Gas Powered Games Announces Wildman

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Chris Taylor and Gas Powered Games announce Wildman, an upcoming cross between an action/RPG and a real-time strategy game they say will offer "a brand new and unique gaming experience." The game is the subject of a Kickstarter that seeks to raise at least $1.1 million to develop the game, and the page includes this video featuring Chris and the team discussing the game and showing off some concept artwork. Here's word on the game:

Imagine a game where you control a single hero unit—the “Wildman”—in the middle of a raging battle between opposing forces in a specially designed War Zone. You engage the enemy and see your opponent switching tactics, forcing you to reconfigure your army to counter. You push the enemy back to their base before facing your opponent’s champion. Over the course of this battle, you upgrade your armies with new technology, execute special abilities, construct defenses, change your army composition, and shape-shift into new forms that grant you new abilities. This is Wildman.

Now imagine that between these War Zone battles you can go on role-playing adventures. You can explore fantastical environments. You can discover ancient dungeons full of mystery and treasure. You can earn new skills. You can discover and equip new weapons and armor. You can collect materials. You can craft new items. You can fight relentless onslaughts of men and monsters. This is also Wildman.

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Re: Gas Powered Games Announces Wildman

Jan 15, 2013, 10:47

Creston

Saboth wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 18:11: It should be all gritty and stuff. Let's call it. "Soldier Fighter: Future of Warfare". Soldier Fighter: Call of Future Warfare. - Marketing dept. Creston

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Jan 15, 2013, 10:46

Creston

Julio wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 17:47: Creston wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 17:18: Hmmmm... sounds sorta intriguing, but...No. Agreed. You can take a dump, and you can also eat a sandwich. Putting the two things together doesn't make them better. That should win the Analogy of the Week award. But that's really not my main issue with it. Battlezone did something similar, and it was quite a fun game to play. No, my big problem with it is Chris Taylor, who really hasn't made anything worthwhile since SupCom. Creston

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Re: Gas Powered Games Announces Wildman

Jan 14, 2013, 20:42

Cutter

Julio wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 17:47:
Creston wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 17:18:
Hmmmm... sounds sorta intriguing, but...No.

Agreed. You can take a dump, and you can also eat a sandwich. Putting the two things together doesn't make them better.

Shark sandwich?




"Peter, breakfast for dinner is anarchy!" - Lois

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Re: Gas Powered Games Announces Wildman

Jan 14, 2013, 19:05

Darks

2nd_floor wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 18:11: What happened to Kings and Castles, and crazy chickens that were supposed to be in it? (a fan asked for chickens that do something at one point, to be in the game, and CT said yes they woul beincluded). Seriously, why is this game ,( kings and castles) still on hold indef.? It’s still there; they just need to get some money going to support the game. If you think it’s easy getting anyone to buy off on supporting a game anymore think again. It’s not. Publishers are not putting out the money. They are using in-house now and supporting from within. Smaller developers like GPG has to do whatever they can just to keep afloat. Personally I will support them; it looks like it could be a fun smashed the hell out of everything type game.

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Re: Gas Powered Games Announces Wildman

Jan 14, 2013, 18:42

MoreLuckThanSkill

Like most, I'm a bit ARPG'd out at this point, especially with Grim Dawn and open PoE on the horizon. However, jdreyer wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 15:53: Uber Entertainment already Kickstarted the new SupCom, it's called Planetary Annihilation. GG. I had not heard of this, and it looks like they far exceeded their funding. Hopefully that game turns out alright, in the NEAR future.

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Jan 14, 2013, 18:11

Saboth

ldonyo wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 16:34: Translation: We couldn't get a publisher to bite, so we're going the Kickstarter route to see just how gullible gamers with money really are. Or: "We're not interested if it isn't an IP that has been driven into the ground. Have anything else? How about a game where you are on a squad of soldiers that fights other squads of soldiers...you upgrade your guy to buy new weapons, and if you get kills, you can get special perks...lets call them "power ups". It should be all gritty and stuff. Let's call it. "Soldier Fighter: Future of Warfare".

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Re: Gas Powered Games Announces Wildman

Jan 14, 2013, 18:11

2nd_floor

What happened to Kings and Castles, and crazy chickens that were supposed to be in it? (a fan asked for chickens that do something at one point, to be in the game, and CT said yes they woul beincluded). Seriously, why is this game ,( kings and castles) still on hold indef.?

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Jan 14, 2013, 17:50

Kosh401

jacobvandy wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 16:05: jdreyer wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 15:53: Uber Entertainment already Kickstarted the new SupCom, it's called Planetary Annihilation. Thank you, sir, for that link. I had no idea such potential awesomeness was coming.

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Re: Gas Powered Games Announces Wildman

Jan 14, 2013, 17:47

Julio

Creston wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 17:18: Hmmmm... sounds sorta intriguing, but...No. Agreed. You can take a dump, and you can also eat a sandwich. Putting the two things together doesn't make them better.

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Re: Gas Powered Games Announces Wildman

Jan 14, 2013, 17:18

Creston

Hmmmm... sounds sorta intriguing, but... No. Creston

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Jan 14, 2013, 17:16

StingingVelvet

The cagey words on Steam support and the selling mods line makes me think they want to have an in-game store and aren't sure about Steam's reaction to that. Anyway, looks like a game I would buy but I'm not enthusiastic enough about it to donate yet. See how it goes.

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Jan 14, 2013, 17:11

jdreyer

jacobvandy wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 16:05:

Anyway, I do like GPG titles (despite the super meh Space Siege, which was their last ARPG), so $20 to help them make a new one without a publisher is worth it IMO. Doesn't matter that they *could* get it funded the traditional way, the point is to avoid the bullshit strings that get attached...

Hmm, good points. I may reconsider.

EDIT: I did Kickstart Planetary Annihilation. Stoked for that.




Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.

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Jan 14, 2013, 17:06

dj LiTh

After Demigod and Age of Empires Online, i have absolutely no faith in Chris Taylor anymore.

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Jan 14, 2013, 16:49

Cutter

Krizzen wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 15:38:
Wow great find. Here's a huge tangent, but that Wildman voice sounds like Sebastian Bach.

I'll just leave this here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wEhZqLiQ60&feature=player_detailpage#t=759s

Good catch, Wildman was indeed voiced by SB.




"Peter, breakfast for dinner is anarchy!" - Lois

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Re: Gas Powered Games Announces Wildman

Jan 14, 2013, 16:47

Yakubs

Sounds like they're spreading themselves a little thin with the game design here. Particularly this idea of there being things to do between "War Zone battles." So, between the core mode of the game, we're playing a watered down Dungeon Siege game (if that's even possible)?

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Jan 14, 2013, 16:34

ldonyo

Translation: We couldn't get a publisher to bite, so we're going the Kickstarter route to see just how gullible gamers with money really are.

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Jan 14, 2013, 16:27

Orphic Resonance

"a brand new and unique gaming experience." so its nothing like Savage? ot Battlezone? because it sure sounds that way

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Jan 14, 2013, 16:21

DangerDog

If all these KS games get released at the same time March 2014 is going to be like Christmas.

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Jan 14, 2013, 16:05

jacobvandy

jdreyer wrote on Jan 14, 2013, 15:53: This looks pretty cool, and I love Chris Taylor's RTSs. I won't KS this though. This seems pretty obvious, and likely to have wide appeal: combining RTS and ARPG elements into a single gameplay experience. I do appreciate they're building in mod tools, but they should have no problem getting a publisher to fund this. What I'd really like to see is from Chris, and that I WOULD KS are: 1. Another SupCom 2. SupCom: Kingdoms 3. An FPS/RTS hybrid along the lines of the 1998 Battlezone]. Uber Entertainment already Kickstarted the new SupCom, it's called Planetary Annihilation. Anyway, I do like GPG titles (despite the super meh Space Siege, which was their last ARPG), so $20 to help them make a new one without a publisher is worth it IMO. Doesn't matter that they could get it funded the traditional way, the point is to avoid the bullshit strings that get attached...

Re: Gas Powered Games Announces Wildman

Jan 14, 2013, 15:53

jdreyer

This looks pretty cool, and I love Chris Taylor's RTSs. I won't KS this though. This seems pretty obvious, and likely to have wide appeal: combining RTS and ARPG elements into a single gameplay experience. I do appreciate they're building in mod tools, but they should have no problem getting a publisher to fund this.

What I'd really like to see is from Chris, and that I WOULD KS are:

1. Another SupCom
2. SupCom: Kingdoms
3. An FPS/RTS hybrid along the lines of the 1998 Battlezone.




Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.

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