Wild Tangent's FATE
Friday, May 20th, 2005 - 11:42am
http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/fate/616652p1.html?fromint=1
Thoughts?? I've always liked the Wild Tangent guys...and I like the looks of this new game..
Going to try it out tonight when I get a chance and get back from the road.
Aint nothing new about the world order..it's been playing since the day they put George Washington on a quarter
Down in the Park with a friend called Five.
Wow, looks really cool. I wonder if you can customize your character any. I'm partial to staring at busty nymphly things in chainmail bikinis rather than stumpy hobbits. Definitely will give it a look when I get home.
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A friend of mine is hooked on this and suggested I try it. I tried to download the trial version last night and hept getting a server reset 3/4 of the way through the download. It looks cute though...
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Yes. Also, this game does look really cool.
Rumour has it I've just downloaded the demo to try at work. Here's hoping the boss doesn't show up today.
If I didn't drink, Crom would laugh and cast me out of Valhalla when I die. Peer pressure I can handle, but not when it comes from Crom. -Lobo
Well, here you go then:
Fanatka, when are you going to join us for SWAT 4? I've got a beanbag to the beanbag with your name on it.
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This game is terrific! Its basically a D2 clone with a pet that grows and you can temporarily or permanently change into other forms.
Its got an open skill system with no trees and no prerequisites.
ANd its a simple dungeon crawl. There are no more act 3 PITA outdoor areas. Just straight up random dungeon level after level.
Its a little bummer that its one continuous dungeon. I would have prefered Diablo 1's arrangement. It gives a sense of completion. Running out of town portal scrolls is something you dont want to do further along down the line.
You can send your pet back to town to sell while you fight on. Of course you have to fight w/o your pet while its gone.
There is also an option to retire your character with passing on traits and an heirloom item that gets a 25% stat boost across the board for your sibling.
There is a fame system that is basically xp for killing named bosses and completing quests. When you level in fame, you get 5 skill points. (normally you get 2 skill points when you level up with normal xp)
Read up on it. After playing the demo for 20 minutes (you can only go down to level 3 of the supposed several hundred levels of the dungeon) I bought it.
You wont be getting Baldur's Gate 2. It does fill a Diablo 2 itch. And at $20 you cant go wrong. Im having much more fun with it than GW.
Being fangoriously devoured by a gelatinous monster.
Well this definitely looks like something to check out! Granted I'm too lazy to download the demo as I want to go try out my new-found GW build, but maybe later tonite.
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Hey fang, how do you permanently change your pet? So far I've just been able to turn it into this or that for a few minutes at a time.
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Havent gotten there yet either LobMob. But supposedly higher level fish will be able to change the pet permanently. Nice since the pets are pretty much a monster distraction at best when not transformed. There is a link in the forums to the pdf of the manual. I read about it and the offspring stuff in there. The main dev says he's gonna have an SDK for FATE next week. Woo! Mod time as soon as the 3dsmax exporter comes out!
Being fangoriously devoured by a gelatinous monster.
yeah its essentially a fancy remake of NetHack...right down to the pet..
Its cool though...well worth the $19.99
Aint nothing new about the world order..it's been playing since the day they put George Washington on a quarter
Down in the Park with a friend called Five.
http://wumusicgroup.com/
Amen to that. Thanks for the link GG.
I wonder if a coupla guys I used to work with years back still work at Wild Tangent.
And Paul Steed works/worked there didnt he?
Being fangoriously devoured by a gelatinous monster.
Yeah, I dropped a $20 on it, too. Hell, spent that much on lunch today, figured why not.
I want to kick my dog.
By the way, fishing? Can't stress it enough. I found a fishing hole on floor 1, during the demo, and got some little fingerlings and stuff out of it. Oh, and the Omega Zephyr, a spear that does over 100 damage.
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OK, apparently you can get your pet to permanently change by feeding it a Flawless Fish. But if you then feed it a non-flawless fish, when the transformation wears off it'll turn back into a terrier or kitty.
Maybe when the SDK comes out I'll make a little mod to make it easier to change your pet.
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Ugh I dont even want to know how high a level you have to be to get the flawless fish. I hope/wonder if you can pass along your transformed pet (lessened to level 1 of course) to your heirs.
Hmm, wait a minute! When you pass down an heirloom item it gets a 25% stat boost and it get bumped up a quality notch each time its passed down. Retire a few times with an heirloom item of a type of fish that transforms the pet into what you want and wallah, permanent pet!
Being fangoriously devoured by a gelatinous monster.
LOL! this game is deceptively fun....
I spent 6 hours playing this last night!! ON A WOW GUILD NIGHT NO LESS!!
Aint nothing new about the world order..it's been playing since the day they put George Washington on a quarter
Down in the Park with a friend called Five.
http://wumusicgroup.com/
I don't think you can bequeathe a fish to your ancestors. That's... freakin' nasty.
I found Cleve's Cloven Cleaver of Cleaving!
I also found a Flawless Grouper on floor 10, at level 10. Caught another on that same level. So now I've got a pet spider. 
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I got the demo of this on the day it came out, and I'm going to buy it soon. I'm having a wonderful time with it, and it's more fun that it should be for $20. Awesome little game, no question.
Oh Noes!!!
Demo... downloaded...
Items.... found....
Limits.... ...... reached...
Diablo2 addiction..... .... transferring....
SO.... Darned.... Cute!!
My clicky finger is doomed!
Politely rude. Briskly vague. Firmly uninformative.
*grin*
A shrine gave me 2 'beaststones'(?) which I stuck into a socketed helm... I now get a 24% bonus to attack, +4 HP regeneration, and +10 skill points to Critical Strike!! And this was before I descended to level 2 of the dungeon!
Politely rude. Briskly vague. Firmly uninformative.
Be careful. I don't know about this particular title, but Wild Tangent used to be known as being rapant with spyware. Caveat emptor...
Yankees rock, you know it's true...
It comes up as spyware under Spybot S&D, which was enough to get me to kill it. According to what I've read online, it doesn't collect any personally identifiable information, just stats on hardware configuration, game usage, etc., but YMMV.
There was a good article in CPU magazine with the founder of WildTangent on their spyware woes... It was a good 2part read and really opened your eyes to the other side of the spyware saga.. AFAIK everything on the WildTangent side is on the up and up and they've spent a great deal of energy and time dealing with the "companies" that created Spybot and Adaware to get removed from their black list.
Their webdriver client is no more spyware than say...Steam.
So based on that...it wont be for everyone.
EDIT
Microsoft's antispyware program beta doenst detect the webdriver client as spyware
Aint nothing new about the world order..it's been playing since the day they put George Washington on a quarter
Down in the Park with a friend called Five.
http://wumusicgroup.com/
Hey Gang,
Fellow fanboy here just letting you know some issues the designer, Travis Baldree, is hoping to fix within the next week or so.
What a great little game! I downloaded the demo this morning, and I'm having a blast! I think it's definitely worth a $20 unlock fee.
Skriss: lvl 70 undead mage - Bloodhoof
Kyrator: lvl 63 night elf rogue - Blackhand
Thadryn: lvl 70 draenei mage - Blackhand
Ive been following the official forums for the past few days.
There are some good discussions for further improvements going on. This includes a debate on whether coop or single player enhancements should be focused on for a later revision/s.
Ive asked a few game mechanic specific questions. The lead designer has responded to all questions quickly and in a to-the-point, detailed manner.
Being fangoriously devoured by a gelatinous monster.
Doh, here is the new build!
I've got a lvl 10 fighter right now, he's a blast to play! Decided not to go magic and it's worked out so far. Can't wait to see what kind of items you get at the lower lvls of the dungeon.
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I've got a level 13 fighter with some decent magic. I didn't really WANT magic, but some of the spells are super-useful. I've got this shockwave spell that pushes everyone away from me, and I can summon cursed scimitars and skeletons to help me fight.
And my pet is a BRAIN BEAST!
By the way guys... Gambling is TOTALLY worth it. More items than not end up being rares. I got a ring with +10 to Attack Magic skill.
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Maybe someone can assuage my concerns about this "wildtangent webdriver" it wanted to install. I figured with the couple of warning posts on this thread I'd at least take a look at the EULA and such.
When I clicked on the Privacy Statement it opened up IE (not my default browser) and went to page cannot be displayed. Shadiness abounds.
As an aside, nothing personal Lobster, but your new avatar makes me want to slap you around a little.
Got any toast?
I think the webdriver's just for upgrading. *shrug* You can go talk to the designers yourself if you're not convinced. They're fairly active and responsive.
And yeah, my avatar makes me want to slap me around too.
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