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NEWS FROM PARADOX  potatocubed posted:I listened to that, and as someone who knew exactly what every reference was to it was fantastic. Then I read this interview with the new White Wolf lead storyteller:  This is a GREAT FIND and I must post it everywhere. quote:Dateline: 15. FEBRUAR 2016 So Technocracy winning = tumblr  gently caress
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White Wolf’s lead Storyteller: – There will be a release in 2016 
Our launch plan will always be a secret until it’s not. I love the speculation and mystery surrounding future releases we saw in the 90’s, so we will definitely play with that aspect. Hints and clues to what will come next will appear in future products and WW communiques. There are actually a few of them out there already.
Combined launches of digital and tabletop also games seem to make a lot of sense. In the last few years, focused and easy-to-use products like Mutant: Year Zero and Lamentations of the Flame Princess are selling unexpectedly well. Their brevity and low threshold makes them perfect for introducing new players to the hobby, while the monumental classic-WW-style books generally sell poorly and are more read than played. If future editions of WoD are actively used rather than collected we have done our job.
) Plans for some tools for communities and global character tracking are underway but way to early to talk specifics. What we can say is that MET will not be the only larp in town. Official White Wolf larps will not use Minds Eye Theatre rules but be organized more like Monitor Celestra or College of Wizardry.
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Helical Nightmares posted:So Technocracy winning = tumblr Seems reasonable.
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FYI, if you want to talk World of Darkness, we've got a thread for it with a lot more in-depth discussion.
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Almost wish I didn't come back to this thread; holy poo poo, 2016 release - exciting stuff  If it turns out to be vampire then... well 
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Helical Nightmares posted:So Technocracy winning = tumblr A worthy price to pay 
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I'm still waiting for someone to explain to me why the Technocracy winning is a bad thing. It's not like tumblrinas are new, I ignored them before tumblr was a thing and I ignore them now.
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wiegieman posted:I'm still waiting for someone to explain to me why the Technocracy winning is a bad thing. It's not like tumblrinas are new, I ignored them before tumblr was a thing and I ignore them now. It isn't? Every tradition has there own idea of what reality should look like. I can watch streaming HD on my laptop from my back porch via 802.1n. I can play games with thousands of people from across the globe in real-time. I can work from home with a mobile phone and do my job via VPN, SSH, teleconferencing, and remote desktop. If I want to make a rock levitate, I'll buy some super glue and some magnets. Tumblr seems more like a Virtual Adept invention to me, anyway.
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Aleph Null posted:Tumblr seems more like a Virtual Adept invention to me, anyway.  Given the way the Virtual Adept's interest were written they seemed to be the "everyone must be a superspecial snowflake represented by an avatar online."Iteration X was more Military Industrial Complex with some bleeding into law enforcement.
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I agree with you guys completely, but they're pitching the setting update as if everything bad about the Internet is the technocracy's fault and everything good about it is the glorious freed by their own genius traditions' doing.
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If I were those Project Vaulderie guys, I'd shoot White Wolf/Paradox a letter asking I could resume work on the remake. They seem a lot cooler than the CCP guys,.
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quote:Anything that smells of Fantasy. The attempt to create a deep mythology by linking the setting to Exalted was the worst choice ever. (BOOO BOOOOO) That was the last step in WoD’d death-march from being an artistic horror-IP to full on immature, escapist Urban Fantasy. I gotta say, this is hilariously clueless and kind of misses the point of why the OWoD setting was so ridiculous as it went on. If they want it to be more close to being a dark version of reality maybe look at the metaplot or all the other wacky poo poo going on in the WoD that later writers added in. Exalted had pretty much nothing to do with that. Hell, it's not like it's likely to be relevant unless you're running a "What if Exalted crossed over with the NWOD/OWOD setting." anyways. Looking back, Bloodlines was really toned down compared to some of the stuff they could have crammed in there from the setting. So hopefully they get that when they do more games. Because another Vampire game like Bloodlines would be kick rear end. Edit: I mean, seriously. With what i've read of the old fluff if they did a OWoD take on 9/11 back then it'd probably inevitably end up being described as "Ravnos secretly did 9/11." or something. Exalted as a prequel to one of the WoD's is a nifty idea if done right though. If only for the fact that it'll get uber spergs shrieking about which setting would win in a fight between their supernatural creatures if you bring it up in most forums. Plus, the idea of a bunch of pretentious monsters and super powered magical assholes unknowingly playing in the bones or leavings of beings or a time far bigger and more advanced than them is peak OWoD. I'm surprised they never went with the Exalted coming back as an ending scenario given that. Archonex fucked around with this message at 13:50 on Apr 5, 2016 |
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Apr 5, 2016 13:18
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Well poo poo, time for a replay.
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Can the anarchs get you a haven to sleep in if you tell lacroix and the tremere to piss off? Any mods add that?
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Oberleutnant posted:Can the anarchs get you a haven to sleep in if you tell lacroix and the tremere to piss off? Any mods add that? I think you just keep the one in Santa Monica.
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Helical Nightmares posted:
Someone recently brought up the Apple vs FBI iPhone backdoor thing as a Virtual Adept vs It-X fight... Except Apple is also It-X. Virtual Adepts all use Android. Duh. 
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Athenry posted:I think you just keep the one in Santa Monica. You do - which basically means if you have a reason to go back to your haven regularly (like Heather Poe) your life will suck.
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Leonard Boyarski jumped ship yesterday from Blizzard, of all places. He's now employed by Obsidian Entertainment, home of Tim Cain (and for a brief while, Brian Mitsoda) and close associate with Paradox, full owner of all White Wolf properties. Wonder what could have enticed him over? I wonder I wonder
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Apr 13, 2016 14:19
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Shut up and take my money.
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Obsidian already announced some lovely game called Tyranny that they're making for Paradox. Do they have the resources to have two games in production simultaneously? I guess Bloodlines could be in very very eay preproduction maybe.
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In the past Obsidian has had three concurrent projects, give or take, at any given time. Right now they've got Tyranny, an unannounced game (codenamed Louisiana) that most assume is a Pillars of Eternity sequel, but all we know for sure is that it's not a Fallout game. Then they have staff maintaining and updating some MMOs for a Russian conglomerate. It's always possible that Lenny Boy just thought a change of scenery was in order and decided to shack up with old buds apropos of nothing in particular. Tyranny will be out some time this year, so presumably it's in the production phase, and in that case there may be artists and the like from pre-prod who could work on concept stuff, but that's a stretch. In any case, the stars are aligning for the mother of all Fig pitches
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And remember that Paradox got all the World of Darkness mmo assets so depending on the quality of work, we may be seeing a game sooner, rather than later.
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The Paradox spokesman did say we'd first hear about digital WoD stuff this year. But you'd think they would be smart enough to recognize when a dog won't hunt.
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From what I understand, the digital assets from the WoD MMO shared a similar track to Duke Nukem Forever in that they were designed, redesigned, and then some inscrutable manager would look at it and literally go "make it more....pffbbbth" and walk off. They'd also mostly date from circa 2010. Not sure if there's enough in there to actually leapfrog a game into active production. Plus they'd likely want to write a story of their own...and probably focus more on SP experience than some high maintenance/high risk MMO concept.
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I remember hearing it had a character creation system that ended up being used in Eve online. I remember it looking pretty decent, but I never played Eve, so I have no clue how it looked in play, or if it mattered as I thought Eve was almost entirely about floating a spaceship around.
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remusclaw posted:I remember hearing it had a character creation system that ended up being used in Eve online. I remember it looking pretty decent, but I never played Eve, so I have no clue how it looked in play, or if it mattered as I thought Eve was almost entirely about floating a spaceship around. Yeah, "Walking in Stations" was their big push and they were factory farming the US office (which was also WW) to get it operational. It was....less than well received. The character creator is really cool and detailed, I will give them that, but it's also pointless with respect to the rest of the game.
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Even if they did look dated it strikes me that slightly dated looking assets would be perfect for a game in the vein of VtM: Redemption, where the graphics are mostly there to not look offensive because the main campaign is half there to show off what the modding tools can do It worked for Neverwinter Nights a couple of times
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And it could just be level/texture/sound assets that are kept. 1020p textures have been the standard for a while now so they really only need to worry about engine/models/story.
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If you want to see what CCP were cooking up there are some vids. Nothing awfully far along though: https://youtu.be/PxR-aC4yWs0 https://youtu.be/Tr_KVNrxtRI I omit their cinematic trailers and the Q&A sessions from their fanfest because it was evidently all pie in the sky stuff.
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OAquinas posted:From what I understand, the digital assets from the WoD MMO shared a similar track to Duke Nukem Forever in that they were designed, redesigned, and then some inscrutable manager would look at it and literally go "make it more....pffbbbth" and walk off. They'd also mostly date from circa 2010. How can you refer to that without linking the wonderful Guardian article it came from?
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FWIW, Paradox is basically the perfect publisher for a developer of obsidian's track record.
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I am happy to report that as of today Bloodlines is available from GOG.
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OAquinas posted:Yeah, "Walking in Stations" was their big push and they were factory farming the US office (which was also WW) to get it operational. It was....less than well received. You can use it to walk around a spacehovel and look at pictures of your spaceships! (afaik they never did get around to, y'know, opening your hovel's door and actually letting you walk into the station)
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