Bard's Tale The Bard's Tale IV Pre-Release Thread [RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[tuluse]

so they've shot the KS video huh

hope they've developed a prototype cuz I'm not backing any more shit based on promises alone

for any future KS (inxile or otherwise) I will have to know the following before I back it:
1) amount of gore
2) how intrusive will backer-added bullshit be
3) if it be a linear piece of shit with faux C&C

Not to dissuade you, but I don't know exactly what you'd learn from a Bard's Tale protoype. Look, it's an RPG in first person! Also, not sure how important non-linearity is, outside of good dungeon design (which again you wouldn't really see in a prototype).

 

[Zed]

so they've shot the KS video huh

hope they've developed a prototype cuz I'm not backing any more shit based on promises alone

for any future KS (inxile or otherwise) I will have to know the following before I back it:
1) amount of gore
2) how intrusive will backer-added bullshit be
3) if it be a linear piece of shit with faux C&C

Not to dissuade you, but I don't know exactly what you'd learn from a Bard's Tale protoype. Look, it's an RPG in first person! Also, not sure how important non-linearity is, outside of good dungeon design (which again you wouldn't really see in a prototype).

a prototype will tell me whether their fundamental idea had any promise or not.

are you sure it will be a first person RPG?

 

[Infinitron]

Zed Do you want a prototype you can download and play, or just footage of one? Or merely a promise in words that they have one?

Because I'm fairly certain we will see some form of "gameplay" footage during the Kickstarter campaign, same as we did with Torment.

 

[Zed]

Zed Do you want a prototype you can download and play, or just footage of one? Or merely a promise in words that they have one?

Because I'm fairly certain we will see some form of "gameplay" footage during the Kickstarter campaign, same as we did with Torment.

gameplay video of how combat works would be swell, so we don't have to rely on their word to deliver on something which later turns out to be some neu xcom rip-off

 

[Zeriel]

I couldn't give a shit about an actual prototype, but whether or not I'm jizzing out of excitement or want everyone involved to die horribly in regards to a first person RPG really depends on them having some etched-in-stone design fundamentals, if Fargo just has a bunch of marketing hype lined up, my interest level is approximately zero.

Actual turn-based blobber, though? That would get all of my wallet.

 

[Zed]

I couldn't give a shit about an actual prototype, but whether or not I'm jizzing out of excitement or want everyone involved to die horribly in regards to a first person RPG really depends on them having some etched-in-stone design fundamentals, if Fargo just has a bunch of marketing hype lined up, my interest level is approximately zero.

Actual turn-based blobber, though? That would get all of my wallet.

a prototype or a demo goes a long way in terms of having etched-in-stone design fundamentals

 

[tuluse]

Zed Do you want a prototype you can download and play, or just footage of one? Or merely a promise in words that they have one?

Because I'm fairly certain we will see some form of "gameplay" footage during the Kickstarter campaign, same as we did with Torment.

gameplay video of how combat works would be swell, so we don't have to rely on their word to deliver on something which later turns out to be some neu xcom rip-off

Remember though, they showed us early footage of Wasteland combat and it looked pretty good to people.

 

[Athelas]

A video of a gameplay prototype would be counterproductive to the goals of a Kickstarter campaign, since videos of gameplay prototypes rarely look good.

 

[Zombra]

I don't expect to see a functioning alpha or anything, but nowadays it's hard to take a game KS seriously without some concrete visuals of what it will look like in play.

Silvery talk about imagination and spun sugar were enough for Broken Age and Wasteland 2, but those dreaming days are gone now.

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

Website is up:
http://bardstale.inxile-entertainment.com/

 

[Infinitron]

Website is up:
http://bardstale.inxile-entertainment.com/

Brother None sea It appears that you guys have two Twitch channels:

http://www.twitch.tv/inxile
http://www.twitch.tv/inxile_entertainment

 

[Infinitron]

https://twitter.com/BrianFargo/status/596353204943622144

Brian Fargo‏@BrianFargo
The CEO of metric driven games is back....

Hasn't the kid's voice changed by now

 

[stony3k]

https://twitter.com/BrianFargo/status/596353204943622144

Brian Fargo‏@BrianFargo
The CEO of metric driven games is back....

Hasn't the kid's voice changed by now

Is that Fargo's house?

 

[Brother None]

Is that Fargo's house?

No, that's our office building in Newport Beach.

 

[stony3k]

Is that Fargo's house?

No, that's our office building in Newport Beach.

Ok, was just wondering. Looks much better than most bland office buildings here in the US

 

[Athelas]

Is that kid just perpetually stuck in early puberty? It's been over 3 years since the WL2 video was shot.

 

[Metro]

Kid looks like he's put on some weight.

 

[Klarion]

is this game going to be first person only?

 

[Metro]

Going to be card based like Hearthstone, duh.

 

[Kem0sabe]

Hey look, its Brian Fargo the millionaire trying to look cool to the poor unwashed masses by saying "lets fight the establishment that made me rich!"

 

[Darkzone]

Is that Fargo's house?

No, that's our office building in Newport Beach.

Now we know where all the kickstarter money went. Get for all the InXile employees a trailer in a trailer park, this would spare much money for the game development.

 

[ArchAngel]

Is that Fargo's house?

No, that's our office building in Newport Beach.

Now we know where all the kickstarter money went. Get for all the InXile employees a trailer in a trailer park, this would spare much money for the game development.

Only if they also get them one of those girls for "improving the mood of programmers" like Chinese get for their employees

 

[Metro]

At least he doesn't insist on operating out of San Francisco like that money pit, Tim Schafer.

 

[Infinitron]

inXile's offices look like crap. Darkzone does have potato standards though

 

[stony3k]

At least he doesn't insist on operating out of San Francisco like that money pit, Tim Schafer.

I'm not sure how much cheaper Newport Beach is compared to SF bay area. It's still California and a suburb of LA