Donkey Crew new game: Last Oasis

[Xant]

I just heard about this, didn't even click on Yuhmaz's thread because never heard of "Last Oasis." What are the latest news on this shit? Thoughts?

It actually looks surprisingly good, animations and graphics and shit like that don't look nearly as "indie babbu's first game with 3 man studio" as they did in OKAM. And the gameplay could be pretty fucking cool if they get it to work, those land ships look comfy to travel around in and the boarding could be really fun with Warband-inspired combat.

Not sure about the survival genre, because there are a lot of opportunities to fuck things up in dozens of different ways (by e.g. making the ratio of grinding mats:fighting in pvp too skewed in the former direction, or making respawning too easy like in ATLAS etc). But we'll see I guess.

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http://forum.melee.org/announcements/last-oasis-announcement/

[Xant]

Who the fuck looks at the announcement section of a dead mod, they should've made the announcement in GENERAL OFF TOPIC, the main forum.

[Golem]

Well - which is worse?

[Leshma]

I never heard of that movie before, terrible marketing killed it.

As for chadzs new game, I already gave my opinion on it.

You know what's a good movie? John Wick, that's a bloody good movie. Shame only two games I can think of that promised such gun mechanics in multiplayer were Matrix Online which was doa and Korean online game GunZ. Both games are ancient by modern standards.

[Xant]

I just saw the 13 minutes of gameplay they released and, uh.... yeah....

I think the most concerning thing is that they thought it was in a state where they should show it to journalists.

[Vibe]

what 13 mins of gameplay, where that

[Panos_]

what 13 mins of gameplay, where that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEi3eZkmfn0

[Panos_]

To be honest, donkey crew should've stick to a c-rpg look a like, its what gave them experience and what made them somewhat known.

[Xant]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEi3eZkmfn0

Yes, this. The vehicle combat looked awfully boring and the melee looked downright abysmal. In some part, I'm sure, because the person playing it was awful, but that didn't appear to be the only issue. Tons of issues with animations and glitches, etc., as well.

It's still in closed beta, so there's time for improvement, but like I said, the most concerning thing to me is that they thought the game was in a state they could and should showcase to the wider world. And it's supposed to release to early access soon, too.

[Leshma]

Terrible color palette, could be compression issues tho. Can't watch something that looks this washed out and has completely wrong lighting, it is painful for eyes. Next, that firing sound effect is the worst thing I have heard in video games since CIA Operative: Solo Missions.

Combat being boring isn't news, combat is crap just like it was in Of Kings and Men. But I don't recall presentation being this off in OKAM. They must do something about graphics and sound, to make it at least bearable to the senses. Are they on acid all the time? Because that would explain dull senses and inability to figure out that something is wrong with graphics/sounds.

Perpetual blood stain effect is just as bad like g force effects on pilots vision in Star Citizen. Never thought someone could make something intrusive like they did in Star Citizen, but Donkey Crew did it.

[Golem]

I can't imagine what drove them to this. The likeliest scenario seems to be that they took a loan for OKAM, while developing Melee: Battlegrounds and now the Chinese owns their souls.

[Turkhammer]

The Peanut Gallery

[Vibe]

Not a very flattering video

[Golem]

https://www.gamereactor.eu/grtv/436563/Last+Oasis+-+Chris+Thompson+Interview/

We like to call it a survival game from developers that don't really like survival games.

WELL I AM SOLD