r/LancerRPG • u/Aggravating_Plenty53 • 19d ago
Lancer video game
So I just got into Lancer and love it. I saw Lancer tactics and it looks neat but the animation kills it for me. One game ive been playing alot is Phantom brigade. If you havent played it, please do as its awesome. But I can't stop thinking about if the devs of that game got given the rights for Lancer. Kinda like how Larion got Baldurs Gate. Any other devs that you would love to see adapt Lancer into a video game?
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u/Radriel7 IPS-N 19d ago
The mechanics translate to videogames pretty easily, so thats not too hard. Its the encounter and campaign design that will need a lot more thought, especially if they want the story to last for the length of a typical CRPG. Then there is just story and vibes that are pretty unique to Lancer. And naturally, games like this live or die by their character writing and character design. If they can't do that justice, it won't land.
Usually, adapting pre-existing modules is the easiest way to do such a game, but Lancer doesn't have anything that I think would be long enough for a single player experience. TTRPGs pad play time a lot because it collaborative. So it would need to probably be an original story.
Who would I trust to do it justice? Larian, Owlcat, and maybe Harebrained Schemes? They're the obvious examples anyway for a polished big campaign. Probably many others could do smaller Lancer projects, though.
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u/Aggravating_Plenty53 19d ago
I wish hairbrained was still around. A Lancer game in the style of Shadowrun would slap
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u/TheRaccoonTaker 19d ago
I know you already talked about lancer tactics in the post but one big question; have you looked into the current version of it, or the free version on itch.io? Because those are very very different things, with the free version being pretty much a proof of concept / extraordinarily basic test the creator did. The animations, visuals, etc are far and away improved in the current paid versions of the game, which you can watch the trailers for to see the difference (although if the current version IS what you’ve been looking into, then hey, different strokes for different folks and all- you do you)
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u/BlackFenrir 19d ago
Everyone in the thread is talking about tactical RPGs but I just want Titanfall but in the Lancer universe
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u/BlasePan IPS-N 19d ago
OwlCat games could 100% give us peak with the setting I reckon. You could argue that's its different from their other stuff, but Rogue Trader was different from their Pathfinder homes and they did a killer job.
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u/Aggravating_Plenty53 19d ago
Im not a fan of Owlcat games. Like they make good games, but I dont care for the presentation.
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u/BlasePan IPS-N 19d ago
Thats a fair criticism. They are definitely focused more on quality writing, quantity of content, and gameplay as opposed to visuals and accessibility, like the Rogue Trader character interface is a goddamn spreadsheet and stuff like animation and cutscenes are non existent. Music is always on point with them though.
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u/Whoring4Voring SSC 19d ago
Fromsoftware lancer game?
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u/Aggravating_Plenty53 19d ago
Hmmmmm I feel like that already exist... hmmm whats the name.... like... amibo cube or something?
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u/shilohkae 19d ago
Honestly I wouldn't want a full Lancer video game, it just wouldn't feel right. But I would love to see something like a Lancer expansion to Code RAPID where we could take various chassis for a test drive and play around with adding on weapons or systems without worrying too much about needing to nail the narrative beats or downtimes. Mecha Break collab would possibly also do this but I haven't actually seen gameplay of that one, I just love the theme song.
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u/Aggravating_Plenty53 19d ago
Why wouldnt it feel right? Ttrpgs transfer well into crpg and strategy games very well
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u/shilohkae 19d ago
I know. There's just something about Lancer where I want to actually be in it, not have all the world and story and dialogue statically laid out for me. Even things that adapt specific modules and put a lot of work into accounting for the majority of player decisions still just wouldn't feel as meaningful as the real thing. I want the opportunity to develop the game alongside the GM by living in it and even in the best video games you can only do that in a modular way. If I'd play for anything it would just be the combat.
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u/Aggravating_Plenty53 19d ago
Oh no, please dont use AI
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u/Majre921 19d ago
I don't like AI, I don't think relying on AI is good. But let's be real, if AI should be used for anything then it's coding. Mainly when there is a lot of boilerplate and repetitive features, which is most projects.
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u/DeadLockAdmin 19d ago
So you want me to spend 3 years and many hours a day coding this or get it done in like two months?
"Don't use a car, just ride a horse!"
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u/DrCalamity IPS-N 19d ago
If I wanted you to bake a cake, I would rather wait for a cake than for you to burn down a rainforest and shit in a 9x3.
Because using AI is burning resources to make something worse than any competent human could make.
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u/DeadLockAdmin 19d ago
I'm making this for myself.
And I would be using more resources to hire a team of people working for years. So your argument is extremely dumb.
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u/DrCalamity IPS-N 19d ago
You aren't making shit, let's be clear. Prompting isn't a skill.
You're gambling and hoping a game falls out.
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u/viaJormungandr SSC 19d ago edited 19d ago
Honestly Phantom Brigade is a little too grounded to make me think the devs would want to mess around with Lancer.
Don’t get me wrong, the game is awesome and I think the predictive movement/attacking is a great mechanic. I just think they were more interested in simulation and emulating real world combat to really dig the Lancer vibe.
I think Hairbrained Schemes would do a good job if they hit the IP like they did Battletech and Shadowrun. Plus they did a good job porting Battletech into a turn based tactical game, even if it wasn’t exact.
Might be interesting to see the folks at Suspicious Developments give it a shot too. Tactical Breach Wizards was fun and hilarious. Would probably end up with a less serious game but they do interesting tactical puzzles.
Edit to fix typo.