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Raskolnikov2089 posted:Wait, the group that made GalCiv? What have they done? They've been engaged in a nearly decade-long attempt to steal the rights to Star Control after managing to buy the Star Control name and nothing else. They are really lovely and awful beyond that, but this is just another one for the pile of "Brad Wardell is one of the worst people in gaming". It involved stuff like threatening to sue the open-source remake project because the Star control creators gave them rights over the name Ur-Quan Masters (the alternate title of Star Control 2 that the creators own) if they didn't sign this licensing deal that actually stipulated that Stardock got all rights to Star Control 2's story, characters, etc if the project's forums ever did anything Stardock disapproved of. They also did stuff like run a PR campaign to portray the original creators as frauds who convinced everyone falsely, including the publishers of Star Control 1/2/3 that they created Star Control when they had actually nothing to do with it and this Fine Team from the Publishers did all the work. And this is really just the tip of the iceberg. Stardock is poo poo lal the way down.
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Kchama posted:Is there a thread on the insane Stardock drama somewhere? 'Cuz it is insane. UQM is actually not terrible but it's old and outdated and it shows and lol Stardock just carbon copied it without much updating. I'm not aware of one on SA. I got curious after seeing a post or two about it in the SA Star Citizen thread, and did enough googling to find this giant offsite megathread. Even if you don't read through it all, the first post is a well researched timeline of events: https://forum.quartertothree.com/t/the-third-doctrinal-war-stardock-reiche-ford-and-star-control/134515
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BobHoward posted:I'm not aware of one on SA. I got curious after seeing a post or two about it in the SA Star Citizen thread, and did enough googling to find this giant offsite megathread. Even if you don't read through it all, the first post is a well researched timeline of events: Yeah I post there too. I was just wondering about on SA as it's... probably a pretty good topic for the Games forum.
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Six AM posted:How can a cash shop be manipulative Not directly cash-shop, but how about an adaptive game that manipulates the user experience to drive them into the cash shop, then changes the experience to make it appear as if going to the cash shop was what really made all the difference?  https://archive.fo/Y3kR6 Alternatively, the cash shop withholds sex from me unless I take out the garbage. That works too.
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Yeah, no, gaming sucks now. I'm never playing anything ever again, gently caress that poo poo
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Lol
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Mr. Pickles posted:Yeah, no, gaming sucks now. I'm never playing anything ever again, gently caress that poo poo You're not wrong.
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If they could somehow relaunch UO with the original ruleset on a global level I think it would actually work. There are plenty of people who never played it, thus providing "sheep", and having it consolidated to a single server could provide the same population level that the original servers had. I don't even mind the original graphics, that 2d art ages wayyy better than something like original everquest. People always say it's all nostalgia but it's really not, it's a perfect storm of circumstances. You can play on UO Second Age right now but there are like 60 active players and everyone knows everything. If you could check all the boxes of the original game I really do think it would still own just as hard.
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You're describing Legends of Aria.
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I said come in! posted:You're describing Legends of Aria. or UO Outland, which is cool and good and actually has a lot of players.
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I said come in! posted:You're not wrong. No seriously, these days I am addicted to a smalltime little pixel mmo game called Aberoth which is mostly populated by OSRS kids and teens and is made and supported by a single developer. It's been going for a decade and had its steam release a few years back. Its a sandboxy full-loot-like rear end in a top hat simulator, but it becomes more and more rewarding the more you commit to it. The kids love me and they give me free stuff and its hella fun. I've been tempted to call  on it many times, but the developer is a smart one as the game requires much individual effort by each player before becoming even remotely relevant in pvp regardless of gear, so you can't do goon shenanigans right off the bat with numbers. Anyway thats my story, here's a nice pic and gently caress youhttps://imgur.com/lnn49FA
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Should have been a hello neighbor reference
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Seeing as this is free, I went in for a try. It's total poo poo. Seriously. Just awful, ugly as sin, crap story and INSTANCES EVERYWHERE!
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RagnarokZ posted:Seeing as this is free, I went in for a try. Can't have other peoples in my MMOs
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Did you see any other players?
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I haven't even gotten past page one of this thread, and already I noticed that the skeletal mage model used in the deck example video in the OP is the same one that's used in Project: Gorgon. Aren't developers willing to find artists anymore?
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May 27, 2019 16:51
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Was it taken straight from the Unity asset store?
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CoffeeBooze posted:Did you see any other players? Yes, a bunch of Outlanders, which is the starting title. Which means they are the same as me, bored idiots. You get a free house for just logging in the first time too.
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Canuckistan posted:Was it taken straight from the Unity asset store? Every art asset in Shroud of the Avatar is from the Unity asset store. In a lot of cases, the cash shop uses free unity art assets and the sells them. It's extremely sketchy and scummy. RagnarokZ posted:You get a free house for just logging in the first time too. If I understand it correctly you also need to buy the land to put the house on, which can cost thousands of dollars (real money). To make matters worst, you need permission from an actual player for which there are very few, and they can kick you off their land with no warning.
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so how much of the money do you think thy actually spent making the game?
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Does that includes Garriot's salary?
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Gildiss posted:or UO Outland, which is cool and good and actually has a lot of players. like/thumbsup/+1
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I logged in and played like 3 days. There are improvements, but it's still the same game and it seems like they're going to focus on Episode 2 now 🤣
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Is it fun as a curiosity at least
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It is free to play, so check it out and report back!
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Verbose posted:Is it fun as a curiosity at least not at all
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It's just straight up turds
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Unctuous Cretin posted:I logged in and played like 3 days. There are improvements, but it's still the same game and it seems like they're going to focus on Episode 2 now 🤣 preordered
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In episode 2 you can buy ye olde bungalows and a flask of Lord British's special soup
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There's a pretty good chance if you were on any of even the lowest Kickstarter tiers that you're going to get Episode 2 as well.
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Will Episode 2 even ever come out? Port has yet to show any content from it that i'm aware of.
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Flavor Truck posted:I haven't even gotten past page one of this thread, and already I noticed that the skeletal mage model used in the deck example video in the OP is the same one that's used in Project: Gorgon. Aren't developers willing to find artists anymore? project: gorgon has the excuse of being a 2 person team that only costs 40bux for access to all the content and things also i believe ceo chris spears is the visionary leader needed to turn this project around
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Been playing it for a bit this last month. It isn't awful, but I really can't give a good reason for playing it longterm other than wanting to keep in touch with other players. The content just isn't there.
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Popping in to say that it's a wonderful, intelligent and Very Smart idea for all of you to invest heavily in this game for a mere $7999 each https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/?page_id=9085 (scroll down) Look it even includes this fabluous reward: "Fine dinner and drinks with Lord British, Darkstarr, & Atos at a location TBD in Austin or NYC." You know it makes sense. Invest now, if not sooner! Hurry only 7 bundles left!
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In that picture of donors having dinner with Lord British why are the only two people not wearing fancy clothes also the only two people who arent white? Everybody else gets some goofy costume but he stuck the black lady and the asian dude with basically a burlap bag? What the hell.
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Note that the office tour no longer is offered, given that, well. Unfortunately I really have no clue how the Episode 2 commitment will be met without a cash infusion (much larger than $8000) and getting about 15+ new hires up to speed. Lum_ fucked around with this message at 16:46 on Jul 9, 2019 |
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