Game News Soren Johnson's Mars RTS officially announced: Offworld Trading Company

[Whisky]

Tags: Mohawk Games; Offworld Trading Company

The Mars RTS by Soren Johnson has been finally officially announced. Offworld Trading Company is now available for pre-order, with two ordering options on their site, a normal copy for $34.99 (5 dollars off the release price) and the Founder's Elite Edition which will allow you access to prototypes, even before Steam Early Access; and you'll have access to private feedback forums.

The first prototype should be released this Fall, but the actual game's release date is undetermined.

 

[tuluse]

I love me some Civ 4, but I just don't know about this game.

Unless by economy RTS he means something like transport tycoon, then

 

[Hellraiser]

I'm skeptical due to it not being hard scifi, which it fucking should be.

 

[Angthoron]

They could've at least shown some gameplay before putting up preorders. Hell, even some screenshots wouldn't hurt.

 

[SuicideBunny]

I'm skeptical due to it not being hard scifi, which it fucking should be.

hard sf makes great fiction but shitty gameplay, unless you're a simfag.

 

[catfood]

They didn't even release one screenshot and they're asking for money?

 

[DashiDMV]

As an aside is 20 dollars good for Crusader Kings I + II + all DLC? It is the Humble deal of the day.

 

[asper]

I'm skeptical due to it not being hard scifi, which it fucking should be.

hard sf makes great fiction but shitty gameplay, unless you're a simfag.

We're talking Alpha Centauri levels of hard here. Which, for a computer game, is hard enough.

But I do think this novel in game form (adventure? rpg?) would be.... orgasmic.

 

[Burning Bridges]

I dunno. Most of that novel was drivel about people and their uninteresting relationships.
There was not enough Mars for me in "Red Mars", so I put it away half way (in the first part of the trilogy).

 

[cvv]

Had never read a book that was both utterly fascinating and soul-crushingly boring until Red Mars.

Johnson is a great trademark with a huge street cred but yeah, to base your campaign only on this without any gameplay or even screenshots is either too ballsy or too naive.

 

[MicoSelva]

As an aside is 20 dollars good for Crusader Kings I + II + all DLC? It is the Humble deal of the day.

The bundle does not contain all DLC. If it did, it would be a good deal.

 

[Angthoron]

Had never read a book that was both utterly fascinating and soul-crushingly boring until Red Mars.

Johnson is a great trademark with a huge street cred but yeah, to base your campaign only on this without any gameplay or even screenshots is either too ballsy or too naive.

Kinda funny, as I was reading that Gunpoint guy's blog yesterday, where some industry people adviced him to release the demo after he'd start taking preorders, and even after the game would launch. Except he didn't. Looks like the exact opposite in this case, except more extreme.

 

[thesheeep]

Johnson is a great trademark with a huge street cred but yeah, to base your campaign only on this without any gameplay or even screenshots is either too ballsy or too naive.

As a side effect, such "behaviour" pisses on the efforts of those who do work hard to have something to show when they start their campaigns, for the sole purpose of convincing people that they can do what they claim.
It pretty much says "We're so good, everyone knows we will be able to pull it off". And that really only works for very few people/studios.

 

[Burning Bridges]

In before Kickstarter | Unity3D | Steam Greenlight| bullshit | blabla

 

[Burning Bridges]

That picture is hardly worth a thousand words .. What is this supposed to tell us about the game, except that Mars has terrain?

 

[LESS T_T]

In before Kickstarter | Unity3D | Steam Greenlight| bullshit | blabla

They're funded by Stardock, and using a high-end engine.

I agree that they should show some gameplay before pre-selling things, though.

 

[SuicideBunny]

Had never read a book that was both utterly fascinating and soul-crushingly boring until Red Mars.

I dunno. Most of that novel was drivel about people and their uninteresting relationships.
There was not enough Mars for me in "Red Mars", so I put it away half way (in the first part of the trilogy).

haha, nice to see i'm not the only one who felt like this.

 

[thesheeep]

That picture is hardly worth a thousand words .. What is this supposed to tell us about the game, except that Mars has terrain?

Idiot!
Mars is obviously also red-brown-ish.

 

[Angthoron]

That picture is hardly worth a thousand words .. What is this supposed to tell us about the game, except that Mars has terrain?

Idiot!
Mars is obviously also red-brown-ish.

There are also canals on mars apparently. What if they're dried-up riverbeds?!

 

[anus_pounder]

 

[Drakron]

... except that Mars has terrain?

That it have ice?