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LuckyStrike




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PostPosted: Fri, 4th Sep 2009 03:40    Post subject: OUTCAST
Up there with planetscape and fallout. Not an RPG but an action-adventure with a great engine and one of the best story/soundtracks ever.





Info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outcast_(video_game)

Trivia:
Artificial intelligence
The AI used in Outcast was considered revolutionary at the time it was released[4]. It was based on a proprietary engine codenamed GAIA, for Game Artificial Intelligence with Agents, which was composed by a set of C++ libraries that provided sophisticated control of game characters based on research in distributed AI. Intelligence is represented as a distributed activity over a set of autonomous routines called agents. An agent uses skills, such as hearing, sight, acrobatic, to complete assigned tasks. These agents can interact and even compete with each other to realize a complex task.

Gameplay
Outcast uses a unique way to save games, integrated with the game world. At the start of the game, the player receives an object called a "Gaamsav". He is instructed that the Gaamsav is able to "capture his essence", so that it may later be restored. To save a game, the player equips the Gaamsav and "squeezes" it, making it glow and emit a sound. The sound can be heard by enemies and they will investigate, so that the player must take the situation into account before saving a game. After a few seconds, the game pauses and a menu overlay appears.

] Music
Outcast features a high-quality orchestral score composed by Lennie Moore and performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra and choir. At the time of Outcast's release, orchestral game scores were uncommon, and Moore's achievement was hailed as "absolutely top-notch".[5] Game's publisher Infogrames released the hour-long score on a soundtrack album and it was later made available for MP3 download on the game's official website. Anyone who owns the original game can listen to the soundtrack by putting disc 2 into a CD player [5].

In Okriana, the player can sometimes hear the The Throne Room/End Title track from Star Wars be played by a Talan. When questioned, the latter will answer that he is playing "Kazar's Harmony". This is likely the first hint the player can get about the fact that the legendary prophet Kazar is someone from Kauffmann's expedition.
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lhzr




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Epsilon
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PostPosted: Fri, 4th Sep 2009 11:50    Post subject:
Strangely enough it works in windows 7 x64 Smile
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Perdurab00




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PostPosted: Fri, 4th Sep 2009 11:57    Post subject:
Maybe I should give this another try. I played it when it first came out and the controls/movement felt very clunky. There was a strange blandness to the graphics, although other people raved about them.
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KaiKo




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PostPosted: Fri, 4th Sep 2009 11:59    Post subject:
I loved this game... Had the original for such a long time, then recently got rid...
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Spiderman
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PostPosted: Fri, 4th Sep 2009 21:51    Post subject:
Epsilon wrote:
Strangely enough it works in windows 7 x64 Smile

Voxels for the Win

finished like yesterday the DVD version
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VGAdeadcafe




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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Sep 2009 02:22    Post subject:
Epsilon wrote:
Strangely enough it works in windows 7 x64 Smile

What ? Really ?

Is there some kind of official or unofficial patch or something ?
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Spiderman
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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Sep 2009 17:39    Post subject:
Spiderman wrote:
http://www.mofunzone.com/game_patch_downloads/outcast_3_0.shtml

Final download link doesn't work, and I can't find patch 3 anywhere ? (do I need patch 2 as well, or is it cumulative ?)

Actually I found patch 3 but the readme is in German ?!
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Spiderman
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PostPosted: Sat, 5th Sep 2009 19:14    Post subject:
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madmax17




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PostPosted: Mon, 21st Sep 2009 09:52    Post subject:
Still have it, one of my favs Smile voxels never looked so good, have the soundtrack as well, amazing.

Belgians should make more games.
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grish




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PostPosted: Thu, 28th Jan 2010 00:39    Post subject:
One of games that defined my expectations for years to come. Seriously one of the best ones I have ever played.
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Zotten




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PostPosted: Thu, 28th Jan 2010 10:18    Post subject:
Belgium FTW Very Happy
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plop518




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PostPosted: Thu, 2nd Dec 2010 16:11    Post subject:
5.99 !

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/outcast

great game, remember my p2 266 Wink
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plop518




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PostPosted: Wed, 15th Dec 2010 11:36    Post subject:
holidays sale ! 4.19 $


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Rofl_Mao




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PostPosted: Mon, 28th Mar 2011 13:39    Post subject:
Oh yeah... voxels. funny stuff in '97. Crysis looks better though Very Happy


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