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[–] Ketram@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 8 months ago

Super-excited to play Runemaster on release. Been playing for years and still so much endgame stuff I haven't touched. Here's hoping the servers survive on Wednesday!

[–] quilan@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Can't wait, only a few more days! Falconer hoooooo!

[–] figjam@midwest.social 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

So it looks like Diablo, whats the story behind the studio and also are there dumb ass micro transactions?

[–] Ketram@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 8 months ago

So this is a AA Studio that has been working on this game for a few years. They have some investments from outside companies (including tencent) so do with that what you will.

There IS a micro transaction store, with a bunch of cosmetic only items. I haven't really glanced at these yet and we won't know them all til release but I'm happy with the in-game drip currently.

I really enjoy the game and have been playing the early access for years. They aren't selling quality of life like stash and space etc. like Path of Exile does. They also seem like a small but dedicated group of people who have always wanted to make this kind of game and have implemented/will implement many awesome ideas (great crafting, crazily customizeable skills, cool class designs).

They are a smaller studio so despite their prep, I would expect server failures on release day. They DO have an offline mode, but not for the current 'Cycle' (their seasons ala Diablo, PoE) so that will be playable on release even if servers are a mess and will have all cycle content as it releases (for now).

Really big fan of this game. If you want to give money to a studio for an ARPG, I would definitely recommend this one, or Grim Dawn.

[–] prograhammingdev@lemmy.prograhamming.com 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There are very much some dumb ass "micro" transactions but people love to give it a pass for some reason.

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Because base skins are good enough to not need any skins. I got a supporter back and zi have a bunch of coins but I've never used any mtx (besides the backpack, it's funny). When the store release they did receive a lot of hate and decided to change some stuff to make it more fair, not fair, more fair than it was.

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