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I forgot about this game amidst all the kickstarters and roguelikes that I have been playing.

It's coming out on Steam on July 12th. It's a post-apocalyptic RPG developed by Fatshark.

Check it out at http://www.kratergame.com/
I'm waiting for this game, but Steam-only is a pain.
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SLP2000: I'm waiting for this game, but Steam-only is a pain.
Maybe they need to be contacted and told of the word of GOG? :P
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JudasIscariot: Maybe they need to be contacted and told of the word of GOG? :P
Yeah, but that's what GOG should do.
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JudasIscariot: Maybe they need to be contacted and told of the word of GOG? :P
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SLP2000: Yeah, but that's what GOG should do.
True. Still, would be nice getting this game on here. We'll just have to see I guess.
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JudasIscariot: True. Still, would be nice getting this game on here. We'll just have to see I guess.
Looking at Grimrock sales, they really should try to get games like Krater here. Or Grim Dawn.
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JudasIscariot: True. Still, would be nice getting this game on here. We'll just have to see I guess.
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SLP2000: Looking at Grimrock sales, they really should try to get games like Krater here. Or Grim Dawn.
I wonder if Krater will be any good? It's nice to see new post-apoc games coming out but I wish there was a demo or something to get a feel for the game.
I thought you meant an actual apocalypse in Swedish mythology, like Ragnarok, 2nd coming of Christ, Mardi gras, etc etc.

I am duly disappointed.
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Piemaster: I thought you meant an actual apocalypse in Swedish mythology, like Ragnarok, 2nd coming of Christ, Mardi gras, etc etc.

I am duly disappointed.
I much prefer when developers invent their own original setting for fantasy, and there's already too much Norse-themed mythology games around.
Krater is out now and I can honestly say I cannot tell what this game is like from the videos, half of it looks ARPG but then they shoved in a complex crafting system and party mechanics. To me it is intriguing, I'd actually be curious to hear if it's actually good before shelling out for it.

Be warned, the co-op is not out yet, they're promising July 10th right now.

And it's fucking Steam, uhg! I suspect the co-op is entirely based around Steamworks so we're probably stuck with it.
Has anyone played this enough that they can recommend it?
I would recommend it. It's not completely misleading to describe it as Diablo with a party of three instead of one hero, but it doesn't quite feel like Diablo.

The character improvement is interesting, with implants that boosts stats (and when you level you just get new implant slots, the implants themselves have to be found & bought), and though each character only seems to have two special skills those can be improved in different ways with another kind of implant. For instance there's a skill that unleash a kind of electrical area of effect attack, and I found that if I added a healing boost to that skill, it turned into a very efficient way to both heal my guys and harm the bad guys.

There's a strange system where in order to proceed past level 5 (and then 10) you have to either recruit new characters capable of going past those levels (and then level them up from scratch, which can result in a fair bit of grinding) _or_ pay pretty large sums of cash to upgrade your existing characters (which also results in grinding, because money is fairly hard to come by). I like the system, but I wish there were some more meaningful quests to tackle while searching for money or leveling new characters. Apparently that's going to be added.

So yeah, anyway. I'd recommend it, it's fun and tactical, and has an interesting character development/skill system, but it's also a bit repetitive and there's a bit more grinding than I'd like.
Judas, you are no longer blue :(
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makr3la: Judas, you are no longer blue :(
I necroed the thread, that's an old post, sorry:)
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orcishgamer: And it's fucking Steam, uhg! I suspect the co-op is entirely based around Steamworks so we're probably stuck with it.
Ouch! That means it probably won't come to GOG?