Indivisible - Action RPG by Lab Zero Games

Here is the Lab Zero Anime Expo Panel:



Unfortunately I don't have the time to transcribe the major points. Please do give this a watch though if you have the time - lots of new material and reveals.

Also note this recent post on Level Design!

Playing the updated backer demo, my response to it was still very positive. There's writing now, and it's fine. Ajna is a bit goofier than I expected in terms of personality. Gameplay feels faster overall, but I've noticed that you can't hang with the axe for very long anymore. The addition of walking, pausing mid-fight, the map, and the head space were nice too. My favs were Dhar, Nuna, Bhaozai, and Zebei.(Never leave home without Zebei) I didn't try Latigo, but maybe next time.

I don't have much to say, they're meeting my expectations so far. One thing that was unexpected about the final boss of this version of the demo was that it felt like a puzzle as well and incorporated some of the Metroidvania aspects to it. I definitely want more fights like that, especially when they consider the surroundings.(Knocking enemies off a cliff, or fire monsters into water or vice versa, switches, etc.)

Oh...

skullheart.com/index.php?threads/indivisible-lab-zeros-upcoming-action-rpg-funded.7880/page-216#post-340060

And this, which I remember now, definitely forgot:
skullheart.com/index.php?threads/indivisible-lab-zeros-upcoming-action-rpg-funded.7880/page-217#post-340065

Oh well, that...sucks. I was already short on characters I was interested in, but maybe I'll change my mind once I play them. There's always the backer incarnations and guest characters...but I think it's definitely weird that they showed NPCs with playables, indistinctively?

Yeah, I caught all of that myself after reading the skullheart forums and those linked posts.

It makes sense, but seems to have been clarified later in forum posts rather than the updates themselves pointing that out from what I remember. Or excitement and hopes could have gotten the best of me and I read right over it. I likely also immediately equated incarnations to einherjar. Oh well, it's fine, I imagine I'll be able to find at least 4 characters I want to play.

New Update: Thorani Redesign and Gameplay Overview



Thorani was my favorite of the Incarnations revealed and I'm glad to finally learn more about her. She excels at healing and meter management but does so in a super interesting way and looks fabulous while doing it. Her animations look super sweet as well (though that's par for the course for this game LOL).

Preview of the Giclée Print ($250+ IGG tier). Art done by none other than Trigger’s Yoh Yoshinari!

I find it interesting and somewhat odd how very similar Bloodstained and Indivisible's situations are, yet the near 180 vocal backers have about them.

Both are 2015 Kickstarter games delayed into TBA 2019, published by 505 Games, with similar releases of information. In Indivisible's case, the developers even advised their fans not to post questions and messages to them on the crowdfunding page because they weren't going to be looking there. Backers were fine with that, and the delay, and the release of information. They've only had 4 official updates since July.

The difference, the main difference I believe, is just the scale of attention and excitement. What Bloodstained is doing isn't wrong, or even unique, and obviously and in actuality doing much better with comment section interaction and more regular updates. The difference is in us. And no, I'm not talking about Linux/Mac, that's a different situation entirely. This is more about how any and all response I see to this game on social media is jeering about the release date.

Funny enough, I never noticed the "Naga Rider" character until now.

Can't wait to see all of his cheesy tokusatsu poses.

Indivisible should be more than straight as far as public perception. Unfortunately, most keep forgetting it exists due to actually taking the time to work on and refine the game rather than spamming social media. SHOCKING.
Not to mention, from the word go it already had a demo and was already pretty well received. Then they go on to patch the first demo and then make two other demos, one available to the public and then patching both. None of which was all that necessary, but they did it anyway. The fact that more people don't know about, like, or respect Lab Zero is kind of sad. Aside from Mike Z's blunt nature, everything is solid across the board. They even already have a good track record with crowdfunding.

As far as Bloodstained and MN9? I still think Bloodstained is doing alright as there are far more updates for it than MN9 did. The fact that the only points of controversy are graphical quality and cancelled ports is a better sign than you think. Mighty No. 9 still has quite a few ports that have yet to come out at all, with no news on them. No official cancellations.

Graphics(while not a concern for me in the slightest) can either be improved through updates or improved by fans in the worst case scenario. Post launch updates have been all but confirmed. Why stop with MN9 though? Freedom Planet had three major expansions funded with only one of them coming out and the other two basically cancelled. Shovel Knight favors a bit better by staggering all of its content for later, but I'm sure people were a bit miffed that this would happen in the beginning. What about Star Citizen that's been delayed more times than anything mentioned, is still taking funds, and had a disastrous demo. Not everything goes according to plan, but just because there are setbacks doesn't mean it's a disaster.

I fully expected Bloodstained to be released by latest 2020 anyway. This sort of game needs a lot of polish and the scope that we all helped fund made things a lot more difficult in that regard. I hope for the best with both Bloodstained and Indivisible.(I'm still mad about Freedom Planet though, even if I enjoy the game and look forward to the sequel....which won't have anything to do with the promised expansions to the original)