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THQ Nordic Digital Showcase 2023 (August 11 at 12:00 p.m. PT / 3:00 p.m. ET)
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Hudo
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Since they've recently killed Campfire Cabal (the successor studio to Logic Artists and the guys/gals who were working on a next Expeditions game), THQ and Embracer can fuck off.
Edit: They should've shut down Piranha Bytes instead, and I say this as a German who knows that this is borderline sacrilege, because they haven't made a good game since Risen 1 whereas the Expeditions games were all a "steady incline" to put it into RPGCodex lingo.
Edit: They should've shut down Piranha Bytes instead, and I say this as a German who knows that this is borderline sacrilege, because they haven't made a good game since Risen 1 whereas the Expeditions games were all a "steady incline" to put it into RPGCodex lingo.
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FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Yes please. I’m one trophy away from getting the platinum.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
This Stranger Things guy?
R6Rider
Gold Member
David Harbour. He's in the Alone in the Dark remake.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
South Park !!!!
Spyxos
Member
yeah lol mp game..
Fermbiz
Gold Member
Vox Machina
Banned
This is exactly what my local co-op sessions look like.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
I’m pleased so far.
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
WHAT!!!!? Titan Quest 2?! Megaton!
Edit: steam page with screens!
FUCK YEAH
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
This lady looks like Mass Effect Andramada lady from the gifs
R6Rider
Gold Member
The prologue only has 5 minutes of gameplay and doesn't showcase much except some basic story elements.
Mr Hyde
Member
_Idea_of_Evil_
Member
No Darksiders 4. 
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
Titan Quest 2 made my day.
March Climber
Gold Member
Nice little bite-sized offering of content. I'll give it a B- overall. These were the standout trailers and announcements to me:
Lethal Honor: Order of the Apocalypse
Oddsparks (Pikmin-style ARPG)
A Rat's Quest (PS2-style platformer)
South Park Snow Day(Co-op Multiplayer game)
Outcast: A New Beginning (Possible game of show for me)
Gothic Remake
Titan Quest Eternal Embers
Titan Quest 2
Trine 5
Tempest Rising
The Last Ronin (Official announcement)
Perish Exodus (Looks like Serious Sam mixed with Greek Mythology)
Airhead (Looks like Oddworld Metroidvania)
Lethal Honor: Order of the Apocalypse
Oddsparks (Pikmin-style ARPG)
A Rat's Quest (PS2-style platformer)
South Park Snow Day(Co-op Multiplayer game)
Outcast: A New Beginning (Possible game of show for me)
Gothic Remake
Titan Quest Eternal Embers
Titan Quest 2
Trine 5
Tempest Rising
The Last Ronin (Official announcement)
Perish Exodus (Looks like Serious Sam mixed with Greek Mythology)
Airhead (Looks like Oddworld Metroidvania)
Kadve
Member
Gunfire just came of making Remnant 2. Hopefully its their next game.No Darksiders 4.
FTFY. THQN quite heavily implied that the decision was out of their hands.
Denton
Member
THQ Nordic make some great games (e.g. Jagged Alliance 3 is near GOTY for me) but they really need to figure out how to market them better.
If you are doing a showcase:
- get 4K stream going instead of ultra low bitrate 1080p
- start and end your show with the best thing you have, not some weird monologues from a game you should be showing gameplay of instead
- do not bother with CGI or even "in engine" custom cutscenes, try to put together at least a minute of gameplay instead
I am looking forward to:
Alone in the Dark
Outcast 2
Gothic Remake
Tempest Rising
Last Train Home
Trine 5
Titan Quest II
So that list is already much longer than what was shown at Sony showcase, for example.
If you are doing a showcase:
- get 4K stream going instead of ultra low bitrate 1080p
- start and end your show with the best thing you have, not some weird monologues from a game you should be showing gameplay of instead
- do not bother with CGI or even "in engine" custom cutscenes, try to put together at least a minute of gameplay instead
I am looking forward to:
Alone in the Dark
Outcast 2
Gothic Remake
Tempest Rising
Last Train Home
Trine 5
Titan Quest II
So that list is already much longer than what was shown at Sony showcase, for example.
March Climber
Gold Member
I agree that they still have that B-level publisher feel with their trailers and showcases, the same B-level feel that they've had since the PS2 generation.
I guess I'm one of the few who thinks a CGI trailer is fine for an announcement of a long awaited I.P. or to garner hype for a project in a well-known IP that's years away. I liked that Titan Quest 2 announcement and found it as a welcome surprise. This forum used to like those CGI trailer moments and I think part of the reason why was because you had fan reactions like this:
This trailer was entirely CGI but if you go back to the threads here and youtube around this time, you'd see nothing but pure hype.
R6Rider
Gold Member
I'm okay with CGI trailers in those cases.
Basically reveal and announcement trailers are completely fine as fully CGI.
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
This right here.No Darksiders 4.
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ultrazilla
Member
Titan Quest II and Tempest Rising ftw!
Tempest Rising has a playable demo on Steam right here:
Tempest Rising has a playable demo on Steam right here:
Hudo
Member
That makes me even more sad now.
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