New gaming-related meme just dropped, courtesy #AugmentedEmpire
#AugmentedEmpire was not bad, but it was a disappointment, as I felt a lot more could have been done with the concept. It may have lost something in the transition out of VR, since the game-within-a-game conceit (a la Inscryption) would have played a lot better there. #indiegames #TacticalRPG
And while the diesel-punk world is well fleshed out, the plot never really progresses past heist tropes and ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWER. The characters are also bland and uninteresting, which is a shame because the voice cast is fantastic. (Seriously, look:) #AugmentedEmpire #indiegames #TacticalRPG
Consumables are rarely useful, and money is only useful to buy more things- which is pointless since you have a surplus from scavenging anyway. You can also talk to NPCs, but nobody has anything to say, and Mission Control often tells you to leave them alone. #AugmentedEmpire #indiegames #Tactical
Between combats, there are walking sim segments where you travel through the city, scavenger-hunting for pickups while the plot happens. These sections feel pointless, since the only things you need are augments and overdrives to upgrade skills. #AugmentedEmpire #indiegames #TacticalRPG
Combat is fun, but soon becomes predictable. The player always has first move advantage, health is fully restored after each win, and you always face squads of roughly equal strength. So there's little challenge, and no reason to use any clever tricks. #AugmentedEmpire #indiegames #TacticalRPG
Credits rolled on #AugmentedEmpire! I rushed it near the end, because I was a little tired of it. It had a great start, but the payoffs were not as solid as the buildups. 🧵 #indiegames #TacticalRPG
"Keep them busy, I'm hacking the terminal!" #AugmentedEmpire #TacticalRPG #indiegames
Good thing this guy's a gangster, because with lines like this, he'd make a lousy poet. 🙄 #AugmentedEmpire #TacticalRPG #indiegames
Nobody likes a backseat hacker, Margot. 😒 #AugmentedEmpire #TacticalRPG #indiegames
Why do I get the feeling that she "excavated" them from the museum?
Answer: because I saw these same exact paintings in selfsame museum back in the prologue. #AugmentedEmpire #TacticalRPG #indiegames
And now, for some reason, I am fighting robots armed with watering cans. #indiegames, baby! #AugmentedEmpire #TacticalRPG
Placing the Secret Hideout Entry right at the town's local pre-makeout spot isn't the brightest move either. #AugmentedEmpire #TacticalRPG #indiegames
The MacGuffin we need is sitting in a display case in a retail store at a mall, where our hacker explicitly notes lax security, and nobody thinks it might be a trap. F'in nubs... 😒 #AugmentedEmpire #TacticalRPG #indiegames
I dunno man, in my gaming experience, a door like this is more likely to hold a boss fight than a fabulous treasure. #AugmentedEmpire #TacticalRPG #indiegames
I figured the non-combat scenes were about poking around for hidden pickups, but it turns out you can just press R to reveal them all. 😅 #AugmentedEmpire #TacticalRPG #indiegames
Truly a dangerous combination. #AugmentedEmpire #TacticalRPG #indiegames
Dude's glasses make him look like that "Pitch Meeting" YT meme. #AugmentedEmpire #TacticalRPG #indiegames
In a cute trick, the first mission has you sneaking into a museum, and you can dawdle to get world-building from the exhibits instead of expository dialogue. Nice. #AugmentedEmpire #TacticalRPG #indiegames
Modern art, or secret puzzle clue? 🤔 #AugmentedEmpire #TacticalRPG #indiegames
So as expected, this is basically X-Com, but I wasn't expecting a timing minigame in place of die rolls. That could be good or bad... #AugmentedEmpire #TacticalRPG #indiegames
Oh yeah, I should mention that #AugmentedEmpire is a former VR game produced for Meta, so... these guys probably got fired recently. 😅 Good time to give them a plug, I guess, since they need to find new jobs now... #TacticalRPG #indiegames
First scene, and we're getting big Aperture Desk Job vibes; getting exposited to by a bot while essentially strapped to a desk. They even pull the "Oh yeah, you can't talk" gag straight from Portal 2. 🤣 #AugmentedEmpire #TacticalRPG #indiegames
My latest adventure is #AugmentedEmpire, a cyberpunk #TacticalRPG by @coatsink.com. Don't know much about it, but the screenshots reminded me of the Shadowrun games. Does it live up to that high standard? We're going to find out! #indiegames store.steampowered.com/app/2856600/...
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The turn-based role-playing strategy game AUGMENTED EMPIRE has been released for PC. Find out more here:
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Augmented Empire was originally a VR game but has been made for standard PCs!!! Come check out Part 1 of my look at the game.
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Augmented Empire VR Game Coming To PC
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Reveal: In #AugmentedEmpire, you step into the divided city of New Savannah in 2058. Playing as the former poster-child of civil obedience, circumstances turn your world upside down and force you to lead a team of misfits and criminals to survive.
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