The Axis Unseen free demo: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1807810/The_Axis_Unseen/

It took about 3.5 years, but now it’s actually coming out in less than two weeks. I’m really excited to see what people think of it and it has been cool watching streamers react to the demo. Somehow my two story tall tree guy is really good at sneaking up on people. :D

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  • @dink@lemmy.world
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    998 months ago

    I played the demo for a few hours. Might be a solo dev, but his experience is definitely noticeable. Game looks great, albeit unoptimized. Progression is simple and fair. Artwork is incredible for a solo dev. Combat is decent, and unexpectedly satisfying.

    Someone else mentioned the excessive blood explosion - it’s the best feeling when you land one of those shots from across a field.

    • barnaclebutt
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      208 months ago

      I know right. He knew that was the best way to play Skyrim. This game looks bad ass.

        • @Lennny@lemmy.world
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          38 months ago

          Stealth and daggers backstab could also eliminate having to interact with the actual combat of the game, making for a better experience.

          • LeadersAtWork
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            38 months ago

            Yeah, but…that sounds like effort. Much easier to slap a stabby bit on the end of a stick and only occasionally accidentally kill a random goat.

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    Looks interesting, but the music should hit WAY harder, IMO. Based on the visuals, I was expecting early 2000s Opeth, and I got late 2010s Opeth instead.

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      The music is all written by a member of ISIS, which is pretty heavy, but in an “atmospheric sludge/post-metal” way. So I can see how you’d think that if you’re looking for something more death metal (which would fit in the fight scenes, although atmospheric sludge or funeral doom would go pretty well in the rest of the game)

      • YonderEpochs
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        178 months ago

        Oh snap thanks for pointing this out! Been a long time and I haven’t kept up with ISIS, but their Panopticon was damn near genre-defining for me at the time.

        • NielsBohron
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          Not really all that related, but if you like Panopticon by ISIS, you might also appreciate the best Appalachian atmospheric black metal I’ve ever heard, Kentucky by Panopticon.

          • YonderEpochs
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            Buddy, “Appalachian atmospheric black metal” is a weird combination of words I’ve never seen before and I’m stoked to give it a whirl. Praise Satan for keeping metal interesting.

          • wia
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            38 months ago

            Now find more metal by a band Kentucky

          • YonderEpochs
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            58 months ago

            This record, a few by Neurosis, and one or two by Cult of Luna were such a vibe. We knew some knuckleheads who even started a joke ish band called Cult of Neurisis lol

            • @fishbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              38 months ago

              Check out Battle of Mice, Deafheaven, and Oathbreaker if you haven’t. They lean pretty heavily on the depressing side of metal, but they have some killer vibes.

              • YonderEpochs
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                Oathbreaker’s Rheia is one of the most moving records I’ve ever heard, truly a masterpiece with no wasted moments, missteps, just basically flawless in my opinion. On the other side Deafheaven just hasn’t worked for me at all. Taste’s so fickle lol.

                I’ll check out the third tho!

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                  Fair warning, Battle of Mice can be tough to listen to. Song 6 of “A day of Nights”, titled “At the base of the giants throat” has 911 call audio from 7:00 ish to the end of the song.

                  Rheia is so fucking good. It’s a perfect example of music driven by emotion and backed up by incredible execution of the music itself. Glad to see that other people dig it. As for Deafheaven, I loved it when I first heard of it and listened to it all the time, but it’s become one of those bands that I can’t listen to anymore because of the association to that point in my life, which was not great to put lightly. I remember it being an incredible band, but it’s been close to 10 years since I’ve listened to it, so I can’t say whether I’d think it’s good today. Maybe I wouldn’t like it today if I was just hearing it the first time.

                  Edit: my favorite Battle of Mice song, Sleep and Dream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k74EB4XVp0

        • NielsBohron
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          23 months ago

          ISIS the American post-metal band, not ISIS “the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria”

      • @aeiou_ckr@lemmy.world
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        28 months ago

        I recently got into slug metal. Would you have any recommendations for sludge, funereal, and/or doom metal?

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          Pallbearer and Ahab are both pretty good for funeral doom or death/doom (depending on who you ask).

          I like a little bit of “epic” doom themes but trad doom, power metal, and actual epic doom are a little too cheesy for me, so I lean toward Conan (very heavy, approaching a sludge-drone hybrid) and Khemmis (who describe their sound as “doomed heavy metal”)

          I actually usually skew more psychedelic doom or stoner/prog doom, which has a lot of great stuff in the past few decades. Sleep’s Holy Mountain (classic stoner metal), Grief’s Infernal Flower by Windhand (psych doom), Clearing the Path to Ascend by YOB (heavy stoner/prog), Lore by Elder (very proggy but still catchy).

          Also, I assume you’ve seen the most common recommendations for classic sludge, The Melvins (especially Houdini and Bullhead), Eyehategod, and Side B of My War by Black Flag. If not, get started there

          edit: Obviously I’ve got lots of other fun options in each of these veins, so hmu if you want more

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            28 months ago

            Thanks for sharing all this. I go through phases with music and it’ll be great to have some new bands to check out.

            Back in the day I got a kick out of this site and would send it to people who were just learning about and starting to get into metal: https://mapofmetal.com

  • @MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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    388 months ago

    GPU: 4 GB VRAM GeForce GTX 980/Radeon RX 580

    Dammit, my iGPU has more than enough computing power but only half of the VRAM.

      • @IAmNotACat@lemmy.world
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        108 months ago

        You’d think it would be a blow to Bethesda that their sole programmer quit, but fortunately the creation engine is so cutting edge that I’m sure they’ll lean on it just as it is for years to come.

  • DarkSirrush
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    208 months ago

    This looks like skyrim sneaky archer: the game.

    Definitely gunna play this.

  • @hate2bme@lemmy.world
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    188 months ago

    Looks fun. I cracked up when dude shot the deer thing and the blood exploded. I’ll definitely check this out.

  • @imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee
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    38 months ago

    I feel like credentials such as used to work at Bethesda, aren’t as good as they think they are… Or is it just me?

    • @Renacles@lemmy.world
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      698 months ago

      You shouldn’t dismiss someone’s 14 year career, including a game of the year, because you don’t like the studio he came from.

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        Yeah but it’s like, ok so you’re a programmer. Neat. Working at a company for a set period of time just doesn’t tell me anything. I guess that’s just me

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      118 months ago

      if they were a lead game designer or writer I would agree. but I think this guy did environmental design, and Bethesda has had pretty cool environments in their games. though not all of them are very believable (in feeling lived-in), they sure do provide some spectacle, and memorability. in fact many of their games have been mostly carried by environments.

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      It’s just you. That a company makes terrible decisions tells not that much about a dev. If a dev says he worked on multiple projects does tell something about the dev regardless of the company. Don’t forget that Bethesda sold their soul to MS and now has a lot more “steering” at the top, devs don’t participate in that.

      Edit: a word

    • @Passerby6497@lemmy.world
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      28 months ago

      Depends on their tenure. If they’re old school Bethesda, nah that’s just you. The people who built the older TES games had much more skill than the people churning out schlock or the 473rd rererelease of Skyrim. The newer people, yeah that’s not a feather in their cap really. Starfield is meh at best, and doesn’t hold a candle to stuff like Morrowind.