What sci-fi rpg would that be?
My guess is Sven figures that the best advantage he gain over the other indie companies is releasing games that scratch a lot of itches before anyone else does. Realistically, are you going to *not* buy Larian's sci-fi RPG during the whatever number of years it takes for Obsidian or inXile to get around to making one?
My guess is Sven figures that the best advantage he gain over the other indie companies is releasing games that scratch a lot of itches before anyone else does. Realistically, are you going to *not* buy Larian's sci-fi RPG during the whatever number of years it takes for Obsidian or inXile to get around to making one?
By the time InExile and Obsidian get around to make one, I probably still won't find motivation to finish D:OS after getting bored out of my ass in the 3rd act.
The 'second wave' of Kickstarter RPGs needs to dramatically improve to keep me interested. As much as I love this genre, its way too fucking time-consumiing of a hobby to waste my time on mediocrity. InExile did reactivity right, Larian did the combat right, but otherwise they've both cocked up nearly everything else. Obsidian at least put out a fairly solid overall package, but there's nothing they really did exceptionally.
The 'second wave' of Kickstarter RPGs needs to dramatically improve to keep me interested. As much as I love this genre, its way too fucking time-consumiing of a hobby to waste my time on mediocrity ... there's nothing they really did exceptionally.
InExile did reactivity right
players will have too change too. If Codexers keep measuring every release against whatever metric
Larian should stick to just improving their engine and licensing it to more talented developers, lets hope these new development studios are more apt than their Belgian bosses.
The only reason Larian is still around is because they're a small studio with a few talented people that have developed usually good games every 2-3 years. Good, full-fledged rpgs cannot be mass-produced in 1-year time.
inb4 outside investors swoop in on the smoldering ruins of another over-extended developer-publisher.Clearly, Mr. Vincke likes to live dangerously.
oh my GOD a business expanding due to success whatever shall we do
oh my GOD a business expanding due to success whatever shall we do
A studio in Russia? At least one of those three is going to be shovelware.
Anyway, am not much worried really, not regarding their finances. I think Swen's proven he's got what it takes. Sincerely doubt he is over-extending, bound to be some "net" somewhere.
Swen said:This meant extra delays however, which in turn meant a need for extra budget. Steam Early Access was getting us some money but unfortunately that wasn’t sufficient. We needed to pay back our creditors who were all under the conviction that the game would be out sooner. When, to my surprise, it turned out that they didn’t share our belief that everything was going to be ok and even better if we listened to the feedback, I had to engage in a lot of fun conversations. Between “it’s ready when it’s done” and actually following up on that mantra, there unfortunately lies a big gap that can only be bridged with financial stamina.
I think we would’ve continued development even longer, but when I had to dash to a far away place where lived the one last bank director who still wanted to give us sufficient credit to pay a part of what we owed to another bank, it was clear that we needed to finish. I wasn’t joking when I said it was all in.
The 'second wave' of Kickstarter RPGs needs to dramatically improve to keep me interested. As much as I love this genre, its way too fucking time-consumiing of a hobby to waste my time on mediocrity ... there's nothing they really did exceptionally.
You might want to adjust your expectations. You do not pledge for a D:OS KS campaign hoping on a breakthrough in story quality or presentation. Just as you do not pledge in a PoE campaign in the hopes of getting a combat system akin to JA2's. You have every right to demand the moon and stars, but none (i would think, just me) to criticise people when they fail to deliver them to you. Better is always good, basing your expectations upon nothing concrete is not.