Hinterland

[sidereal]

Unless I'm an epic search failure, there isn't a thread on this game yet.  How can this be?  The feature list is basically what every PC RPG dork came up with when he was sitting in the basement smoking weed with his buddies talking about the ideal game.

If nobody scares me away in the next 20 minutes, I'm going to download it off of Impulse and BIIF it.

[Stephen Zepp]

factoid: It's made with Torque ;)--first game using any of our engines to make it to Steam.

[schild]

Had it for a while (was in the beta also).

Like it a good deal. Simply forgot to make a thread.

Be warned - it's really REALLY fucking indie, and that includes all the downsides of shit being indie.

[Tebonas]

It was fun for a few weeks and definitely worth the price. Got bored somewhat after the patch (which seemed to have reduced the loot on the mobs), but by that time I already had my moneys worth out of it.

Nice game for a quick romp after a busy day when you don't want to overthink it and just relax.

[Yoru]

Ah, I remember reading some articles about this a few months back. I'd like to hear what you think of it, as it's definitely something I'd like to pick up once I'm finished with PAA 2 and Fallout 3.

Schild - can you give a few examples of where the indieness shines through?

[Sky]

Ah, thanks. I'd been meaning to check this one out.

[schild]

Schild - can you give a few examples of where the indieness shines through?

The GUI had up until the most recent release, which I hadn't checked out, Times New Roman as it's font. I think they might've switched to Arial recently for some stuff. Perhaps some Impact here and there.

Actually, a screenshot says more than I ever could:



The coolness of hinterland is purely in design and how watching them try to keep streamlining post-release. The graphics, GUI, etc. make me wonder if they actually have an artist.

By indie, I meant experimental but with a budget that doesn't really support their experiment enough for it to gain a wide enough exposure.

[Yoru]

Funky; they have pretty nice 3D art, while the 2D stuff is... yech. But really, the use of stock fonts bothers you? 

If you're going to be all graphics-snob, indie isn't where you want to be, usually.

[schild]

Funky; they have pretty nice 3D art, while the 2D stuff is... yech. But really, the use of stock fonts bothers you? 

If you're going to be all graphics-snob, indie isn't where you want to be, usually.

I'm not being a graphics snob. I'm absolutely fine with them. I like Tilted Mill and I still play through a full game of Hinterland every few days. Where did I say it was a problem? 

[Ard]

Dittoing the above.  It's not a bad game, but you get what you pay for.  It's more for short arcadey bursts, there's not really alot of depth.  Don't expect Diablo 3 and you'll be fine.

[sidereal]

A lot of the fine-art work in loading screens and portraits is quite good.  I think they're just bad at interface design, not 2D art.

[Ingmar]

Sjofn has been playing it quite a lot lately, she seems to like it. I haven't given it a try as I am swamped with games, but the price is cheap enough that its hardly worth NOT trying, you know?

[Sjofn]

I really enjoy the game for the reasons already stated. It's a nice little game to blow some time on when you don't want anything particularly deep.

I'm a Tilted Mill fangirl though. 

[Slyfeind]

Oh crap, you can run low on food while making maces? Holy crap, I am SO there!

[Yoru]

I gave it a shot this evening and yeah, it's not terribly deep, but it is some good lightweight fun. Only problem I've seen so far is that the time commitment for a game is in that grey area between cheap fun and deep fun.

That and once I found a chest containing a full set of Gear Of Asskicking +jesus, the rest of the game got trivialized fast. I'll have to try a long game so I can play with more of the mechanics in detail.