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20 bucks? God damnit Smedley. Here's to hoping there's one huge update between now and mid-December, but I won't hold my breath.
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20 bucks? God damnit Smedley. Here's to hoping there's one huge update between now and mid-December, but I won't hold my breath.
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Nov 8, 2016 05:02
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Node posted:I'm talking about Ultima Online. Early access perks for ultima online include a tower gated in by 3 small houses, right next to the yew moongate. Games today can't beat that type of real estate. I was always jealous of the castle owners with a small house on their roof.
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Nov 8, 2016 06:23
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I expected more of you idiots to buy this so I could read about your experiences in this broke rear end game. They seem to be updating it a lot but unsurprisingly it also sounds too unfinished to be any fun.
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Nov 14, 2016 18:59
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Comrayn posted:I expected more of you idiots to buy this so I could read about your experiences in this broke rear end game. They seem to be updating it a lot but unsurprisingly it also sounds too unfinished to be any fun. there's really nothing to do in the game right now. you can walk around and click enemies and sell items to npcs, that's about it
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Nov 14, 2016 19:24
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Never stopped Albion 
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Nov 14, 2016 22:19
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I've been keeping up with this and watching some streams. AO is 90% more complete than this. While HS has an interesting foundation it seems like they lack almost everything that constitutes a game currently. Since they have almost nothing I imagine updates will bring in lots of basic stuff quickly. But the game looks extremely rough and unpolished from what I see. I would place this in the SC of game types category currently.
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Nov 14, 2016 22:46
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Looks like they may be "Pulling a Smed": http://massivelyop.com/2016/12/19/smed-says-heros-song-is-working-through-some-things/ Who woulda thought...
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Dec 23, 2016 13:08
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Hope they pull through, figure their $2 million investment was dependent on sales figures and it didn't do well. I've been revisiting it every update and it's pretty enjoyable as a randomly generated exploration game. Just wish they went with a different aesthetic because that certainly didn't help. They need to do a full on Everquest Next successor using Storybricks and some of the concepts they had from the planned Star Wars Galaxies "sandbox 2.0" update before someone told them to do the NGE. Maybe even do the Hero's Song thing where people host their own shards.
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Dec 23, 2016 14:11
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Calidor posted:Looks like they may be "Pulling a Smed": http://massivelyop.com/2016/12/19/smed-says-heros-song-is-working-through-some-things/ Game is canceled, studio is closing and everyone is offered a refund.
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Dec 26, 2016 20:25
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Dec 26, 2016 20:28
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I blame scam citizen for people not wanting to pay to develop games anymore
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Dec 26, 2016 20:45
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I hope Smed goes to work with McQuaid on Pantheon
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Dec 26, 2016 20:47
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This is really a shame. There just doesn't seem to be a big enough market for games like this anymore. The MMO genre's most addictive and least fun parts have been made use of with free to play mobile games while the more interesting elements have been shown to be unprofitable. Game buyers don't seem to want a long form game that offers choice. They instead vote with their dollar for a polished on-the-rails experience coupled with skinner boxes. The most innovative games seem to be ones that are aimed at children who don't seem to have a notion of what a polished game looks like yet. To me, that's the market these games need to start fitting into to make it.
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Dec 26, 2016 22:09
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They probably would have gotten a lot more buzz if they didn't use the garbage pixel art.
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Dec 26, 2016 23:59
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This game screamed terrible from the beginning.Orange Red Bull posted:I hope Smed goes to work with McQuaid on Pantheon It's no less than he deserves. Although if he has any real pull with McQuaid, he could convince him to adopt more sane design elements rather than just copying EQ wholesale.
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Using all the crowd funded money to snort crushed percocet off underage thai hookers doesn't really equate to 'going vegan' though. ...wait- or is that Brad McQuaid? Alexander DeLarge posted:One day one of these games is gonna come out, it's going to be great and you'll be wishing you clicked on my indiegogo link. You may get the game (for double the price) but I'll always have the exclusive Kickstarter emblem next to my name. We'll see who is laughing then Aren't you that same person that thinks Chronicles of Elyria is going to be a thing?
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Dec 27, 2016 01:30
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Octave posted:This is really a shame. People who are happy to put up with jank play survival sandbox merry go round, same with open full loot pvp. lovely, poorly designed mmos crash and burn near constantly because you play it then realise 'when GW2, FF14 and WoW exist, why am I playing this garbage?'.
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Dec 27, 2016 03:14
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And nothing meaningful was lost.
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Dec 27, 2016 06:13
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Xolve posted:Using all the crowd funded money to snort crushed percocet off underage thai hookers doesn't really equate to 'going vegan' though. McQuaid was the one who routinely stole prescription meds out of his employee's desks. AFAIK Smed never had substance abuse problems.
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Dec 27, 2016 15:04
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Smed's problem was abusing his customers if I remember correctly.
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Dec 27, 2016 15:39
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Xolve posted:Aren't you that same person that thinks Chronicles of Elyria is going to be a thing? Not only am I the guy that thinks Chronicles of Elyria is going to be a thing, I'm the guy who spent   +$5 on it  That reminds me, anyone want to cash out on their LTI Star Citizen ships? Alexander DeLarge fucked around with this message at 19:25 on Dec 27, 2016 |
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Dec 27, 2016 19:22
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The only interesting part of all this is speculating where Smed will wash up next.
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Dec 28, 2016 03:50
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Even money is on Pantheon.
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Dec 28, 2016 05:13
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Poor Smed.
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Dec 28, 2016 06:07
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Node posted:Poor Smed. Smed's dead baby, Smed's dead.
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clone on the phone posted:The only interesting part of all this is speculating where Smed will wash up next. I could see him consulting on Ashes of Creation (UE4 sandbox made by EQNext developers)
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Dec 28, 2016 13:56
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Just got this emailquote:Another quick update - We will start contacting you early next week and begin getting the refunds processed then. This week is getting things organized to begin that work and honestly with the holidays we have some people out with their families. I hope you can understand that part. We assure you 100% of your money will get back to you promptly. I think this redeems the man entirely.
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Dec 28, 2016 18:41
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Smed fails again, in Brad I trust.
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Despite knowing Smedley's track record, I was kind of interested in it back when it hit Kickstarter in January. But I pretty much lost all interest after they cancelled the KS almost immediately, then resurfaced months later having swapped the decent looking retro art style to something I got out of a cereal box in the 90s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAD7QIX32cI&t=229s I remember thinking their development roadmap was insanely aggressive too. They wanted it launched and live in something like 10 months.
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The art style was kind of what put me off too. The art style in the kickstarter was rad, but the potato-y 3d models that they started using after the kickstarter failed looked super out of place.
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Mormon Star Wars posted:The art style was kind of what put me off too. The art style in the kickstarter was rad, but the potato-y 3d models that they started using after the kickstarter failed looked super out of place. I think I remember the pixel stuff but I missed the potato graphics. Would love to see that.
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clone on the phone posted:I think I remember the pixel stuff but I missed the potato graphics. Would love to see that. Here was the way characters were drawn in the kickstarter:  And here is after:  
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Dec 29, 2016 10:02
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This is the artist we want....... and this is the artist we can afford.
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drat I was checking on this game every six months or so. At least I can check it off the list.
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See you guys in Smedley's new game that he's making for Amazon New World, thread coming soon
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You'll be able to buy virtual bullets to load in your musket for amazon points.
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forge posted:You'll be able to buy virtual bullets to load in your musket for amazon points. As long as I can point it at my virtual head to blow my virtual brains out.
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