we are having some issues with 4.4 and 5.0 and Unity at the moment - but hopefully it will be fixed soon (obviously not iOS)
Great to see Josh here! I have a few questions about Exiles: 1) The game will be out before or after Christmas? 2) How much is going to cost? 3) iPad mini 1 compatibility?
Hey all! I have the Exiles: Far Colony Alpha from Humble Bundle installed on my Galaxy S5 and it's running and playing great. I'm really enjoying the game so far. Just 2 quick questions for anyone who has played it or the dev team, anyone who may know: 1) how do you go into 1st person mode in game? In Ravensword there was the View change button in the top right corner to toggle 1st and 3rd person views. I don't see the same button any where in Exiles while playing. Is 1st person mode just not implemented into the Alpha yet or am I just somehow missing it? I'd love to toggle 1st person mode especially since it's a part shooter game. I've read that it will have 1st person mode and saw a glimpse of it in the teaser trailer as well which is what lead me to believe it's in game already, but maybe it's not yet? 2) Do you guys have an official forum for the game/Alpha where we can post bugs and feedback and discuss the game? I just registered here for the first time because this was like the only forum I could find talking about the Exiles Alpha.
this forum is as good as any. we added a button for switching to FP view. currently its just pinch to view in FP.
Does anyone know even a rough estimate of how many hours long it will be or how many missions there are? Comparable length wise to aralon or Ravensword? (Both amazing games, playing right now)
I played the game and I gotta say it's a mixed bag: 1.The combat lacks oomph specially reload animations or sound effects,physics or overall general feel of the gunplay is way off which takes out from the fun a little. 2.Walking around,looking around is 'very' clunky same as it was in Ravensword which is disappointing.It's probably down to the controls but needs drastic improvement,I shouldn't have to struggle with simple things like looking around,fix the drag to look thing it lags behind the swipes. 3.Controls are atrocious probably because they aren't customizable for some reason,seriously just play Oddworld or any Gta game and copy them along with sensitivity options,this is probably a big reason as to why everything feels clunky and unrefined. Side note:Use the accelerometer to switch between views(1st and 3rd) and Switch weapons,better yet remove reloading and use sideways tilt to switch weapons, don't know why it's not there already dead space has had them for over 3 years . 4.Hover bike though is spot on and controls very well.Mechs are very well done too.Shooting from either of them whilst moving around is perfect as well.Better than most console games do so great job guys,A motion blur effect would be nice too. 5.The game was a little buggy graphically but I assume that it's fixed in the update. 6.Framerate was solid even on lower end devices an extensive option to adjust graphics settings should be there aka oddworld literally no reason why I can't be there. 7.Graphics in some of the indoor areas are atrocious like original deus ex 'bad',I don't know if it's a budget issue but seriously it switches between early ps3 to early ps2 quality graphics a little jarringly. 8.Graphics are 'easily' the best ever on mobile ignoring the indoors,they really are shadows are rendered realistically with full day night cycles and lens flare is sweet looking,Not to mention enemies look 'console quality' with a hell lot of polygons and high resolution textures in there.Character models look extremely detailed too. that being said the game lacks any sort of decal or smaller rocks and as a result looks a little barren so few rock structures here and there fallout style would add immensely to the atmosphere. 9.Soundtrack is perfect,that's all I can say up there with the best,your sound guy is a genius,whilst all niggling issues the soundtrack kept me invested which is the highest praise I can give to it. Overall I don't quite love it or hate it,It has some major issues which I hope are being worked upon specially the gunplay and controls ,Still I'll wait for the updates and if it's fixed eventually I'll buy the ios version too when it releases,good luck fellas.
thanks for the feedback - yes - it is alpha so we are still tweaking everything. I actually just got Oddworld and I must say I found the controls nearly impossible (I'm sure i'm in the minority there) but I found it impossible to platform because the swipe controls felt just way off even with adjustment compared to my other games. So I can't really comment there but we do have a sensitivity setting there and iOS always tends to control better than Android for whatever reason.
thx for reply,Please do include customizable controls in the game,they were literally game breaking for in ravensword and continue to be a major issue in exiles.Oddworld is not a suitable game since you have to jump,switch perspectives and shoot at the same time but Exiles should have no such problems.Gta SA does them right I've even finished the whole game with flying colours because of them,so does modern combat 4,5 and specially dead space(accelerometer perfectly used),Please do include them in future updates.
You were asking where you could give CM your money, regardless of whether that would give you access to the game or not.
After hearing mrdollar, I'm a bit more skeptical, but hey, the game can still improve. I'm still waiting patiently for the release...ready to spend some money.
I think it would be cool top shake the device top reload or something like world. How is the first person experience? (Im probably going to play like that most of the time) Care to post any quick vids or screen shots? I'm not going to judge too much knowing it's an alpha build.
Don't let the junior member title fool you. I've been around Toucharcade and it's forums before I even got an account. Of course I know it's in alpha. I even stated the game can improve. Josh listens to people.
Alpha is basically just for removing bugs or improving what is already there atleast in strict terms,It's highly unlikely anything new will be added to the game by the time of release.In it's current state there are some huge oversights like non customizable controls and no graphic settings,things of such nature should be a norm on android till now and many devs have applied to them ,The fact that a 8-10year old port like stranger's wrath has better controls and hugely better interface is shocking when compared to exiles which has been built from ground up,especially when the flaws are pretty much the same as their previous game Ravensword Shadowlands.
Dont remember people complaining about the controls in Shadowlands. I think because people found the controls fine (at least on iOS) theres been no changes needed or the ability to move buttons etc. Completed both Ravenswords and Aralon, found the controls fine. If it aint broke dont fix it !
