Comments on: Now That’s Why I Love A Best 2008 Ever! February

By: Doug F

Doug F — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:44:13 +0000

I don't want to make any claims regarding how my love for Kate Bush compares to anyone else's, but... I still hold the crown.

By: Jochen Scheisse

Jochen Scheisse — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:09:33 +0000

Most unfortunately. The feedback from that would probably be a big help to balance the combat types, though.

By: Vince

Vince — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:08:33 +0000

I’m allergic to multiplayer, unfortunately.

By: Jochen Scheisse

Jochen Scheisse — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:05:07 +0000

Cool. If you have one or two spare years, please make the combat demo multiplayerable, so we can pit different builds of heroes against each other.

By: Vince

Vince — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:59:43 +0000

“Jochen Scheisse says:
Also, I second a tentative date for AoD from Vince.”

When it’s done. I’d rather avoid making educated guesses because they tend to be taken as written in stone promises.

The official status is “in development” aka vaporware. We are planning to release a combat demo in about 3 months, so that should give people something to do while we are tweaking the rest.

Edit: The combat demo will be set in a city district (so you’ll be able to see what towns look like). You’ll fight all kinda scum in a local arena, loot dead bodies, sell & buy better junk, commission special weapons, etc.

By: Jochen Scheisse

Jochen Scheisse — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:51:04 +0000

That is most reasonable, however I was happy that people made the effort to find new flaming material, because that combat preferences thing’s punchlines had all been used. Anyway, WHAT’S THE TENTATIVE DATE VINCE?

By: Alec Meer

Alec Meer — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:41:06 +0000

The AOD post and thread alike was all about Vince. This post, by contrast, has nothing to do with the grammatical virtues of Vince’s Fallout 3 review, and neither should the thread – that kind of thing is why we created the forum.

By: Jochen Scheisse

Jochen Scheisse — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:34:18 +0000

I beg to differ. The whole AoD thread was largely not about how RPGs should be done. Although this is a highly controversial topic, we all know that these genre formulas mean nothing in themselves and we just fill them with totally subjective meaning to reduce the uncertainty around us. Had the people on Vince’s thread really discussed what RPG means to everyone, the thread would have lasted only 30 posts or so.
The thread was rather about Vince liking turn based tactics and bering vocal about it, and it quickly moved from a debate about Apples and Oranges to an all out character sniping fest. Vince was smart enough to just be vocal about his own preferences, because he as the diabolical mastermind of flaming knew that someone would take any kind of confidence as arrogance, and when that person surfaced, he didn’t even have to rotate the main guns.
Vince’s interview was a total flame bait, because everyone knows, being vocal about design choices without constantly stressing the obvious – that your preferences aren’t the end all to design – will instantly draw those of low self esteem and high frustration to it, as the anglerfish’s dorsal fin does with the smaller predators.

By: Alec Meer

Alec Meer — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:19:14 +0000

There’s a big difference between impassioned grandstanding on our invitation and a couple of strangers spitting at each other about something only tangentially related to this post. If anyone’s desperate to continue trading blows over Vince’s F3 review, please take it politely to the forums.

By: Jochen Scheisse

Jochen Scheisse — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:12:29 +0000

Also, I second a tentative date for AoD from Vince.

By: Jochen Scheisse

Jochen Scheisse — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:11:05 +0000

Oh, RPS, first opening up a forum for this years’ favourite raging discussion bull Vince, and then washing your hands in innocence? How CHEEKY!

By: Vince

Vince — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:00:02 +0000

Alec: “Either do this mutual sniping privately or put a lid on it, gentlemen.”

Where is fun in that?