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sassassin
Apr 3, 2010

by Azathoth
Game will be poo poo until they add elves.

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sirtommygunn
Mar 7, 2013



sassassin posted:

Game will be poo poo until they add elves.

This but the exact opposite.

sassassin
Apr 3, 2010

by Azathoth
Not necessarily because they add elves. But that's the timeframe before the bugs are mostly worked out.

Tarquinn
Jul 3, 2007

I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal.
Hell Gem

Arcsquad12 posted:

Which country is that?
Sounds Dutch to me.

Arbite
Nov 4, 2009





Angry Lobster posted:

New Rally point, Empire roster, special units and diplomacy:

Well, it's nice to see so much craft has gone into my second favourite faction.

Mans
Sep 14, 2011

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Lassitude posted:

Fast cavalry with grenade launchers sounds like GOTY material.

Periphery
Jul 27, 2003
...
When the gently caress are we getting the next battle video.

stopgap1
Jul 27, 2013

Periphery posted:

When the gently caress are we getting the next battle video.

what he said, also grumpy.

pnutz
Jan 5, 2015

Periphery posted:

When the gently caress are we getting the next battle video.

they said in february, so they'll release it on the 29th just because they can

BillBear
Mar 13, 2013

Ask me about running my country straight into the ground every time I play EU4 multiplayer.

Periphery posted:

When the gently caress are we getting the next battle video.

They said it's going to be monday.

toasterwarrior
Nov 11, 2011
elves are welcome in this game, because everyone needs something to kill with extreme prejudice

NoNotTheMindProbe
Aug 9, 2010
pony porn was here

toasterwarrior posted:

elves are welcome in this game, because everyone needs something to kill with extreme prejudice

It's been a few editions since Halflings appeared in an army book sadly.

Asehujiko
Apr 6, 2011

Arcsquad12 posted:

Which country is that?
Netherlands.

frajaq
Jan 30, 2009

#acolyte GM of 2014


I really want to play as High Elves :(

CA please....

MadJackMcJack
Jun 10, 2009

NoNotTheMindProbe posted:

It's been a few editions since Halflings appeared in an army book sadly.

Empire unit DLC. Or maybe Lumpin Croop's Fighting Cocks will turn up if/when they do Dogs of War.

1st_Panzer_Div.
May 11, 2005
Grimey Drawer
Wasn't there supposed to be a new battle gameplay video yesterday? I'm having bad feelings about this being released on time.

Captain Ironblood
Nov 9, 2009

1st_Panzer_Div. posted:

Wasn't there supposed to be a new battle gameplay video yesterday? I'm having bad feelings about this being released on time.

It's not the end of the month yet.

Gay Horney
Feb 10, 2013

by Reene
This game will release on time relax.

Tiler Kiwi
Feb 26, 2011
this game isn't out until there are skaven

the beta will be fine i guess

CommissarMega
Nov 18, 2008

THUNDERDOME LOSER

Tiler Kiwi posted:

this game isn't out until there are skaven

the beta will be fine i guess

This goon speaks truth. Can't have a proper WHFB game until your Doomwheel wipes out half your army because the pilot's too busy shooting the dragon.

LonsomeSon
Nov 22, 2009

A fishperson in an intimidating hat!

1st_Panzer_Div. posted:

Wasn't there supposed to be a new battle gameplay video yesterday? I'm having bad feelings about this being released on time.

THE WORLD IS BURNING

RUN

Wafflecopper
Nov 27, 2004

I am a mouth, and I must scream

PROMOTIONAL VIDEO IS (not really) A DAY LATE, GAME IS VAPORWARE

Periphery
Jul 27, 2003
...
How hard is it to record a battle and upload it to youtube? It's not the end of the world that they haven't done more of it, but what reasons are there for not doing it?

Those videos of those two idiots talking with the occasional snippet of something from the game probably take more effort and produce less hype than a battle recording would.

xthetenth
Dec 30, 2012

Mario wasn't sure if this Jeb guy was a good influence on Yoshi.

Periphery posted:

How hard is it to record a battle and upload it to youtube? It's not the end of the world that they haven't done more of it, but what reasons are there for not doing it?

Those videos of those two idiots talking with the occasional snippet of something from the game probably take more effort and produce less hype than a battle recording would.

It allows them to dole out information gradually and in a predictable fashion, which is good for maintaining interest in the long term.

Periphery
Jul 27, 2003
...

xthetenth posted:

It allows them to dole out information gradually and in a predictable fashion, which is good for maintaining interest in the long term.

I can understand them not wanting to blow their load too early but most of the info they've been releasing has been pretty lackluster and trivial. They've done 3 decently long game game play videos since July 2015 iirc. Of those there was a heavily scripted battle, a campaign walk through and the dwarf game play battle. Would it really have hurt to do one or two more in that time?

It's not like restricting the output of info has no downsides either. As we've seen in this thread they run the risk of people jumping to conclusions about the state of the game because they assume there are some dubious reasons for the lack of game play footage. While I don't think it's and omen of doom for the game, I do know that I probably would have stupidly preorded the game by now if they had got me a bit more hyped with a cool battle video. That could easily still happen with the one on Monday, but I'm sure they would have prefered to get my money sooner rather than later.

I guess it's a balancing act they need to sort out but at this stage I think they have been too conservative with how much stuff they've released.

Gay Horney
Feb 10, 2013

by Reene
Every video needs to be conceptualized, written, played perfectly according to the script, and edited. It takes quite a lot of man hours to put a simple video up. They've done several videos but they're not a very efficient way of getting info out really. I wish there were more and I wish there was literally anything on the VCs but they are just about the most labor intensive way of marketing for video games there is outside of live action trailers.

Beefeater1980
Sep 12, 2008

My God, it's full of Horatios!






Making promotional videos is a big undertaking. People get nervous, flub their lines and need to repeat them over and over when you put a camera on them (or stare fixedly at the lens or the person they're speaking to). We did a short promotional video with interviews from one of our customer law firms recently and got to enjoy watching six or seven highly educated professionals, several of whom I know for a fact are incredibly eloquent speakers face to face, mumbling and looking at their feet. It's astounding how people can clam up when you point a camera at them.

Now imagine that the people you're interviewing aren't customer facing in their normal working lives.

Noir89
Oct 9, 2012

I made a dumdum :(
So apparantly you will be able to play it at a pcgamer event in uk.

http://www.pcgamer.com/play-total-war-warhammer-at-the-pc-gamer-weekender-in-march/

Any goon going?

Kokoro Wish
Jul 23, 2007

Post? What post? Oh wow.
I had nothing to do with THAT.
Off topic, but mentioning because people expressed interest in the thread before and there was some discussion, but Mordheim: City of the Damned was given a very positive impression by Extra Credits' Games You May Not Have Tried series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgt0MhCWZmE&t=178s

Relatively glowing from a bunch of games persons.

Kokoro Wish fucked around with this message at 13:54 on Feb 28, 2016

Phi230
Feb 2, 2016

by Fluffdaddy

Kokoro Wish posted:

Off topic, but mentioning because people expressed interest in the thread before and there was some discussion, but Mordheim: City of the Damned was given a very positive impression by Extra Credits' Games You May Not Have Tried series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgt0MhCWZmE&t=178s

Relatively glowing from a bunch of games persons.

Problem with mordheim is that you have to spend like 60 hours to get a warband that can actually hit something

Megasabin
Sep 9, 2003

I get half!!

Kokoro Wish posted:

Off topic, but mentioning because people expressed interest in the thread before and there was some discussion, but Mordheim: City of the Damned was given a very positive impression by Extra Credits' Games You May Not Have Tried series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgt0MhCWZmE&t=178s

Relatively glowing from a bunch of games persons.

What I got from that video is Thea The Awakening sounds like an awesome game. I wonder how it slipped past my radar.

Mans
Sep 14, 2011

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Tiler Kiwi posted:

this game isn't out until there are skaven

the beta will be fine i guess

i hope that the consequence of squalor is Skaven eruptions.

and i hope they port that mechanic into Attila and Rome :allears:

Lassitude
Oct 21, 2003

There's no squalor. There's only Public Order, and it isn't negatively affected by stuff you build.

CommissarMega
Nov 18, 2008

THUNDERDOME LOSER

Megasabin posted:

What I got from that video is Thea The Awakening sounds like an awesome game. I wonder how it slipped past my radar.

It is, though it can become a little samey after a while. Still worth the $10 I paid for it though.

Gejnor
Mar 14, 2005

Fun Shoe
I... uh..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppHWM-6YHDI

:ughh:

I couldn't even finish all of it, i guess i don't have a high threshold for cringe.

Angry Lobster
May 16, 2011

Served with honor
and some clarified butter.

Gejnor posted:

I... uh..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppHWM-6YHDI

:ughh:

I couldn't even finish all of it, i guess i don't have a high threshold for cringe.

Wtf, is like one of those bad TV commercials, I wouldn't have been suprised if George Foreman appeared out of nowhere selling dwarven grills.

Mans
Sep 14, 2011

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
WHEREA RE TEH loving VAMPPIRES

Meme Poker Party
Sep 1, 2006

by Azathoth

Angry Lobster posted:

Wtf, is like one of those bad TV commercials, I wouldn't have been suprised if George Foreman appeared out of nowhere selling dwarven grills.

It's labeled as a parody, so I think that was exactly the point.

Angry Lobster
May 16, 2011

Served with honor
and some clarified butter.

Chomp8645 posted:

It's labeled as a parody, so I think that was exactly the point.

You're right, missed it, that's why I shouldn't post while being drunk. Even so, I don't find CA videos funny or comedy material, except that Rome II rally point point special where they let guard dogs attack them on purpose.

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frajaq
Jan 30, 2009

#acolyte GM of 2014


We could have had Vampires but we got cringe instead

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