Mad Max RW wrote on May 20, 2013, 11:37:

Kristian Joensen wrote on May 20, 2013, 11:33:

Mad Max RW wrote on May 20, 2013, 09:27:
Looks somewhat cartoonish. Very colorful and unlike the drab browns of most shooters. There isn't much to see and I'm not all that excited about what I heard from Devolver.

Also, Shadow Warrior Classic on Steam has a page.

Team Fortress 2? That is cartoonish.
XIII? That is cartoonish.
Borderlands? Borderlands 2? Those are catoonish.

This thankfully does not have a cartoonish look with the characters sticking out like a sore thumb.

On the contrary this has an extremely realistic style. Yes it is colorful but that is certainly not the same as cartoonish.

That's why I said somewhat cartoonish. And it is. It amuses me when you take it as almost a personal attack.

Mad Max RW wrote on May 20, 2013, 09:27:
Looks somewhat cartoonish. Very colorful and unlike the drab browns of most shooters. There isn't much to see and I'm not all that excited about what I heard from Devolver.

Also, Shadow Warrior Classic on Steam has a page.

Mad Max RW wrote on May 6, 2013, 16:17:
I'm hoping for a re-branded Prey 2. The original concept was very cool.

Warskull wrote on Apr 22, 2013, 20:15:
While Gearbox deserves every bit of criticism for Aliens:Colonial Marine, it really isn't fair to pin Duke Nukem Forever on them. That failure is squarely on the shoulders of 3D Realms.

People were asking to have Duke Nukem Forever pushed out after 3D Realms finally shuttered. We all knew the game was probably terrible after being stuck in development help for so long.

Now A:CM, Gearbox should be ashamed of that game for the rest of their lives.

GameProducer.net: It says on your website that Prey is developed by Humanhead and produced by 3DRealms, what exactly that means? What 3D Realms is doing Prey in production?

Scott Miller: Well, in this case we stay true to the Hollywood meaning of the word Producer. This means that we provide funding, and we oversee the project, and put together the right team to create the project (i.e. a developer and a publisher).

Publisher/producer? What roles behind a game do these take? For example, how much input does one have in the actual design of a title?

Scott: When we act as a producer, we often contribute significant funding to a project, which allows it to reach a point where it is much easier to pitch to publishers. We also provide design guidance, marketing guidance (for example, I was a prime mover on all marketing for Duke Nukem 3D, Max Payne, and Prey, leading the design of the retail boxes, game ads, picking the screen shots, writing all of the marketing text, etc.), and at the end, we are deeply involved with play-testing and polishing. It’s quite a lot of work, but then, it’s also really fun.




Prey was well received by press and gamers alike, so just how much input did 3D Realms have in its development?

Scott: All of the above! Big money. The overall concept came from me, and was then co-shaped by Human Head and me together. I brought in all three of the external writers and worked closely with them, and Human Head, to lay-out the story and characters. Human Head and I worked on all of the key gameplay ideas, some coming from me (death walk, spirit walk, Talon) and some from Human Head (gravity and wall walking). And many from 3DR were involved with the game’s play-testing. It really is a big collaboration.

Money is the root of all evil. Said one developer, “Someone once told me the Golden Rule really is, ‘The guy with the gold makes the rules.’” Scott Miller, 3D Realms co-founder, states it just as plainly. “The dirty secret is: Publishers control developers through payments. Rockstar was paying Human Head so late on the milestones payments [in the early days of Prey] that 3D Realms was jumping in to help Human Head because they had payroll to meet. [Rockstar] even said to us, ‘[You’re] taking over the control [we] have over developers.’ Nasty stuff like that happens all the time.” For its part, 3D Realms is helping its fellow developers by offering creative and financial assistance on projects.

Naturally, the money that publishers pour into a project entitles them to have some say. These suggestions can run the gamut of good, bad, and ugly. “When Prey was being developed early on it was actually a Rockstar-label game,” explains Miller. “At the time, Metroid Prime was going to be released, and they had the whole visor thing, and this producer [from Rockstar] said, ‘Well, the visor is going to be a big thing for Metroid, and we should have a visor for Prey.’ And it didn’t fit anything to do with the game at all. So it ended up where we were rejecting all these crazy ideas, and for that reason along with some others, Rockstar ended up dropping the game because we were too hard to work with.”

Even with everything all set up, the
project still had its problems. You would
have been forgiven if you’d thought Prey
was cursed. It gave Gerritsen and his
team some nail-biting moments.
“Though I can’t discuss details due to
non-disclosure agreements, I can say
that Human Head worked without a
publishing contract for about 18 months
due to our dispute with our publisher.
That was pretty frightening since Human
Head is an independent studio, and we
were dependent on our milestone
payments to pay for production."
“3D Realms, however, believed in the
game and what we were doing with
development, and they funded us during
that period. This kept the company, and
the project, alive during that period."

Just to be clear that I do not hijack improper credit, Max Payne was developed (all content and code) by Remedy Entertainment (they did all the hard work!), and produced by 3D Realms (meaning we funded a significant portion of the game, handled the publishing agreements, helped guide the game's design, helped play-tested and polished the game, handled the shareware release, and oversaw and co-designed the game's marketing).

netnerd85 wrote on Apr 22, 2013, 17:29:

Kobalt wrote on Apr 22, 2013, 16:44:
Downward trend? The only game that company has ever made that wasn't mediocre to the extreme was borderlands.

Half Life: Opposing Force.

And FUCK SAKE PEOPLE, stop being dumb as shit, Gearbox did not develop Duke Nukem Forever, they published it, that is ALL.

I mean just how retarded are you people. Google gives you all the answers yet you just continue to be stupid.

Sorry to bring FACTS into your circle jerk of rage.

Why not? Don't ask me! I am all for it and think it makes a lot of sense but Gearbox as a company probably won't do it. They are one of the most "corporate" companies in the industry. No mod tools, no free DLC, no Linux versions, no source code releases for old games(but to be fair they probably don't have the right to do that for any of their old games). They don't do any of those things.

They may as well be one of those big, publicly listed publishers when it comes to those sort of things. You won't see a Linux version of a Gearbox game just as you won't see a Linux version of a Activision game or an EA game.

If Gearbox were to be acquired by Activision nothing would change, all the changes people would usually be worried about already apply to Gearbox as a company. They already operate in that manner.

TychoCelchuuu wrote on Apr 6, 2013, 11:48:
Oh come on, there's an easy way to figure this out. Just pretend to announce a new NOLF game and wait to see who sues you.

Darks wrote on Mar 22, 2013, 10:33:
Somehow, I seriously doubt that they will be using the funds from this game fully. When they sit here and defend that they we will be using the funds just for the game. That raises a red flag to me. And 700K to add Chris, I dont see it.

Yosemite Sam wrote on Jan 24, 2013, 20:16:
Um... ya... um... doesnt Vivendi own the rights to the Homeworld IP. Relic couldnt make Homeworld 3 because they dont own the rights to it, which is why its been in limbo.

EDIT, er I mean Activision seeing as they bought Sierra from Vivendi.

Marvin T. Martian wrote on Dec 22, 2012, 17:31:
Please be SP, Please , please please!!

Ratty wrote on Dec 12, 2012, 16:50:
I was thinking of getting this but realized I couldn't deal with the low-rez pixelated sprites. I'm no graphics whore but even I have my limit. Then I saw the comments about the Duke High Rez Pak and Eduke32. The high rez pak looks pretty awesome. I'm not sure what Eduke32 is about. What's the difference between the two? Which is better?

Omni wrote on Nov 29, 2012, 11:42:
They should give this for free those who own a copy Brink as excuse for wasting there money on such a letdown.

MajorD wrote on Nov 29, 2012, 10:44:
I find it interesting that they (Splash Damage) have a new/different publisher too. And based on the publisher (WarChest), it could be an indication that the game will be 'Free To Play'.