John's just been moaning that he wants a new RPG to lose himself in for hours, and so I will provide. Well, eventually. Underrail isn't out yet - why must videogames exist before they are finished? - but if the wait for Wasteland 2 seems too torturous perhaps this could fill that turn-based, it's the end of the world and I feel fine, hole in your life.
Formerly known as 'Timelapse Vertigo', it's now settled on a name which puts me in mind of hobos sleeping underneath railway bridges. Now that would be an amazing survival RPG. This one's straight-up scifi, set in a - no surprises here - post-apocalyptic future where mankind has fled underground and holed up in old train stations. Here's what it looks like in its current alpha state:
Underrail - alpha build gameplay Watch on YouTube
Being an incredibly ambitious, sprawling old game with tons of mechanics and areas, it's hard not to worry that this could be an Age of Decadence-style project that forever seems to elude release, but it's been in development for two years already and thus far I see no evidence of its more-or-less one man developer Stygsoft electing to verbally eviscerate people. There's no release date as yet A public demo is planned for the Autumn, Stygsoft told RPGWatch, and after that crowd-funding is a distinct possibility.
More details, including further piccies and a long dev blog going into the current state of play, are right here.
