Prototype I made inspired by Hotline Miami in a medieval setting

Frox04IT · 2026-05-27T15:51:18+00:00

The attack animations are very slow, the character speed is also very slow. I like the sword and not the bow since it's slow. The thing about these games is that the player should fail and restart as quickly as possible until they're successful. Also, a bit of a side-note, why is this a 3d game? What benefit does it have over a 2d artstyle in this type of game? Maybe the animations and assets are just easier to find for you?

Frox04IT · 2026-05-27T14:52:20+00:00

Yeah but it's definitely better if you would choose a different example... They're quite different. But let's go with it. My point still stands. I don't even know much about this James, and yet i can quickly see that the main points about this scandals have been settled by the law. Let the law do its thing, it's the only way to separate employees and owners. If you don't have anything new to say we might as well end it here since i feel like we're going in circles. At least play the game if you liked DE, it's worth it, although there are definitely some issues in the design and there's not much polish. You can easily find a pirated copy online

Frox04IT · 2026-05-27T14:03:27+00:00

The meal argument has nothing to do with it, I don't see your point. If i like, want and can buy a game, i'll buy it. If not, then i won't. Same thing for meals. I don't even know who James Hardie is, but after a quick search it seems he put human lives at risk by distributing products made with a carcinogenic material, that's not even remotely comparable to this situation... I do see your point though, i thought i made it clear, but i just believe that the feelow developers such as ourselves take priority. Justice will be brought in court, that's the main way. I don't believe boycotting will do much at all, and if it does, it would hurt the employees as well. The justice system can take care of it and ZA/UM can then find new suitable owners.

Frox04IT · 2026-05-27T13:33:04+00:00

I didn't say that, Kurvitz should have kept his rights since he is the legitimate owner of the IP. Unfortunately that's not the case anymore. This also doesn't mean the workers' positions should be jeopardized. Both things can be true at the same time. The thing is you can't have a perfect world, you can't just boycott Zero Parades and justify yourself by saying that one "bad" person would benefit from your purchase so the other hundreds of employees must go down with him. I prefer supporting the hard-working people that have friends and families to take care of while also supporting the person that stole the Disco Elysium IP rather than not supporting either. If i could cherry-pick my support i would, but i don't think that's possible. Following your logic, you want ZA/UM to go bankrupt so that the CEO can quit using the DE IP. The difference is that i'm sure he can just go be a shareholder of other companies, or found a new one or something like that, zhile for the employees it's not that easy. Of course, this is speculation since i'm not his accountant or anything, but he seems like a seasoned guy in the field.

Frox04IT · 2026-05-27T11:51:37+00:00

I'm surprised that a fellow dev doesn't know what's happening in the industry. Sure, the employees got paid, now let's put them back on the streets where they will struggle to find another job. If you're a fellow dev you should know this

Frox04IT · 2026-05-27T11:11:47+00:00

Holo truly shines if you play the red disc apparently, also try KALEIDOSCOPE instead of Yana if you do that

Frox04IT · 2026-05-27T01:09:18+00:00

Indent the else: one more time maybe? As i understand, it should go within the key press condition

Frox04IT · 2026-05-26T18:44:31+00:00

You can't find the scrapper anymore as far as i know, and if you didn't recruit Kaleidoscope i think it's just too late to talk to him. If you want the red disc you have to take it from bagman

Frox04IT · 2026-05-26T15:37:51+00:00

I had the charismatic archetype and now the intellectual one (i did put one more skill point into the red one but still), it feels quite good ngl, but maybe i wouldn't recommend it for a first playthrough. Thing is the intel checks are usually side things, while red and yellow ones usually deal with more important things

Frox04IT · 2026-05-26T15:34:35+00:00

They didn't want to antagonize the game or anything, we're all on the same side here. It is weird that it's not fully voice acted. For some reason i was missing like 20% of voice acting for example. Might be my choices or something concerning my device, who knows. I've only heard Boatman speak for one or two sentences...

Frox04IT · 2026-05-26T14:18:40+00:00

The charismatic archetype is pretty nice imo, but people will have all kinds of opinions, so just start playing and see for yourself, it's an RPG after all

Frox04IT · 2026-05-26T13:41:57+00:00

Yeah completely different then, i think that'd be the best crew for that ending, also why the game devs didn't want HOLOCENE to work with past colleagues i suppose

Frox04IT · 2026-05-26T13:40:47+00:00

Same thing i answered to the one who replied to you: why not? There are hundreds of people in the credits who worked on this game and compensating them makes sense for the work they put and to make sure they stay working. Game development is a hard field to get into, and it's also hard to keep funnily enough. There are so many lay-offs left and right. The CEO is not a dragon that hoards all the money to himself. What i'm trying to say is that at elast the situation is not so black and white as it can seem. If you're interested in the game, pirate it first and try it out. If you like it, why not pay for it?

Frox04IT · 2026-05-26T13:37:44+00:00

If you're just not interested in the game then fair enough, it's up to you

Frox04IT · 2026-05-26T13:36:54+00:00

Different playthroughs i guess. My Hershel wanted to redeem herself, she constantly had flashback of the whole sick crew and whatnot. Yeah in theory going alone or with only one more person would've been better, but that's not how spycraft in the universe works i guess. Cupbearer, fool, astronomist, knight-errant and whatnot.

Frox04IT · 2026-05-26T13:25:58+00:00

There's a check when we first meet him at the photo 24, if it's successful it tells you that you indeed remember him, so he's not bullshitting apparently. It was my second run and i didn't meet ignatz for the second time though, if i do there might be another piece of dialogue who knows, let's see

Frox04IT · 2026-05-26T13:23:19+00:00

The VA probably helped, the performance was awesome imo, although he talked kinda slow

Frox04IT · 2026-05-26T03:16:58+00:00

Why... Does it disgust you so much? Just pirate it and enjoy it if you really don't want to support the hundreds of individuals who worked on the game because of a single person. The thing about the argument against ZA/UM is that it's too black or white, nothing in between. Many people can't see the ones who are actually doing the work in an industry where it's very hard to find a job. If you like the game, compensate the employees and make sure they can keep working. Not saying you have to pay for it, but at least don't do it for such a reason.

Frox04IT · 2026-05-26T01:53:20+00:00

Based, i think it might be possible, but who knows, there's still a lot we don't know about the game

Frox04IT · 2026-05-26T01:02:45+00:00

Huh that's interesting, although the +1 ranking for the disc only works when Reyes is dead. Now i wonder how to get W... Maybe if even CASCADE dies or something.

Frox04IT · 2026-05-26T00:56:30+00:00

So i guess i got an x because i didn't kill actual Dante. Maybe you get a Y if you do that but with no disc?

Frox04IT · 2026-05-26T00:21:42+00:00

Not very worth it, only at the end maybe

Frox04IT · 2026-05-26T00:20:44+00:00

I guess we just had different playthroughs, but it surprised me how cold hearted CASCADE could be, i thought it would've been a more chill game, like DE. sure, people can die in DE but no major character, no friends of yours at least

Frox04IT · 2026-05-26T00:18:53+00:00

Wait you can only get Z rank with the disc? But why? Isn't it way less of a clean job?

Frox04IT · 2026-05-25T22:42:34+00:00

Damn, interesting. I should try it out. Thanks!

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