So one of the developers that left Terraria started a new game.. it looks very similar to Terraria with some improvements and maybe an actual storyline... definitely going to check it out when it's released.

http://playstarbound.com/about/

I thought some of the ex-terraria gang that liked making buildings may get a kick out of this.



Ape flu is no joke.

Sign me up. I'll play this with you all. My main complaint about Terraria was the relatively small world size compared to Minecraft, but I still played it a lot there for a bit. So I'd do the same here. I like the numerous building supplies, in particular if it's challenging to collect some of them.

We'll see how it goes

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For anybody who hasn't been keeping track, this new Starbound doesnt have one world per server.

What happens is you have a spaceship and can travel to other randomly generated planets. Every planet has a set of coordinates (which act as a random seed) so you can travel back to them. You never need to worry about the server becoming exhausted and fully explored, because you can just go explore any other infinite number of planets, which are all procedurally generated, including the theme and what kind of NPCs or monsters (if any) already live there, etc. I think if the planet has an existing population said population can even give you randomly generated quests and stuff, do what they ask, or just wipe them off and claim the planet as your own.

Supposedly everything about how the planet looks is also randomly generated: colours, styles, weather, what the trees are like, even the kinds of items you can find there. There's supposed to be millions of possible weapons due to the fact they are also all randomly generated and made up of other parts and colours, including how they look and how they perform. Even the monsters themselves are supposed to be randomly generated this way.



Everything is a bit more futuristic overall compared to Terraria (we're talking space travel here after all) but that doesn't mean you cant stumble upon planets that look more traditional.



I think the worlds are probably much smaller to compensate for the infinite world system, but it sounds like a great idea and I can't imagine there's anybody who liked Terraria who isn't looking forward to it.

Yeah, the more I see, the more excited I get. The music from the various videos has been done really well too.

I also like that they are programming in C++ so that its portable. There will be Windows, Linux, and Mac versions. I'm assuming this means for both server/client, which is awesome. If I wanted to host a server, I'd much rather have it on Linux.

Okay, Ket. That's awesome news. I reaaaaally like the idea of random planets used for farming only, allowing for keeping a main planet relatively pretty looking.

We'll have to have an HOA for the main planet, and then let people do whatever they watn to their personal planets. haha.

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Would there be an advantage to having a server on a Linux box over Windows, or would it just be for stability? I may end up with enough spare parts to make a computer that could probably host servers but not play anything, and I probably won't be able to get Windows for it again.

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When this game comes out we should do something similar to Ket's hardcore challenge for Terraria. Only, before anyone has a clue how to play the game or what to expect.

haha. That would be a lot of fun

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When exactly is this suppose to come out?

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To quote Duke Nukem: "When it's done."

Which will come out first?

Starbound, or Final Fantasy Versus XIII?

Interesting.

Doesnt Versus take place in the same world as XIII? Thats not something they've ever done before.

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Sort of, but not exactly.

The original idea was that XIII, Versus XIII, and Agito XIII were all part of "Fabula Nova Crystallis" -- a single set of "lore" that all three games would share. For example, they were meant to all share the concepts of l'Cie, fal'Cie, etc.

But each game and it's designer would be open to interpretation of it. That's why it was called "Versus", because it was meant to be another designer's opposing take on the same mythos. While l'Cie in FF13 are people given a mission by a god (basically) in a damned if you do, damned if you don't, situation; in Agito it's more like being forced to fight for one of four warring nations, with memory loss being the consequence instead of turning to crystal/cieth.

Course it never really went to plan. It would have probably worked out a bit better if they'd released somewhat on time, but FFXIII has overall spoiled the idea, people are kind of sick of Lightning and anything to do with her, and so SE have already broken one of the games away from the name, even if it keeps a few of the concepts.

Agito XIII is of course now "Final Fantasy Type-0", and the rumors are that Versus has been renamed to "Final Fantasy XV". That will be an interesting development if they keep the same battle system we knew of before though, because Versus XIII's battle system was meant to basically be the Kingdom Hearts one, laid on top of a more gritty/realistic game. Tetsuya Nomura, of course, being the director of both KH games as well as Versus.

Will people accept that their series is becoming less and less turn based RPG and more and more action-oriented? This has been happening for years now, since FF12 (2006) really, but I'm not sure everyone will have realised until they need to run their character around in the middle of battle themselves.

P.S.: Hi Starbound thread.

To continue derailing this thread...

I really liked the game Tales of Destiny and Legend of Mana for the old PSX. There was a Game Cube (I think) game called Tales of Symphonia that Kitty really enjoyed. In fact, I think that may have been the only RPG I've actually ever seen him beat. haha.

Anyway, those were RPG's that weren't turn based. You only had 2D movement in. Sort of like a buffed up Street Fighter game with RPG elements, or whatever, but it was still a lot of fun.

That being said, I'm not sure if I'm happy with the idea of the FF franchise heading that direction. I had little problems with 12. I liked that game. 13 I had issues with, a lot of them, but less of it was due to the actual fighting system (however some of it was).

If they keep up that trend, however, and the game really just becomes one of those games where you wade through monsters spamming buttons to kill lots of them, I may have to bow out. That stuff doesn't interest me.

If the rest of the game was really engaging visually, musically, overall environment, etc, I may be able to over look all of that. Just seems like it wouldn't be titled FF, however, and it should just be another "Mana" franchise game.

I really do miss the SNES and PSX era of the the FF games. Do that stuff, S-E, but with new storylines, awesome, drool-worthy environments, all with your fancy new graphics.

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Following from Tales of Symphonia: Tales of the Abyss (PS2/3DS) and Tales of Vesperia (360) are both pretty good if you're into action-based battle systems on top of cheesy Japanese-cliché ridden JRPG, both of them are basically evolutions of the system Symphonia used.

There are plenty of "Tales of..." series games, but Symphonia, Abyss, and Vesperia are all made by the same internal team. If you like any of them you'll likely like all three.

Here to second "Tales of..." series. Unlike FF the battle system is one that remains constant but advanced upon for each series which is refreshing. Such as if it worked last time don't fix it, if something didn't let's make that aspect better. I think it works really well. Although I think it started getting complicated for me. I rocked at Symphonia but Vesperia I felt so derp.
Note to self: Gotta finish Vesperia.

Kind of a shame that the Tales of... series isn't better known. The devs were never loyal to any particular system and just about every game is released on something different. It's like if FF15 was suddenly an xbox exclusive, and FF16 was only on Vita, and then ff17 was a cell phone game and 18 was back to xbox but not localized and 19 was release for super nintendo.
So unless you own every game system ever, a fan cannot follow the series.

Tales of Destiny is the only one I really played, and I know it's strictly 2d, compared to the 3D-ish style of the later ones. But it was a blast. Also the graphic design and everything was just great. I loved the look of the game. I'm a sucker for sprites, though. I miss them. I wish newer games were coming out that just put them to better use. I know it takes more time, or whatever, but that's my opinion. haha.

Another game of the Tales' style was Star Ocean. I got one version for the PSX, and I played a good amount of it, but I never finished. There's a handful of PSX and PS2 RPGs that I bought and never finished.

Sadly, after During college and after, I never really played consoles with as much zeal as I did back when I was younger, back in High School and such. I think I can pretty much blame computers for this. I never had a decent one until like my Senior year of high school.

Now I just do everything online. hah.

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The fighting in the Tales games are pretty much always 2D. In the 3D games, there were ways to move outside of a straight line but I don't remember the details exactly except for Graces since I just got done with that one. Basically you could free move and use your TP or whichever was used to attack. Basically, the combat is always the same and it's always fun.

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Starbound is up for "pre-order". Pre-ordering gets you beta access. There's still no concrete date for either the beta or the full release other than "later this year".

It's done "kickstarter" style, in that you can pay more to get extra ego-inflating junk like getting an NPC or planet named after you. Game itself is $15.



Link: http://playstarbound.com/store/

Definitely pre-ordering the shit out of that.

According to how many people have purchased each tier... they've already raised $211,895...

Or you could just read what it says in the corner next to the little jumping penguin. ($259764)

Why the difference? Probably people buying 4-packs only getting counted as "1 sold". This whole thing is like Kickstarter, I should make a thread about it.

Man... I fuckin individually added everything up... go figure. I doubt there was any difference at the time. I'm assuming that if you purchase a 4 pack that the sold number goes up by 4. They've made a lot of money in the last few hours....

Krellis, buy a 4 pack and give me one.

Seriously it's pretty cool that they offer naming NPCs after you, allowing you to create hats, weapons, making statues after you etc. Some of those options are crazy expensive...still a neat idea though.

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Ok.. I actually bought a 4 pack earlier...

lol nice

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