notch and the combat is very well developed with lots of choices (it’s a also IMO a hard game). While the world building is strong, the writing (characters and their motivations) is rather weak.
Opposing consumer rights initiative known as “Stop Killing Games”, bullying people in his holier than thou attitude while being completely wrong/lying about all of it. Just his typical rat behavior
I think the worst thing about PirateSoftware is that he can have some surprisingly reasonable takes and nuggets of wisdom in his shorts that lure you in, but the moment you start getting into more of his content and actually try to figure out what he’s about as a person you discover he’s a smug asshole with an overdeveloped sense of self-righteousness. Some people never dig that deeply or simply don’t care if he doesn’t practice the mindfulness he preaches, these are his fans.
if you watch his outer wilds playthrough you’ll see him struggle on puzzles for half an hour, look down pretending to think, then suddenly have the exact solution to the puzzle.
i really dislike his playthrough because he skips so much. he approaches it like a pure puzzle game instead of a world.
he plays it like joseph anderson except he pretends he’s doing things correctly and the game is wrong. joe knows he’s wrong and challenges the game to stop him.
Doesn’t like the game he is eventually promising to finish require always online DRM? So ofc he wants to shut down something that would require him to long term support a product he’s invested into but hasn’t even brought to market. Super transparent conflict of interest.
EDIT: no you troglodytes, his game uses Steam. Unless it was added recently it doesn’t have online-only DRM. I’m not saying Steam is online only, I’m saying his game uses Steam.
In theory, if he actually finished and released his game relatively soon, he could do whatever he wants still.
One popular misconception about the SKG initiative is that it will require currently existing games to change to become compliant. That’s not actually what they’re asking for. They want new laws to come into place that would affect future games made. The SKG initiative fully accepts that there are some existing that are likely beyond saving.
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