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That's just lazy as poo poo. I'm tired of these famous names coming back to an industry they are clearly out of touch on, and fleecing people of their money and trust.
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Jun 17, 2018 03:21
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The best part is the extended livestream of Lord British unenthusiastically signing physical maps for god knows how long that was this past week
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Jun 17, 2018 03:31
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He only logs in to shake his rear end for whales, but everything he says about the game is a super detached idea about what the game should have been in a perfect world. He drops in to give blood, but that's it.
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Jun 17, 2018 04:21
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Gynovore posted:But... British raised 3 million from Kickstarter alone, and gawd knows how much more from for a lil perspective, everquest cost 4.7 million in adjusted dollars.
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Jun 17, 2018 14:47
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Texibus posted:He probably just pays himself an absurd amount to be an officer of the company. Doesn't need to do anything shady. Yeah, I'd bet it's this one. Because as I said upthread, the money really really didn't go anywhere else: Modeling / Art Direction: Nope, they used lovely pre-made Unity assets everywhere. The textures look like a 3D (!!!) game from the early aughts. The art is a mess. Even the iconography is awful. Development: Nope, the gameplay is rudimentary at best. The performance is downright embarrassing. Characters lag and stutter everywhere because they're trying to load in ten billion unity assets. Animations: lol Bug fixes: lol again Marketing: They literally stated they didn't want to do marketing before launch (what?). So, not this one either. Game Design: Nope, the gameplay is widely considered the worst thing about the game. It's just not fun at all. Nobody ever thought about how it would all stitch together. So, where'd it go? Where did the twelve million bucks actually go?
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Jun 17, 2018 17:57
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when do i get my asherons call spiritual successor.
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Groovelord Neato posted:when do i get my asherons call spiritual successor. project gorgon it's 40bux on steam
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Thursday Next posted:So, where'd it go? Where did the twelve million bucks actually go? Wait what? Twelve million? He raised 3M from Kickstarter, did he really get 9 mil for his blood?
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Jun 17, 2018 18:59
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Thursday Next posted:Yeah, I'd bet it's this one. Because as I said upthread, the money really really didn't go anywhere else: 
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Percelus posted:project gorgon it's 40bux on steam that game looks worse than ac.
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Percelus posted:project gorgon it's 40bux on steam Waiting for this to be out of Early Access first, but it looks very promising and is a true Asheron's Call successor from what i've seen.
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Groovelord Neato posted:that game looks worse than ac. Looks bad, yes, but it’s good as poo poo
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Gynovore posted:Wait what? Twelve million? He raised 3M from Kickstarter, did he really get 9 mil for his blood? He got 9 million from the monthly “telethons” that they still do, as well as from whales buying /pukeblood emotes and snowman dances. Their financials are available. We don’t know exactly how much cash was infused by other investors (Travian, Black Sun, etc). The financial data shows they’re making $2,000 / day on cash ship items, and $250,000 / quarter on begging telethons. These do not appear to cover their operating expenses, however. Thursday Next fucked around with this message at 19:18 on Jun 18, 2018 |
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hahahah he got twice what it cost to make eq and this is what the end result was. jesus christ.
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Thursday Next posted:He got 9 million from the monthly “telethons” that they still do, as well as from whales buying /pukeblood emotes and snowman dances. Their financials are available. We don’t know exactly how much cash was infused by other investors (Travian, Black Sun, etc). Okay, there's definitely something not kosher going on. For a hundredth of what they raised, they could have hired three Full Sail grads as 3D modelers, texture artists, playtesters, whatever. They had more than enough money and time to make a quality game, but chose not to.
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Gynovore posted:Okay, there's definitely something not kosher going on. For a hundredth of what they raised, they could have hired three Full Sail grads as 3D modelers, texture artists, playtesters, whatever. They had more than enough money and time to make a quality game, but chose not to. Chose not to or didn't know how. I honestly think they had no idea what they were getting into and instead of being resourceful and you know, researching this poo poo or hiring someone who had any experience in game studios in the past decade, they just stumbled forward because Garriott is the best game designer ever.
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Someone post the picture of Garriott's face on an iPad riding around on a hoverboard menacing the office like some kind of gazer.
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Gildiss posted:Someone post the picture of Garriott's face on an iPad riding around on a hoverboard menacing the office like some kind of gazer. I have never heard of this and now I won't be able to sleep until I see it!
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here's the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp1ogNn3oNs
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From the absurdly expensive cosplay wedding in France to the horrid robot boss that clearly makes employee uncomfortable, that video explains a whole lot about how this game turned out the way it did.
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It's hilarious how his entire attitude is "Ugh I'll do your stupid video game even though I'm a big astronaut man now" and it just bleeds contempt for the project. Especially since he's just a tourist. It's like if I thought I was a filmmaker because I went through Universal Studios and rode all the rides. Dr. Kyle Farnsworth fucked around with this message at 21:14 on Jun 19, 2018 |
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Jun 19, 2018 21:04
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drat you, goons! Your conspiracy made this happen!
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Lum making no mention of the game he was working on in his farewell Tweet is an amusing but of passive aggressiveness.
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CoffeeBooze posted:Lum making no mention of the game he was working on in his farewell Tweet is an amusing but of passive aggressiveness. What
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Of the game being good is what I suppose I meant.
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Lum i'm glad you escaped I hope you find a good job
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CoffeeBooze posted:Of the game being good is what I suppose I meant. Maybe even Lum isn't that crazy
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Stefan Prodan posted:Lum i'm glad you escaped I hope you find a good job He has only one offer.
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Freakazoid_ posted:He has only one offer. Ooooh look, Elves and Dwarves and Halflings and Clerics and Rangers and Wizards and... They should just call this "Generic MMO #6343" and sell it in a white box with a bar code.
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Freakazoid_ posted:He has only one offer. Lum ending up going to work for Brad seems oddly appropriate considering how his life has gone.
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Lum if you really need to work for an 80/90s gaming star maybe the Harebrained guys have an opening and those games are good
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They should have let Richard go, it's not like he's doing much. Godspeed Lum.
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HungryMedusa posted:They should have let Richard go, it's not like he's doing much. this will sound like a joke but lord shitish actually wrote in the contract for SoTA that he owns the IP and the company has permission to use it for only as long as he is employed and in charge of the company pretty sure the same abuse of his name is how he won the lawsuit against the tabula rasa guys and paid for his space ride
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HungryMedusa posted:They should have let Richard go, it's not like he's doing much.  Lum
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extra stout posted:this will sound like a joke but lord shitish actually wrote in the contract for SoTA that he owns the IP and the company has permission to use it for only as long as he is employed and in charge of the company Lmao what a god drat turd
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Solarin posted:Lmao what a god drat turd Sounds like a bit of a wizz with contract law TBH.
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Good luck to you, Lum. Please don't hitch your wagon to the very things you used to criticize. Next time, I mean.
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