Game News Bard's Tale IV Kickstarter Update #29: Combat Mechanics Overview

[Zeriel]

This also looks like it will be the first InXile game that doesn't have completely terrible art. I wonder why--new hires, I guess, aren't most of the people working on this game in the new Louisiana studio?

Same art director as Wasteland 2, Maxx(xxx) Kaufman.

Then it remains perplexing to me. It certainly can't be the budget. Wasteland got more money.

Maybe they were just too fucking busy figuring out their business organization at the time of Wasteland to make a genuine artistic effort. Thank god for Unreal 4 is all I have to say.

 

[Infinitron]

This also looks like it will be the first InXile game that doesn't have completely terrible art. I wonder why--new hires, I guess, aren't most of the people working on this game in the new Louisiana studio?

Same art director as Wasteland 2, Maxx(xxx) Kaufman.

Then it remains perplexing to me. It certainly can't be the budget. Wasteland got more money.

Maybe they were just too fucking busy figuring out their business organization at the time of Wasteland to make a genuine artistic effort. Thank god for Unreal 4 is all I have to say.

...in its Kickstarter campaign. Bard's Tale IV has access to the profits of Wasteland 2 and future profits of Torment.

But really, it's a different kind of game. Maybe he has better ideas for fantasy art design. *shrug*

 

[Zeriel]

Yeah, that's kind of what I was getting at. It's fucked up and I don't like it, but first Kickstarters often seem like they're funding a company's ability to organize and get their shit together more than the actual game. So later efforts if they keep the income coming in will, at the same funding level, get a lot more bang for buck.

 

[Kem0sabe]

They will be mocking shit up until release, then you can play it for realz and it will be shit.

Dunno why people keep believing anything that comes out of Fargos mouth/mouthpieces. After the Wl2 'release day patch will fix everything' 'you need to play 40 hour Arizona prologue to get to the real game'

 

[Darkzone]

In Maxx Kaufmans profile is listed Bard's Tale and Bard's Tale 2 (for whatever reason), Heist, Haunted the Demon's Forge, Wasteland and Bard's Tale IV. He worked for Gray Matter Studios (Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Trinity) and Xatrix Entertainment. So perhaps WL2 was just an accident.

 

[Zeriel]

People talked a lot of shit about Hunted, but its art was pretty cool. If he was behind the almost-entirely-naked elf chick protagonist, he can't be all bad.

 

[jungl]

This one of my favorite rpg sub genres hopefully Inexile can bring it back in the fold again. MMX was a fun game but had some huge flaws I thought it was hilarious in the games final dungeon you went up against essentially kingdom hearts heartless that didn't make the cut.

 

[Infinitron]

Bard's Tale 2 (for whatever reason)

Huh, so there was supposed to be a sequel to that game. I'm not sure if that's news, or if people knew and just didn't care enough to remember.

 

[Wizfall]

MMX was awful because customization/development of your characters were extremely limited.
And it is in my opinion the most important aspect of a blobber, watch your custom party grow and be somewhat unique (like in Wizardry 8).
This basic flaw makes me lose all interest in MMX.

 

[Darkzone]

Bard's Tale 2 (for whatever reason)

Huh, so there was supposed to be a sequel to that game. I'm not sure if that's news, or if people knew and just didn't care enough to remember.

Heehhh? The implication was: Did he really worked on BT1 and BT2, because i can't remember reading his name in the credits in the manual or the box.
I remember only reading the name and the picture of Micheal Cranford in the BT1 box or Manual and i know from Rebecca Heineman, that Lawrence Holland composed the music for BT. And in Wikipedia is listed Eric Joyner and Don Carson as the artist making the original cover art and David Lowery as the graphics designer for BT1, but that does not necessary exclude Maxx Kaufman from working on BT1 and BT2.

 

[Infinitron]

Bard's Tale 2 (for whatever reason)

Huh, so there was supposed to be a sequel to that game. I'm not sure if that's news, or if people knew and just didn't care enough to remember.

Heehhh? The implication was: Did he really worked on BT1 and BT2, because i can't remember reading his name in the credits in the manual or the box.
I remember only reading the name and the picture of Micheal Cranford in the BT1 box or Manual and i know from Rebecca Heineman, that Lawrence Holland composed the music for BT. And in Wikipedia is listed Eric Joyner and Don Carson as the artist making the original cover art and David Lowery as the graphics designer for BT1, but that does not necessary exclude Maxx Kaufman from working on BT1 and BT2.

Hah no, it's obviously a cancelled sequel to the new Bard's Tale (the old new Bard's Tale, heh). He didn't work on the 80s games, the guy's probably too young to have been around for those.

 

[Metro]

MMX was so tepidly boring I couldn't even finish it. Amazing? Plz.

 

[Darkzone]

Heehhh? The implication was: Did he really worked on BT1 and BT2, because i can't remember reading his name in the credits in the manual or the box.
I remember only reading the name and the picture of Micheal Cranford in the BT1 box or Manual and i know from Rebecca Heineman, that Lawrence Holland composed the music for BT. And in Wikipedia is listed Eric Joyner and Don Carson as the artist making the original cover art and David Lowery as the graphics designer for BT1, but that does not necessary exclude Maxx Kaufman from working on BT1 and BT2.

Hah no, it's obviously a cancelled sequel to the new Bard's Tale (the old new Bard's Tale, heh). He didn't work on the 80s games, the guy's probably too young to have been around for those.

So wait there was a planned sequel to BT2004, and it was not made. NOOOOOOoooooooo.....
But perhaps threre is still hope, if Torment and BTIV have good reviews and sales. Also Cary Elwes is still alive to reprise his amazing role as The Bard. Sadly Tony Jay is dead, but certainly there are many more brits on this world with a good voice.

 

[Lady_Error]

So I guess the monsters will be 3D models, not 2D? The 2D art in Wasteland was excellent and most of the 3D stuff looked okay as well. I didn't like the 3D world map though.

 

[ColCol]

From this post I really do see the hearthstone feeling they were discussing earlier. I hope they keep combat like this.

 

[worldsmith]

Why the fuck the warrior with dual blades has reach 2? Why the fuck some dude with a longbow needs to be able to hit something "4 squares away"...it's a fucking longbow.

Having mounted his arrow to the end of his trusty bow, he now has a 50% reach advantage over all of those dumb warriors with their swords. There can be no dispute - none is more clever than... The Hunter.

 

[Darkzone]

So I guess the monsters will be 3D models, not 2D? The 2D art in Wasteland was excellent and most of the 3D stuff looked okay as well. I didn't like the 3D world map though.

I was also against it from day 1, and i think that it brought nothing to the game, beside that it was in 3D.

 

[undecaf]

I'd be sold if they made that 3D stuff look and behave like those old stop-motion animations just for the fuck of it.

 

[United Nations]

UI will suck.

Certainly looks like it will.

 

[Manmower]

Good to see our old friend Brian 'The Long Con' Fargo at it again.