Savage 2: A Tortured Soul sure looks good, has anyone played it though? NSF56K
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While recently browsing Steam for yet another product to waste my hard earned cash on instead of paying taxes, I came across an interesting looking game titled "Savage 2: A Tortured Soul". Having never heard of the game I immediately skipped over it, however you try ignoring giant flame demons.
Spoiler for big
From what I understand, Savage 2 is the equivalent of what would happen if the Counter Strike RPG mod had a child with Guild Wars and then you sowed the head of any RTS game onto its left shoulder to create some form of Frankenstein's monster.
You start off by choosing your side, either Humans or Beasties who are apparently locked in an epic struggle for no explained reason.
Generic example of a Human:
If you've ever played WoW just think of the human side as the alliance. Besides humans it also consists of Dwarfs and an Elvish (kinda) race.
Generic example of a Beast race:
The beast side is made up of creatures that resemble goblins, orcs, the wolfman, and some sort of snake/octopus people.
After you've chosen a race you choose a class. Your class may be tied into what race you choose or vice versa however I haven't looked into it.
Now this is where the game gets interesting. The classes consist of what you would expect to see in an FPS (Sniper, rifleman, ect.) however they also have what you would expect from an RPG (Magician, Healer, Warrior, ect.). As you kill people and win matches you gain a form of experience that can be used to learn new spells and abilities.
Interface with some abilities being displayed (looks like an mmo doesn't it?)
Well that looks good but hows it like an RTS?
Each team also gets a "commander" so to speak who plays the game from the top down. This player chooses where to construct buildings and when to use their super "Buffs" and "Debuffs". Alternatively you can also play a building class who is basically like the commanders bitch and speeds up the construction of buildings.
Just like any RTS constructing buildings opens up new "tech trees" so to speak granting everyone on your team new abilities, better stats, and even opening up new classes. You also want to protect your buildings because once they're destroyed its game over.
You get the cash for buildings once your team manages to capture and hold mines on the map.
The game map also consists of NPC controlled factions who will attack both sides, map obstacles/capture points that grant benefits, and chasms from which you can summon demons to fight for you.
Im told that when you summon an extremely powerful demon it even starts to rain blood.
The game looks awesome, and reviews give it decent scores however due to lack of marketing I have a sinking suspicion that the player base might suffer. Anyone have any experience with this game?
Savage 2: A Tortured Soul is currently being sold on steam for $30
EDIT: The official site has a much nicer explanation of the units I suggest you view it. Link
The game also automatically saves the replay from the last match for you to view and has stat tracking!
Spoiler for big
From what I understand, Savage 2 is the equivalent of what would happen if the Counter Strike RPG mod had a child with Guild Wars and then you sowed the head of any RTS game onto its left shoulder to create some form of Frankenstein's monster.
You start off by choosing your side, either Humans or Beasties who are apparently locked in an epic struggle for no explained reason.
Generic example of a Human:
If you've ever played WoW just think of the human side as the alliance. Besides humans it also consists of Dwarfs and an Elvish (kinda) race.
Generic example of a Beast race:
The beast side is made up of creatures that resemble goblins, orcs, the wolfman, and some sort of snake/octopus people.
After you've chosen a race you choose a class. Your class may be tied into what race you choose or vice versa however I haven't looked into it.
Now this is where the game gets interesting. The classes consist of what you would expect to see in an FPS (Sniper, rifleman, ect.) however they also have what you would expect from an RPG (Magician, Healer, Warrior, ect.). As you kill people and win matches you gain a form of experience that can be used to learn new spells and abilities.
Interface with some abilities being displayed (looks like an mmo doesn't it?)
Well that looks good but hows it like an RTS?
Each team also gets a "commander" so to speak who plays the game from the top down. This player chooses where to construct buildings and when to use their super "Buffs" and "Debuffs". Alternatively you can also play a building class who is basically like the commanders bitch and speeds up the construction of buildings.
Just like any RTS constructing buildings opens up new "tech trees" so to speak granting everyone on your team new abilities, better stats, and even opening up new classes. You also want to protect your buildings because once they're destroyed its game over.
You get the cash for buildings once your team manages to capture and hold mines on the map.
The game map also consists of NPC controlled factions who will attack both sides, map obstacles/capture points that grant benefits, and chasms from which you can summon demons to fight for you.
Im told that when you summon an extremely powerful demon it even starts to rain blood.
The game looks awesome, and reviews give it decent scores however due to lack of marketing I have a sinking suspicion that the player base might suffer. Anyone have any experience with this game?
Savage 2: A Tortured Soul is currently being sold on steam for $30
EDIT: The official site has a much nicer explanation of the units I suggest you view it. Link
The game also automatically saves the replay from the last match for you to view and has stat tracking!
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if i had $30 to spend i would probably pick this up
Can the Steam version customers play the game with people who purchased the game directly from S2? Or can original customers register their versions of Savage 2 on Steam? Or is Steam still hard-assed about letting you re-register products?
Im assuming thats a yes.