Void Marauders - Sandbox Space Pirate Tactics RPG
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Void Marauders gameplay with splat! Let's play Void Marauders and check out a game where you'll lead a team of pirates in stealing ships, robbing cargo, and recovering an ancient vessel to restore the pirate king.
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This game looks cool. Definitely doesn't look like babby's first video game, the devs are competent. There has to be a random timer they can use for starting animations. All the models playing the same animation in the loadout screen looks weird. Even if they only ever make a single idol animation, if all the models begin at a different time it'd look a lot more natural. Also I like the idea of calculating hit chance by dynamically drawing a line between the characters. If you've ever played paintball or laser tag you know you don't need to be smushed all up in there to use cover, as long as it stands between you and the enemy it's cover.
Looks good, on the wishlist thanks man!
Oh man, this game has potential coming out of its ears!
On the subject of comparing any turn based tactic game to XCOM, this game really highlights my biggest problem with XCOM 2, other than the shallow customization it suffered from, why would an enemy you surprised, that didn't know you were there, get a scramble turn into cover, just because one person shot? The premise was that my turn takes place as if everything happened simultaneously, so why do they just get to interrupt that simultaneous action, to jump into cover, forcing my entire team to either take reaction shots or shoot at them behind cover like the first guy jumped the gun every time lol
Yeah, scramble turn was the mechanic I hated the most when playing XCOM 1. basically stealth and strategy was not a option.
I kinda asumed they had pulled back on it in XCOM 2, with the surprise mechanic. But I will see how much they did when "Pete Complete" starts his series soon-ish.
God, I hated that scramble turn. 🙄
@@christopherg2347 They still scramble, but for many missions you enter under stealth and have much more control over when combat happens.
Shallow customizations? Since when?
@@christopherg2347 nah, for some reason, even entering a mission undetected, the aliens get a turn to scramble after your first shot, and if you set your people up well, they get overwatch shots, but thats still a penalty. I slways thought tac strategy games turns were supposed to take place as a simultaneous action, but apparently alien reaction times are faster than it takes for two people to pull their trigger lol.
I sense great potential in this one.
10:04 sick rhymes lol, RapperCat
Hey, Splat, while I don't always like the games you choose to review, I almost always enjoy your videos. Thank you for your work.
Open galaxy space pirate X-Com? Saaaaaay less. This is so far up my alley I think it may have made a new one.
this looks really cool please cover this one as it gets updates
If they keep at it this game could fuckin slap. Deffo going on the wishlist till it’s all said and done.
I would love to see this smushed together with Star Traders. I always thought that would be a way better game if there were some tactical options to gameplay like this, but the story is super good and there's a lot of depth to character development.
Star Traders looks like it was designed for "Darkest Dungeon" style combat mechanic. Propably from the preceeding games. So that part can not realy change.
But this game definitely does XCOm combat right.
@@christopherg2347 Yeah, I loved Star Traders story and all of the character customization, and specializing in trading, espionage, smuggling, electronic warfare, etc. I really liked how when the ship gets damaged the crew gets injured when they're boarding. I would love those kind of elements in an Xcom style game space pirates game. I've never been really a big fan of Darkest Dungeon style combat though.
Game looks pretty good for early access Def going to play. I love to see different interpretations of 👽 species
Recent subscriber here. Love all your content, the width and depth, your witty comments, etc. Good job.
I am always disappointed when I see a sci-fi game that does the usual cop outs.
This universe has the tech level to make artificial gravity and super luminal flight but the basic personnel weapon is an M-4 and grenades.
Zero G fights and directed energy weapons would make this more interesting than just another Xcom reskin.
Using any kind of recoil producing weapon in zero G would be dangerous to the point of suicidal after all.
Games will allways be compared because there are usualy a few options to choose from in each genre!...and as you mentioned...its in early acces!....and gamers have soooo much to choose from they are kinda spoiled nowadays!...great review!..thanks for sharing and keep it up mr splatt!
Super early but it has great potential.
stop playing good games. I don't have endless money. p.s. steam should pay you a percentage - you sold me more games than steam ..
Oh man. Super low rent XCOM. Hopefully they turn it into something awesome.
Game looks very promising! I personally would rather your crew look more rag tag like actual pirates. I think it would give them more personality, sort of like that old school movie Ice Pirates. I also hope that the ship maps have more variation when the game is complete. Good stuff so far though!
Good Point, I love that look! But according to the lore Splattercat showed, the Pirates are semi-professional, The Scavs are the ones who are a mishmash of random unprofessional riffraff. Both could have a more ragtag look. One solution I think we could have is Scavs have several subclasses, and they should be Hireable and able to be captured and forced to fight.
Always interesting to see indie takes on these more ambitious, established formulas. With restrictions on resources can come innovation and creativity. Not to mention the people making this can also be fans and players of the genre, so they have things they love (and want to capture) and things they hate (and want to avoid/improve) about it. I am not one to buy potential, but it's definitely worth keeping an eye on. With the right unique spins this could be a hidden gem, bringing something worthwhile to the genre.
Looks like Xcom, which is a good thing.
I like the look of the armor.Ill keep an eye on this one.Thanks for the vid Splatt
Animation is limited. And isn't random enough. Feels like 1 soldier copy and pasted. Also audio. Atmospheric audio. Voice acting. Music. Bit meh. But there's potential. In a year or two.
Idk, derelict ships can't possibly have "very little to salvage". The ship itself is a goldmine. Always.
But you are a not a shipbreaker and do not have the time or equipment to be one.
So you can only ever grab easy stuff with high value, leaving most of the ship there.
Actually yes it can if you don't have the tools or the time to strip it down. And if you have the authorities on your ass, then no you don't have the time.
I am intrigued!
Just found Void Marauders on steam, then wanted to check it out via gameplay video. And what do I find? My favorite Indie Game tester already made a Video :D. Splatty always ahead of the curveball :D
don't know about you but MAN do I hate the "Scramble" mechanic, like I can do everything right and do all the flanking and then stumbled upon the enemy that should have zero idea I'm there n they get free movement to find cover n avoid my tactical positioning. just cant stand that shit, its literally a way to artificially make the game difficult. and half the time the AI doesn't make smarter plays, it just plays the same it will always play but just doesn't have to care about tactics, it'll smash your front line every time because it has insane hit to dodge values and calculates it'll still come out on top. hell I've had scrambles that put my flankers in flanks, its pretty stupid
XCOM does have an option you can tick to have hit/crit chances calculated based on position where you don't need to be perpendicular to the enemy. Ie, the more you see of the enemy the higher the hit, damage and crit chance. I never play without it on. I think I've seen a short example of how it works where the enemy model has 5 or 6 points from which lines are drawn to your soldiers weapons. The more points "exposed" the higher your hit and crit chances.
Looks promising. What I wish was more Guardians of Galaxy or Star Wars: everyone is not wearing full body armor and different species too.
(20:42) Let's be careful with our approach.
(20:43) Let's dive head first into danger.
Jesus Christ how many games do you have in reserve, and you must download a terabyte of info a month ....good job
"Healing is really expensive..." - so not much have changed in the future XD
The back story kind of sounds like Captain Harlock Space Pirate and his ship the Arcadia.
really interesting find - looking forward to seeing ship combat. wishlisted.
Not necessarily this game but you must wake up some days and be like "not another one of these game" feelings ?
Yellow moving was called dashing in XCOM and it gave you a increased chance to dodge.
I hate watching your videos because I always end up buying the games you play
X-Com meets the boarding minigame from X-3 Terran Conflict.
Looks cool. Very much like Stellar Tactics.
I really like the concept. The only ding is the x-com combat. It's kinda like Void Bastards meets x-com for me. I really liked what Phoenix Point did for that type of combat, and that system would make me feel better here. I know people really like it, but X-Com style combat is just not my jam.
X-com style is outdated.
@@godoftwinkies574 It's such a tried-true formula by now. Cover, flank, dice roll or grenade. But if it's turn-based how much can you really change?
Kinda reminds me of a single ship low-funds The Mandate.
I hated the scramble free move in XCOM and used a mod to turn it off.
Splat's Condensed Review of the game: 30:47
Had me until "combat system like X-Com".
this game has alot of potential with some fine tuneing id def buy it
Nice, "The Merovingian". Matrix reference?
Looks promising. Bought it. Subbed too.
This looks pretty cool. I absolutely _HATE_ the scramble turn mechanic in the newer XCom games. Means tactics have Iess meaning and you're just moving from one firefight to the next and enemies effectively don't exist until you move into their sector. I much prefer how the old XCom games and Xenonauts do it.
So far, I've been impressed with the speed at which the developer has been responding to any early access players notes, bug reports, and reviews. For me, $11 USD well spent. Not perfect, but loads of potential if the current trends I've noted continue to be the reality.
Nice little game! Makes a change of pace from endless X-Com. Like the pirate theme. Lot of potential. Will revisit when it's had its first big upgrade.
Love at atheistic and am a big fan of this type of mix of turn-based XCom and space.
Have you looked at Stellar Tactics lately? It is a small team passion project that is still in early access on steam, and has a lot of what this games want to do in their future road map.
Hey have you ever tried Xenonauts?
It really looks like xcom or phoenix point which is good becasue they are great games and I wish more turn based game where like that.
Damn looks like OP going to space these people trying to be pirate king, Luffy can’t have that
The combat visuals are really nice, though I agree the deployment screen is ... well ugly in my opinion.
I like xcom and Phoenix point so this is on my radar.
I wonder if they are also inspired by star hammer.
Nice video buddy! Hope you get the chance to revisit the game during early access or on full release
‘So let’s be careful about the way we approach’ immediately walks into two enemies
sandbox wasteland 3? yes please
I thought this was Stellar Tactics upgraded. Very interesting.
A lot of the character art in this might be generic, I recognize it from a mobile game called Stellar Wind Idle
Somehow reminds of Incubation, huh, and I liked that one.
I love the way they did the squad combat in this game. I can't wait to see what they do with ship combat.
Thanks for doing this vid, I wasn't aware of this game!
I though today was the food review, Black Lab, with Black Bean Sauce. So disapoint! 😢
Not a fan of 0 XP to the character who did not hit during a mission.
Sometimes I wish there would be an alternative option of buying the game, because developers are saying:
“Hey, guys, we have an early access game, we will add more features in the future”
And we, as buyers, can choose:
“Oh, okay, we will give you portion of money from game price, and we will add more money in the future”
Call it “Early access price” or something.
Typically Ea games are offered at a discount from their release price for this reason.
Or are you saying you want to pay full retail, just over a period of time?
New X-com :D
do you follow up on the games to see how sales go after your first looks? I wishlist many of the titles but bought this one right away. just curious if publishers / developers reach out to you post video release
I don't think it's like a "I played this last week, and the dev reached out" kinda thing, so much as SC comes back after (sometimes a long time) awhile and plays it again after its been updated a bit.
The lens flare is way over the top, too.
Power armor mele space marines! Oh sheee!!!
Thanks for showcasing! ^^
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so in the end it worth the money?
I think you should just get Xcom2
@@jackdaw3822 i got both of them
@@halgen9468 have fun with them! Gotta warn ya though. Don't get attached too your Xcom2 characters haha
@@jackdaw3822 yeah they die pretty quickly
the game looks cool
Game is too generic, i see no defining characteristics.
Could that be because it's super early access you think?
@@Thoron_of_Neto could be, or it simply has no angle/hook.
Sometimes the hook is just "more of the thing you already like"
@@MyMinininjas could work but in retrospective what would it add? Is it just Final Fantasy 4 remastered?
Seen some cool concepts/games that integrate time or show enemy intension, an other had a retical that might or might not increase hit-chance. I see good original stuff, this aint it, but it still could be.
Interesting...
new XCOM movement systems sucks a lot. Old XCOM is the best.
This is too casual
Meh... I'll wait five years for the next update.
Hard pass because 1 its a TBG and 2 its based off of Xcom
Nice first comment
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sometimes i think you talk too much, give too much info that we dont really need, could just be me idk, i still like your content though, keep up the good work.
Nah