Optimization have drastically improved however from prior builds. My FPS with my 3080 has doubled from the 2.1 build I tried whilst doing largely the same exact things.
Also the file size is 4GB less than a prior build I have tried, so it seems the devs are factoring such things in. Its made in UE5, so its expected it will be beefier than a Renpy/RPGMaker game. Though 20GB might make a few who flirt with their drives being at/near capacity may shy away from. We have numerous hgames that are 5-12GB that are basically still renders looped animations, so I'm not sure what the complaints are about.
The tank/helicopter functions speak to an attempt to kind of be a bit into the Earth Defense force vibes, which is pretty cool if they go in that direction, and FPS was a lot better messing around with that, and was a bit fun.
Nice to see the lightposts aren't indestructible. That was something that was visually annoying in prior builds. If they made the overpasses destructible it'll add a a touch more to that aspect to make it better, though I read the dev say it would impact the pathing for the vehicles that drive around and won't be a thing for at least a while yet.
You can even enter some buildings while the giant is running around which is actually pretty impressive. This explains why its a 20GB game I suppose when there are detailed buildings like that.
Apparently there's a way to import your own models, so you could really turn it into a kaiju battle game later on rather than giant woman if you have compatible models to do that with. There's no HP system for the giants atm but it looks like they're going to be doing something like that later.
I can't in fairness give this a 4 despite how much I'd like to. It's a strong 3.5 as I see a lot of progress and effort being made in this. This is mainly due to it still being in an early build and not quite there yet in terms of functions.
If you like Earth Defense Force and/or like giant waifus this is definitely something you'd want to watch the development of.
You will want a beefier PC, something akin to a higher end late 2010s PC (2070 or 2080 with a good 9000s i series/zen2 equivalent or better) should allow you to play it without trouble but I can't assert that for certain.
This will limit the number able to play it properly. It may be possible to play with lower specs with the recent optimization changes, but I wouldn't recommend bothering. I think the dev has listed recommended specs previously.
To put it one way, don't expect this game to be playable on a phone or tablet for the next decade, lmao. This game is for desktop/high end laptop users. PC for certain, but I'm not sure how it works on linux so don't assume it will/won't work on linux, best to ask a dev or in thread.
Also the file size is 4GB less than a prior build I have tried, so it seems the devs are factoring such things in. Its made in UE5, so its expected it will be beefier than a Renpy/RPGMaker game. Though 20GB might make a few who flirt with their drives being at/near capacity may shy away from. We have numerous hgames that are 5-12GB that are basically still renders looped animations, so I'm not sure what the complaints are about.
The tank/helicopter functions speak to an attempt to kind of be a bit into the Earth Defense force vibes, which is pretty cool if they go in that direction, and FPS was a lot better messing around with that, and was a bit fun.
Nice to see the lightposts aren't indestructible. That was something that was visually annoying in prior builds. If they made the overpasses destructible it'll add a a touch more to that aspect to make it better, though I read the dev say it would impact the pathing for the vehicles that drive around and won't be a thing for at least a while yet.
You can even enter some buildings while the giant is running around which is actually pretty impressive. This explains why its a 20GB game I suppose when there are detailed buildings like that.
Apparently there's a way to import your own models, so you could really turn it into a kaiju battle game later on rather than giant woman if you have compatible models to do that with. There's no HP system for the giants atm but it looks like they're going to be doing something like that later.
I can't in fairness give this a 4 despite how much I'd like to. It's a strong 3.5 as I see a lot of progress and effort being made in this. This is mainly due to it still being in an early build and not quite there yet in terms of functions.
If you like Earth Defense Force and/or like giant waifus this is definitely something you'd want to watch the development of.
You will want a beefier PC, something akin to a higher end late 2010s PC (2070 or 2080 with a good 9000s i series/zen2 equivalent or better) should allow you to play it without trouble but I can't assert that for certain.
This will limit the number able to play it properly. It may be possible to play with lower specs with the recent optimization changes, but I wouldn't recommend bothering. I think the dev has listed recommended specs previously.
To put it one way, don't expect this game to be playable on a phone or tablet for the next decade, lmao. This game is for desktop/high end laptop users. PC for certain, but I'm not sure how it works on linux so don't assume it will/won't work on linux, best to ask a dev or in thread.
