Ignis Fatuus
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Looks really good!
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Republique Kickstarter by Ryan Payton - NOW FOR PC AND MAC! [Ended, $555K funded]
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metsallica
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Ignis Fatuus
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They don't have Macy's in the dystopia I suppose.
Duane Cunningham
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I can't dig into the video right now, but what's the current word on ETA?
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
Fuck, I'm rolling.
Still looks like a shit concept.. and surprised he got funded.
Good for them that they are doing something
Why may I ask?
I do too on occasion. And my thought process is almost always like this:
Oh, remember that game a bunch of game's journalist went around parading and suckered me into supporting, what happened to that? To their credit, it definitely wasn't all of them. Giant Bomb, for example, made it an explicit point to maintain a critical distance rather than proselytize in a hardsell for Ryan Payton and his game the way many other sites and podcasts did.
Everytime I get an update on the project, I just think about how naive I was and everytime Payton gets on his high horse about breaking the mold or whatever, I just get annoyed because, yeah nobody in the history of media has ever done a "Evil Big Brother" narrative before.
Payton seems like Peter Molyneux except at least Molyneux actually has interesting ideas.
SaggyMonkey
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Wow, that fur coat and beard really makes me sad I backed the game now.
bernardobri
Steve, the dog with no powers that we let hang out with us all for some reason
Ideas are nothing when execution is not met. At least to Payton's benefit, he has a plausible horizon, while Molyneux just fantasizes over the tune of his imaginary flute as the same suckers follow him over and over again.
I'm not backing this game, but that comparision is really unfair.
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
It looks like it's not really going to be much fun to play. I'm not huge stealth game guy to begin with, and honestly it pretty much looks like it's going to be a puzzle game with a cool looking skin.
The concept to me sounded boring to begin with, but I still followed it because the whole KS fiasco with TA and the like.
Also, beard plus coat = bad bad look.
Oh, so it's just that you don't like the genre. Got it, for a second I thought you had actual arguments to back that bold statement of yours.
a pimp named Slickbeard
MiniBossBattle
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GameDevBeard
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Oh, you.
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
Huh? It's not just the genre, but the game itself just really doesn't look all that interesting when you take out who is making it and all the PR surrounding the KS. From a concept, it just doesn't look like it'd be all that intriguing... especially considering how much hoopla went around the KS thing.
oh.. and...
Dynamite Shikoku
Congratulations, you really deserve it!
Hipsters have gone too far
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ShinobiFist
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Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Game looks way worse since its pre-rendered days, theyve made it look a helluva lot more boring colour palette wise while going full 3d. Wonder if it'll make its June estimate.
Now I actually have a beastly smartphone, but no Android version planned. Oh well eh.
Now I actually have a beastly smartphone, but no Android version planned. Oh well eh.
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
MrCunningham
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The guy is Camouflajing into the background.
Haha, he needs a red velvet cape too.
But as for the game... it looks OK for a touch screen title. It almost reminds me of a point and click adventure fused with Resident Evil. Hopefully the stealth doesn't kill the experience though.
Duane Cunningham
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Oh lawd. Payton is going to bust into this thread swinging a broken bottle any minute now.
Ignis Fatuus
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Separated at birth.
Huh? It's not just the genre, but the game itself just really doesn't look all that interesting when you take out who is making it and all the PR surrounding the KS. From a concept, it just doesn't look like it'd be all that intriguing... especially considering how much hoopla went around the KS thing.
oh.. and...
I suppose my prior post should have been a direct response to you. For my part, I backed Republique day 1, before the marketing machine really got started. I'm not a big fan of the metal gear solid games, and I don't have a strong opinion on Ryan Payton's work (I don't know that we've see enough of it). However, the videogame that was pitched in the Kickstarter is a videogame that I would love to see attempted (I understand that they may not succeed). I'm happy to play a small role in that attempt.
Oh my god, please no.
Another beard incoming.
Zeouterlimits
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Thread didn't disappoint.
Video was a bit toot our horn-y at times, but it's great to see more of the game, and the podcast has been great to listen to, especially the last two episodes.
Video was a bit toot our horn-y at times, but it's great to see more of the game, and the podcast has been great to listen to, especially the last two episodes.
Criminal Upper
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I'm pretty sure the lumberjack pimp jacket is the distraction here.
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
Beard is tight, jacket not so much.
I really hope I'm wrong about your game. I'm not wrong about that jacket. Even Portlander's wouldn't sport that.
Tell them they don't understand a PR masterstroke when they see it.