nin wrote on Apr 13, 2012, 15:43:

In short, indies cannot produce yet Skyrim games with that breadth

And not every game has to be a skyrim. There's plenty of enjoyable games out there that I'm pretty sure were made for a reasonable/modest budget.

space captain wrote on Apr 13, 2012, 13:53:

ASeven wrote on Apr 13, 2012, 13:32:
Aaaaaaaaand... no. Just no. This is a KS that's bound to fail and rightfully so.

wtf are you talking about

learn to read

Bhruic wrote on Apr 13, 2012, 13:56:

Considering the number of successful kickstarters recently I'd say you don't need a 9 figure to make a great game. See: Grimrock, Frozen Synapse, any good indie. Keep on dreaming a good game needs 9 figures.

Ok, seriously? You really need to stop letting your dislike of Beamer blind you, because that was a remarkably stupid thing to say. No one is denying that you can have great indie games, but he's absolutely correct that you wouldn't have a massive game like Skyrim made that way. And that's not even mentioning that what you list are PC games, when there's no PC exclusive games on the top ten list, and quite a few non-PC exclusives. There's a good reason that kickstarter isn't funding any major console projects.

Publishers still have a significant role in gaming at present, and that isn't going away any time soon.

Beamer wrote on Apr 13, 2012, 11:33:

ASeven wrote on Apr 13, 2012, 10:18:
Oh, I thought all these kinds of websites were only getting rich through piracy... how odd.

Ug. So you're generalizing based upon one site, a site that has already had most of the charges against it thrown out?

For the record, it really was only Megaupload (and possibly rapidshare, we'll see) that people here defended taking down. And why not? When even the employees claimed that they only get rich through piracy and the CEO has the license plate "pirate"...

PHJF wrote on Apr 13, 2012, 12:56:

But having said that, I think this could add an interesting level of strategy, but I wonder... at what point would you rather block than attack?

When the enemy attacks kill you before you can kill the enemy? Isn't that kind of obvious? You have two people in the back row who can still DPS while shields up front tank.

Beamer wrote on Apr 13, 2012, 11:31:
We can kickstart nine figures, right?

Beamer wrote on Apr 13, 2012, 11:31:
ASeven doesn't get what a cycle is, does he?

Hints: it revolves around console releases (Vita is not a console) and it doesn't change from month to month.


But it's ok, keep cheering the demise of major publishers. We don't like playing Skyrim, anyway, so let's pray that the only method of funding it gets destroyed! We can kickstart nine figures, right?

nin wrote on Apr 13, 2012, 10:07:

Anyways, the development costs of the game have now been covered many times over so the future of the company seems pretty secure. So, everyone who has bought our game and supported us, you have our gratitude!

Fuckin awesome! I was little worried after their "going gold" comment about living homeless...

Drezden wrote on Apr 12, 2012, 21:28:
I'd love a full on tabletop simulation. Turn basted Strategy based on 40K. But it'll never happen. I think I'm in the minority.

eRe4s3r wrote on Apr 12, 2012, 15:42:
You can buy stuff in-game... with real money, XP / Gold to unlock Weapons/Classes faster, or Skins.

SXO wrote on Apr 12, 2012, 13:56:
I enjoy harping on EA as much as anybody, but even I can't put the blame for this on them. More than likely this was some relatively new art dev working for the studio that's making the game who's just not imaginative enough to come up with some original designs.

Orogogus wrote on Apr 12, 2012, 14:00:
From what I call of the BGG furor, they were hosting a lot of files, which put together as a whole pretty much obviated the need for ever buying the game if you had a printer. GW sent a notice that BGG was in violation, without specifying what exactly was in violation of what, and in response BGG nuked everything. Fandom went apeshit, life went on.

Necrophob wrote on Apr 12, 2012, 11:48:

ASeven wrote on Apr 12, 2012, 10:39:
Time to start spoiled discussions since I'm sure a lot of us have gone a good way into the game by now. Highlight below for spoiler

Who else found the secret room right at the first room when you start playing the game?

Speaking of spoilers:

The room with the pressure plate in the middle was obviously a trap, but who else was surprised when it turned out to be 4 of the skeleton warriors. Before that, the game was pretty easy.